Nda-Isaiah: Buhari, govs, Jonathan, Tinubu, NPAN, others mourn newspaper icon
By Our Reporters President Muhammadu Buhari led as tributes poured in torrents for Mr. Samuel Ndanusa Isaiah, Chairman of Leadership Newspapers, who passed on, on Friday. Isaiah was aged 58 having been born on May 1, 1962 in Minna, Niger State. He founded the Leadership Newspaper Group in 2001 and was until his death an […]
COVID-19: NCDC records 617 new infections, total now 72,757
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 617 new infections of the COVID-19 in the country.
Yuletide: FRSC urges motorists to obey traffic rules
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised motorists to obey traffic regulations in order to avert road crashes during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The FRSC Sector Commander in Ebonyi, Mrs Stella Uchegbu, gave the advice on Saturday during the corps sustained ‘Ember’ months safety campaign at the Ochoudo motor park, Abakaliki. Uchegbu […]
Prayer ahead of 2023 (2)
By Dele Sobowale “Under this administration, life has lost its value, and more and more citizens are coming under the influence of criminals. We do not see any willingness on the part of President Buhari to honour his oath to provide security for Nigerians. In civilised nations, leaders who fail so spectacularly to provide security […]
Gaps in Police messages in Nigeria
By Tonnie Iredia Police authorities in Nigeria have no doubt learnt some lessons from the massive destructions to their formations in many locations following the recent #EndSARS protests in the country. Police operatives, many of them arguably innocent of what caused the protests were greatly traumatized. According to Mohammed Adamu, the current Inspector General of […]
Kogi LG Polls: Oladele hails Yahaya Bello for setting new pace for women in politics
The Honourable Commissioner for Youth Political Participation, Pan-African Youth Union (PYU), Ambassador Oladele John Nihi has congratulated the people of Kogi State, and the newly elected 21 Local Government Chairmen in Kogi State particularly the Vice-Chairmen who are all females.
French law ’limiting filming police’ triggers third weekend of protests
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in France Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of demonstrations over a controversial security bill that would limit filming of the police. The authorities had been bracing for further possible violence after the last two such protests in Paris ended in rioting. But there were no […]
Kogi council elections peaceful, voter turn out low
The Chairman of the Kogi State Independent National Electoral Commission (KOSIEC), Mr Mamman Eri, has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the local government elections, held on Saturday. Eri, who spoke with reporters in Lokoja at the end of the election, described the exercise as peaceful and successful. He lauded voters for their peaceful conduct […]
Futility of shaming the shameless(3)
By Douglas Anele In spite of efforts to clean up the electoral process, rigging, violence and electoral manipulation of all kinds were rampant during the 2007 elections to the extent that late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua frankly acknowledged the glaring flaws in the election that brought him to power that year, which was why he […]
We have since moved on, do same ― Peter Okoye blasts P-Square fans
By Juliet Ebirim Nigerian singer, Peter Okoye of the defunct music group – P-Square, has addressed concerning fans asking that he and his twin brother, Paul reunites. The 39-year-old in a lengthy Instagram post said that it is not about what the fans want but what he and his brothers want. According to him, change […]
Kogi LG elections peaceful
The Chairman of the Kogi State Independent National Electoral Commission (KOSIEC), Mr Mamman Eri, has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the local government elections, held on Saturday.
