Bothered by the silence of the presidency on the unending attacks on Benue communities by suspected armed herdsmen militia, Benue youths under the aegis of Benue Youth Forum, BYF, yesterday vowed to defend the state and its extant laws.

Ado-Ekiti—The Chairman of the Southern Senators’ Forum, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to work on the economy, arrest inflation, increase production and strengthen the naira for the N30,000 minimum wage to be meaningful to Nigerian workers.

By Jacob Ajom Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr must be the happiest man on planet earth at the moment. His wards have been painting Europe with goals. His biggest wish is to see his players continue to do well leading up to the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Nigeria is grouped alongside Liberia, Central Africa Republic […]

Human Right activist and lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba, has asked Nigerians to forget about devolution of power for now and tackle poverty. This is just as he said the governors have a huge role to play in birthing a new Nigeria. Speaking at The Platform with the theme: IS DEVOLUTION OF POWER SOLUTION TO NIGERIA’S PROBLEM? […]

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor,  Hope Uzodimma, yesterday said that the process to unmask the sponsors of the series of attacks in Imo, have gotten to the advanced stage. This was the statement by governor Uzodimma, in a state-wide broadcast at government house in Owerri, on the issue of insecurity among others. […]

CALABAR- FORTY days after the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Chairman in Cross River State, Comrade Ben Okpebi was abducted by hoodlums to an unknown destination, it was gloomy atmosphere as workers in the state gathered in a rally on May 1 to demand for his release.

…Says FG incapable of securing Nigerians By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA-The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has chided the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over its handling of the security challenges bedeviling the country in the past few years. This is even as the party noted that under the watch of President Buhari, Nigerians are dying in their […]

The Police Command in Edo on Friday announced the arrest of five notorious armed robbery suspects in connection with the theft of two vehicles. This was contained in a statement issued in Benin by SP Kontongs Bello, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command. Bello disclosed that the suspects were arrested within Edo […]

Former Federal Road Safety boss, Osita Chidoka, has blasted the formation of the federal cabinet, saying that all it is interested about is borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Chidoka, speaking at The Platform organised by Pastor Poju Oyemade, and monitored by Vanguard said that Nigeria is now divided into two: Naija where the […]

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has urged the Nigerian youths not to be discouraged following the many challenges facing the nation but rather “have hope for a brighter future for the nation”. Obaseki stated this on Friday in Benin at a dinner party organised for Team Edo which took part at the just-concluded National Sports […]