By Vincent Ujumadu TRADITIONAL rulers in Anambra State have undergone COVID-19 tests as part of measures to stem the tide of spread of the pandemic in the state. The exercise has created anxiety among the royal fathers as they await the result. Officials of the state Ministry of Health carried out the exercise at the […]

Royal Dutch Shell dived into a net loss of $21.7 billion in 2020, the oil giant announced Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic slashed global energy demand. The Anglo-Dutch group’s net loss compared with a net profit of $15.8 billion in 2019, the company said in a statement. Shell’s result is similar to British rival BP, […]

By Peter Okutu EBONYI State Police Command has been thrown into a state of mourning following the unfortunate demise of three police officers. The victims had an accident and died along Abakaliki -Enugu expressway while returning from peace keeping in Effium/Ezza Effium. Confirming the report, the state Commissioner of Police,CP Garba Aliyu in an emotional […]

…Reiterates call for arrest of killer herdsmen …Tests negative for COVID-19 after treatment, thanks Nigerians By Peter Duru Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, yesterday accused the Federal Government of protecting the interest of armed herders despite the atrocities they commit in parts of the country thereby worsening the security situation in Nigeria. While urging […]

…Hail his sacrificial leadership,  nationalism, dogged fight for justice By Clifford Ndujihe & Omeiza Ajayi GOVERNORS elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, and the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, have expressed deep sadness over the demise of Elder statesman, Prince Tony […]

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Kano State government has barred an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabar Nasir Kabara from preaching in the state for his mode of teachings considered too incendiary. The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who addressed newsmen in Kano, Tuesday night, said the decision was part of the state Executive Council’s […]

By Chris Ochayi Determined to sustain the relative peace being enjoyed in the Niger Delta, the Presidency has waded in to resolve the misunderstanding between two factions of the oil and gas host communities, which led to exchange of blows during the public hearing organized by the House of Representatives on the Petroleum Industry Bill, […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday, approved the establishment of 20 new private universities across the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at end of the 32nd virtual council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, […]

By Shina Abubakar FOLLOWING a misunderstanding between some labourers and some expatriates at a mining site in Osun State, three Chinese expatriates have been reportedly kidnapped. It was gathered that fight ensued between the expatriates and labourers, mainly from the North, on Monday, at a mining site located in Akere village, Ifewara in Atakumosa-West local […]

…Accuse herders of killing, kidnapping, rape …Youths give killer herdsmen 14 days to vacate Edo forests …We pay compensation of N100,000 for any cow killed — Ikpeazu By Samuel Oyadongha, Gabriel Enogholase & Ozioruva Aliu Women and youths, yesterday, protested in Edo and Bayalsa states against killer herdsmen, who they accused of raping their girls […]