Ugwuanyi swears in late Ekweremadu’s wife, others, as Commissioners

Ugwuanyi swears in late Ekweremadu’s wife, others, as Commissioners

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, swore in Mrs. Stella Akpa Ekweremadu, wife of the late Commissioner for Transport and former member, who represented Aninri Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mathias Ekweremadu Jnr., as Commissioner in the Enugu State Civil Service Commission.
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Corruption worse now than in my regime – IBB

Corruption worse now than in my regime – IBB

Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB has said that the corruption index in the country is worse and more pervasive at the moment than his time in power.

Commuters, traders groan as two FG highways to Benue collapse

Commuters, traders groan as two FG highways to Benue collapse

By Peter Duru IT has been tales of woes for commuters and motorists coming into Benue State from the southern parts of the country as the two major roads leading into the state have since become death traps due to their lingering poor state. The two major link roads – Makurdi-Aliade Otukpo and Makurdi-Naka-Otukpo – collapsed […]

Sultan blames Nigeria’s ills on elite

Sultan blames Nigeria’s ills on elite

THE Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has accused the elite and other influential individuals as those behind the problems of the country, stressing that they were responsible for the high rate of hatred among Nigerians. The royal father who spoke, yesterday, at the Da’awah Coordination Council of Nigeria’s third national summit on peaceful […]

African Business moguls win big in Forbes 2021 Awards

African Business moguls win big in Forbes 2021 Awards

Foreign Investment Network (FIN) in partnership with Forbes Best of Africa have earmarked leading lights in business, politics, innovation, leadership and the economy in Africa for honour and celebration at the forthcoming FORBES Best of Africa Award which is slated for the 6th of August, 2021.

OMAA boss seeks support for gas-powered vehicles

OMAA boss seeks support for gas-powered vehicles

WORRIED by the rising level of air pollution in the country, the chief executive officer of OMAA Motors, Chinedu Oguegbu, has called on Nigerians to embrace natural gas-powered vehicles.

Imo police station bombed, 3 bandits, Inspector dead

Imo police station bombed, 3 bandits, Inspector dead

By Chinonso Alozie The Imo State Police Command on Friday said it has killed three bandits that attacked police station in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, with explosives. The State Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, who confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri, said a Police Inspector died during the gun battle with the […]

Plateau attacks: Mass murders, crops destruction new order of the day

Plateau attacks: Mass murders, crops destruction new order of the day

Relentless and coordinated attacks on communities in Plateau State have since become ‘normal’ occurrences as the people of the state appear to have lost count of such onslaughts. While hundreds of lives have been lost in the nefarious attacks, a new dimension has now set in by way of crushing newly planted crops and setting […]

PIB: FG to hold town hall meetings after presidential assent

PIB: FG to hold town hall meetings after presidential assent

Tasks host communities on effective mgt of 3% equity By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Government has disclosed of its resolve to again engage oil producing host communities in the Niger Delta on issues regarding the 3 per cent of operational costs allocated to them in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. Minister […]

2023: Will a technocrat succeed Lalong in Plateau?

2023: Will a technocrat succeed Lalong in Plateau?

Hordes of aspirants from the various political parties are on the prowl angling to succeed Governor Simon Lalong of the All progressives Congress, APC, whose two-term tenure will elapse in less than two years.

NARD STRIKE: Distressed patients beg FG for speedy resolution

NARD STRIKE: Distressed patients beg FG for speedy resolution

DISTRESSED patients and their relatives at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, RSUTH, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday appealed to the Federal government to resolve the grievances of nationwide striking Resident doctors so they can return to work and attend to them.

COVID-19 Third Wave: Lagos reopens more isolation centres

COVID-19 Third Wave: Lagos reopens more isolation centres

AS the third wave of the COVID-19 infections is spreading in Nigeria, the Lagos State government has said that as part of the proactive measures to contain the spread, moreo isolation centres hav been reopened to complement the existing ones even as the state has attained a 50 per cent occupancy.