Nigeria pushing to get COVID-19 vaccines by February — Onyeama
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama says Nigeria is making efforts and hopeful to get the coronavirus vaccines to the country by end of February. Onyeama disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said Nigeria was expecting vaccines from the People’s Republic of China, a strategic […]
Kidnapping/death of Ubulu King; slow wheel of justice
By Tony Eluemunor Monday, 25th of last month, some of those suspected to have abducted and killed the King of Ubulu-Uku, Obi Ofulue III, were in court once again. But the court session was not reported by a single news outlet in Nigeria. Yet, that day’s session was important because Pastor Afam Ugboh, who was […]
February of Archbishop Okeke, Bishop Okeke and Professor Utomi
By Fr George Adimike Every day is for love, but February is observed as a month of love by sheer convention. February is for love, but it is also for men of gratias et gravitas (grace and gravity). Conventionally, February is accepted as a month to celebrate love, which is both divine and human. The […]
IGP’s service extension: Why Buhari got it wrong
On September 16, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Nigeria Police Force (Establishment) Bill into law. The law replaces its 1943 colonial antecedent which has regulated the Nigeria Police Force for 77 years with several provisions becoming obsolete over time. The Bill was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly by July 2020. The […]
Herdsmen/Farmers’ clashes: Ganduje leading by example
•Benue deputy gov. commends him, Aisha Yesufu differs By Dirisu Yakubu Fielding questions from journalists in Katsina recently, the Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje availed the world of what his administration has been able to do in the past few years to stem the tide of insurgency and banditry, saying, “we are building a Ruga […]
Marwa, more than marijuana
By Emeka Obasi Something different must come the way of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following Ambassador Mohammed Buba Marwa’s appointment as Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer. I saw him resume, wearing shirt and long pants. Marwa did not storm office in suits or flowing gown, the one a Turkish hotel attendant described as […]
COVID-19 may have spread in Wuhan, but originated elsewhere — WHO expert
A Russian expert on Saturday said Wuhan’s Huanan seafood market may have made it possible for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to spread, but it does not mean the virus originated there. “There is no evidence that the virus originated there’’ but hypothetically, there are all conditions for the spread of the virus there,“ Vladimir Dedkov, […]
IAN mourns Owhefere, says he was passionate representative
The Isoko Advancement Network, IAN, a socio-cultural pressure group has commiserated with the Speaker, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori and members of the State House of Assembly, Isoko nation and the Owhefere family over the demise of the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Tim Kome Owhefere.
Explainer: What you should know about CBN cryptocurrency ban
Experts in the financial sector of the economy have rolled out implications of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s, CBN directives on cryptocurrency.
Displaced Persons hail Buhari over refugee commission’s resettlement city
Beneficiaries of the Resettlement City Project of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), have commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Commission for lifting their lives, through the initiative.
You lack power to stop Cryptocurrency – Archbishop Sam Zuga tells CBN
Archbishop Samzuga has reacted to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) new order on Cryptocurrency. The Apex bank had directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and other financial institutions to close accounts of persons who are using their systems for cryptocurrency trading. Reacting to the shocking news, Archbishop Samzuga, the CEO of one of Africa’s fastest […]
