Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has estimated the damage and loss suffered in the early Tuesday morning fire at his residence at Soka, Ibadan, at N50million. Speaking with journalists shortly after the fire incident, suspected to have been caused by arsonists, Adeyemo described the perpetrators as cowards. The News Agency of Nigeria […]

The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday unanimously voted to retain the monetary policy rate (MPR), which determines interest rate, at 11.5 percent. TheCable reported that Godwin Emefiele, governor of the CBN, announced the committee’s decision at the end of its two-day meeting. READ ALSO: APC government behind disunity […]

By Luminous Jannamike The Abia State Health Insurance Agency (ABSHIA) is set to enroll 47,000 rural and vulnerable people across the State and issue them with National Identification Numbers (NIN) in a new registration drive. The agency stated this on Tuesday while announcing a partnership deal with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and Biosec […]

Over 20 persons died in the crash — NAOSS Dayo Johnson – Akure ​The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said that the auto crash that claimed the lives of students and traders in Akungba Akoko, Ondo state has again exposed the failure of the government. This is coming as the National Association of […]

AS the dry season bites harder amidst migration of herders and their cattle to the southern parts of the country, Ijaw rights group, Ijaw Unity Watchdog, IUW, has warned armed Fulani herdsmen to stay away from the forest areas in the South-South and South-Eastern parts of the country. 

The Traditional Worshippers Association, Oyo State branch, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to replace the service Chiefs so as to allow for new ideas in security strategies in Nigeria while calling on Governor Seyi Makinde to urgently convene an inter-religious and ethnic committee that will be meeting monthly to deliberate on issues relating to security situations and governance in Oyo State.

By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has disclosed that no fewer than 176 persons died while 990 others sustained various degrees of injuries in various road accidents across the state in 2020. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the TRACE spokesman, disclosed this to newsmen in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi explained that a total […]

Threatens industrial action over N30,000 minimum wage, salary arrears, others We’re working to meet their demands — Govt By Emem Idio – Yenagoa Barring any last-minute intervention by the Bayelsa State Government and Local Governments Councils in the State, primary school teachers under the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has resolved that they would be […]

…Hails Obiozor’s emergence as Ohanaeze leader By Victor Ajihromanus The South East South South Professionals of Nigeria (SESSPN), has lamented the demise of Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, retd, Prof Nick Idoko,  Barristers Ziggy Azike, SAN, and Oscar Onwudiwe. It said they illustrated “their common commitment to our corporate nationalism and sub regional drive for efficiencies […]

By Adeola Badru A chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State,  Ambassador Ojong Ogbor, has insisted that the problems confronting Nigeria were caused by the mismanagement of the country by its past leaders, saying those who caused the problems can not be the ones to solve them. Agbor, had said […]