Updated: Guinea Bissau candidate swears himself in as president despite vote row
Opposition leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo swore himself in as the new president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, defying a bitter ongoing row about the outcome of elections nearly two months earlier. Embalo, who styled himself as the outsider in the election campaign, vowed to break with the decades-long domination of Guinea-Bissau’s traditional ruling party, the PAIGC. […]
ECOWAS trains 150 ex-militants in Akwa Ibom
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, will partner Akwa Ibom State government to train 150 repentant militants in the state.
Depressed soldier opens fire on colleagues fighting Boko Haram in Borno
BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI A Corporal of the Nigerian Army serving at the Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Army Super Camp 15, located at Malam Fatori went berserk in early hours of 26 February 2020 and opened fire killing 4 of his colleagues before shooting himself. Two of his colleagues were also injured during the […]
We’ll bring back Warri’s glory—PSML
The management of Premium Steel and Mines Limited, PSML, formerly called Delta Steel Company, Ovwian-Aladja, Delta State, has said it was doing everything possible to bring back the old glory of Warri.
2023: PDP to field candidates on merit – Lamido
Aliyu Dangida – Dutse A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, said on Thursday the Peoples Democratic would field candidates based on merits in the 2023 general election. Lamido, who stated this in a chat with journalists at his hometown in Bamaina, Birninkudu local government area of the state, insisted that zoning is no […]
FG commends Obaseki as over 5,000 Edo residents get jobs, micro credit
Minister says Obaseki destined to win In furtherance of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s job creation and empowerment drive, over 5,000 Edo residents, including youths and women, have benefited from the Federal Government’s rural area engagement programme, tagged Special Public Works (SPW). The pilot phase of the programme was flagged off in Benin City, the […]
