FUTA condemns murder of Deputy registrar by suspected kidnappers
…Ask security agencies to fish out killers By Dayo Johnson, Akure Authorities of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Ondo state has condemned and described the murder of its deputy registrar, Dr Amos Arijesuyo by suspected kidnappers as senseless. Authorities of the institution asked the security agencies “to go after the evil men who […]
Police kill 2 suspected kidnappers in Plateau
The Police Command in Plateau have killed two suspected kidnappers in Gindiri, Mangu Local Government Area of the state. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the command, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos. According to him, the criminals were killed after a gun battle with the police on […]
EndSARS: Edo govt to offset hospital bills of 2 deaf victims, says panel chairperson
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has promised to offset the hospital bills of two deaf victims allegedly shot by operatives of the Police and the Army, during the EndSARS protests in Benin. This was disclosed on Monday, by Justice Ada Ehigiamisoe, the Chairperson of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related […]
Bayelsa women-farmers decry damage, threat by herders
By Emem Idio WOMEN of Agudama-Epie community, Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, have complained about incessant destruction of crops by herders that invade their farmlands, uproot cassava and other crops to feed their cows. The women-farmers who called on relevant authorities to come to their aid, regretted that herders usually render their efforts useless […]
Police Sergeant, one other caught in Port Harcourt robbery
RIVERS State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of one of its officer, Sergeant Ibrahim Odege, for alleged involvement in an armed robbery in Port Harcourt.
Residents yell as sea erodes embankment, houses in Delta community
By Chancel Sunday INDIGENES of Gbekebor community, Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, have again cried out to the state and federal governments, to as a matter of urgency, come to their aid over ravaging coastal erosion that has threatened the existence of the community for more than three decades. The community leadership made a […]
COVID-19: Edo govt to arrest persons without face masks in public
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government would deploy the over 800 Police constabulary personnel across the state to enforce strict compliance with the state’s regulations to check the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
HAWKINS CEMETERY: Strange findings in C’River graveyard where the living, dead co-habit
…We use tombs as eating slabs, snooze on graves —Residents By Emmanuel Unah FOR obvious reason, the palpable fear of burial grounds not just because of the eerie consciousness that it is an abode of the departed but the horror of bumping into death-defying ghosts and dangerous spirits. But the story is different at Calabar, […]
Experts fault re-opening of schools amidst COVID-19 second wave
Govt doesn’t listen to experts – Prof Innocent Ujah It is problem of politics of pressure – Dr Casmir Ifeanyi By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale As schools reopened in some states across the country on Monday in the wake of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigeria Medical Association has […]
Storm in Akwa Ibom over murder of UNIUYO student by pastor
…Gabriel allegedly stabbed dead with knife stolen by pastor …Intrigues as House of Assembly tasks CP on proper investigation, prosecution By Chioma Onuegbu The gruesome murder of 23-year-old Gabriel Edward Bassey, a final year student of Civil Engineering, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, by a supposed pastor of a Pentecostal Church has generated uproar […]
Onunaiju’s misconception about the PTF
RIGHT OF REPLY By Edwin Uhara I READ the article written by Mr. Charles Onunaiju where he maliciously faulted the decision of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to publish the passport numbers of 100 passengers who flouted the mandatory seven-day post arrival COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction test. If the article was written to rebuke foreign […]
Give youths opportunity to lead, Archbishop Kaigama begs Buhari
By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Revd. Ignatius Kaigama, on Sunday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to create opportunities for youths to take the leadership positions at all levels of government and economy for the progress of the nation. Kaigama, who made the call during his homily in Abuja, noted that despite […]
E-payment transactions rise 80% to N2trn
Cashless economy has recorded further boost as the value of electronic payment transactions rose year-on-year (YoY) by N9.7 trillion or 80 percent to N21.9 trillion in 2020 from N12.2 trillion in 2019.
How much should we suffer for govt’s failure to identify its own people? (2)
By Patrick Dele Cole The first part of this piece explained the difference between the NIN and the National Identity Card. This concluding part reviews the available options to execute a stressfree identity enrolment I AM told this is already happening in places like Alausa. At a time when the police and other security services […]
EndSARS: Police frustrating our petition — Counsel tells panel
A petitioner’s counsel at the Osun Judicial Panel against Police brutality and extrajudicial killings, Mr Tunde Ajani has told the panel that the police is deliberately frustrating their petition as the officers it summoned refused to appear.
Insurgency: More Nigerians eager, willing to join Nigerian Army to fight Boko Haram
Recruitment into the Nigerian Army has assumed a new dimension with a record massive enlistment rate in the past few years. In a bid to understand the rush for enlistment, this medium undertook an analysis of some of the factors responsible for the surge in interest for enrolment into the Nigerian Army. In a series […]
