By Adesina Wahab The decision was taken on Thursday at an emergency meeting of the management, according to a statement by the Centre for Information Press and Public Relations, CIPPR.  Following the decision, students are not expected on campus any time earlier than 6.30 am and must leave latest by 6.30 pm. As at now, […]

China is hoping for an improvement in diplomatic relations with the United States under the newly inaugurated President Joe Biden. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, congratulated Biden in front of the press in Beijing on Thursday and expressed hope that the relationship would be put back on the right track. The spokeswoman referred to the […]

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state government yesterday discovered equipment of Nsu ceramic and tiles industry established by the then administration of Sam Mbakwe, in a warehouse owned by the former governor, Rochas Okorocha, along Owerri/ Aba road in the state. In a find-out mission by the state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Simon […]

THE lawmaker representing Akoko-Edo II constituency in the Edo state House of Assembly, Hon Emmanuel Agbaje has condemned the recent killing of two young men in his constituency one in Ososo who was said to have been stabbed to death and another in Igarra that was reportedly shot.

The two deaths are currently being investigated by the Area Command and the Divisional Police Office both in Igarra headquarter of Akoko-Edo local government area.

By Harris Emanuel, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Police Command has called on the political class and stakeholders to find an enduring solution to the lingering crises bedevilling communities in Okobo and Mbo local government areas of the state. Tension has risen in the past few days in the two local government areas as a result […]

BY OBINNA EZUGWU Nigeria’s former senate president, Anyim Pius Anyim rarely comes across as a politician. Indeed he is not the usual player of the political game. A very dedicated member of the Assemblies of God Church, whose life practically revolves around work and worship, he is an oddity in a field dominated by showy […]

By Davies Iheamnachor, Port-Harcourt Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has pleaded with persons living with disabilities to please vacate their premises. The firm also stated that it was constrained by the continuous occupation of their facility by the disabled persons, urging the protesters to accept dialogue. It will be recalled that scores of persons living […]

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s seven-day ultimatum to armed herdsmen to leave Ondo forests and comments that the Presidency is emotionally attached to Fulani herdsmen, Wednesday, drew supportive reactions from Ohanaeze Ndigbo; Pan-Niger-Delta Forum, PANDEF; the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB; Afenifere; Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, and some senior lawyers, SANs.

By Ugochukwu Alaribe, Umuahia Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has vowed to use every lawful means to protect the state’s territory from criminals and people with expansionist agenda. Ikpeazu who stated this at Akirika Obu Community in Ukwa East council area when he visited the community following reports of invasion of the Community by […]

China has decided to sanction 28 persons who have seriously violated China’s sovereignty and who have been mainly responsible for a series of crazy US moves on China-related issues, a foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Thursday. They include Michael R. Pompeo, Peter K. Navarro, Robert C. O’Brien, David R. Stilwell, Matthew Pottinger, Alex M. Azar […]