IPOB Sit-At-Home Order: Security beefed up in Asaba
SECURITY agencies have beefed up security in Asaba, the Delta State capital, following the hoisting of Biafra flags in some parts of the capital city.
Gov Emmanuel commissions medical gas plant in Akwa Ibom
As part of activities to mark the 6th anniversary of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel in office, a Medical Gas and Vacuum Plant, at the Infectious Diseases Control Center, General Hospital, Ituk Mbang in Uruan Local Government Area, has been commissioned.
How Nairabox is spearheading digitization of cinema culture in Nigeria
Currently, the Nigerian movie industry is the 3rd largest film producer in the world, contributing about 2.39% to the nation’s GDP as of 2016, and generating about $600 million annually as of 2020.
Nigeria’s 1914 amalgamation created a lopsided union – YGC
…Forms global group to push interests By Dapo Akinrefon A group, the Yoruba Global Council, YGC, Sunday, faulted the 1914 amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates of Nigeria noting that created a lopsided union. In a statement by its spokesman, Chair of the Department of Political Studies and International Relations, North West University in […]
Breaking: Gunmen storm Niger community, kidnap about 200 Islamiyya Students
By Nwafor Sunday About 200 students of Islamiyya school, Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been reportedly abducted on Sunday. This is coming hours after the remaining 14 abducted students of Greenfield University were freed on Saturday after spending 40 days in captivity. However, in today’s incident, one person was shot […]
APC appoints Yahaya Bello, Sule, others to reconcile aggrieved FCT members
By Omeiza Ajayi As part of its troubleshooting measures ahead of the Area Council primaries in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has appointed Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello as chairman of a seven-man committee to reconcile all the aggrieved parties and […]
I’ve not promised anyone to be governor of Rivers in 2023 – Wike
By Davies Iheamnachor The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has stated that he has not promised anyone to be governor of the state on 2023, vowing that he would resist any cabal within and outside the state contemplating to foist his successor on the people. The governor also declared that he has not anointed […]
Hold APC leaders for killings in Nigeria – PDP
By Dirisu Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, killings across the country in the past few years. The main opposition party in a statement signed by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, expressed concern on how leaders of the ruling party “sleep at night with all the blood in their […]
Acute gas shortage knocks out several power plants
…Over 3,000MW stranded By Obas Esiedesa Low pressure on the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System, ELPS, has left several power plants without gas supply leaving about 3,000 mega watts of power stranded. The 439Km ELPS which was commissioned in 1989 is owned and operated by the Nigerian Gas Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, […]
You will be rusticated if you join any secret cult, Matriculants told
By Ikechukwu Odu The Provost of the Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu, Dr. Pauline Ikwuegbu, weekend, warned approximately 1,000 students enrolled for both degree and NCE programmes in the institution to shun cultism or be rusticated. While explaining that the College has zero-tolerance for cultism, corruption and any other form of hooliganism, she assured the […]
2021: we are confident in every Stitch collection – Damilola Sodiya
Amid the ceaseless ebb and flow of fashion trends, there emerge collections that eschew fleeting fads, choosing instead to root themselves in perennial elegance. This season, from the esteemed house of Beautiful Stitches, Creative Director Damilola Sodiya has sculpted such a paradigm with the launch of “confidence in every Stitch collectio2021.”
Benue Killings: ACF accuses Govt of twisting narrative, condemns endless massacre
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has expressed worry over the rampant loss of life in Benue, saying there were seemingly desperate attempts by the state government to twist the narrative for political reasons . The Forum also alleged that the security agencies were not giving accurate accounts of the security situation in […]
Ahmed Gulak: A killing too senseless, wicked – S/ W Governors
… It’s a cowardly act calculated to instigate Nigerians against each other …They’re out to set the country on the path of conflagration …Calls on security agencies to unveil criminal elements sponsoring, undertaking terrorist acts …These criminals must not be allowed to succeed By Dayo Johnson Akure The Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, […]
Nigerians are solution to insecurity – Obasanjo
By Bose Adelaja Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the lingering security challenges confronting the nation can best be tackled by Nigerians both home and abroad. He said they have a role to play if security will be a thing of the past. The former president who spoke during his surprise […]
Gulak: We’ll declare Uzodinma persona non grata, if…. Arewa youths
By Luminous Jannamike Following the gruesome murder of former presidential adviser, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, arewa youths under the aegis of the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, on Sunday, said they would declare the governor of Imo, Senator Hope Uzodinma, persona non grata, if he fails, after two weeks, to produce those who perpetrated the dastardly […]
Gulak’s Murder: Those involved in such despicable acts won’t go free – Buhari vows
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday, warned that those involved in the gruesome murder of Ahmed Gulak, former Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan will not escape the wrath of the law. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja, said that […]
