Buhari to new Ohanaeze President: Use new position to forge greater unity of the country
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Monday, urged the new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor to deploy his immense experience within and outside government to forge greater unity of the country. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja felicitated with […]
FG signs US$1.959bn Kano-Maradi railway project
By Dirisu Yakubu, Abuja The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government as part of its commitment to link the entire country by rail, Monday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mota-Engil Group for the construction of US$1.959 billion Kano-Maradi Standard gauge railway line. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi signed on behalf of the federal government while the […]
Police arrest female Corps member for allegedly killing man in Akwa Ibom
By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a Batch ‘A’ Corps member, identified as Chidinma Pascaline Oduma for allegedly killing one Akwaowo Japhet. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Odiko MacDon, told newsmen that the incident happened on Sunday, January 10, 2021, at 219 Abak Road, Uyo, the state capital. […]
‘Most dangerous time of coronavirus pandemic yet to come in UK’
The most dangerous time of the coronavirus pandemic in Britain is yet to come before vaccine rollout has an impact, Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty warned Monday.
Female corps member hacks lover to death in Akwa Ibom
People in Abak road and its environs were thrown into mourning as a female corps member, Chidimma Odume, residing in the area allegedly hacked her boyfriend with a machete to death.
Social Media Reactions: Keyamo launches 774,000 jobs in grand style
The Honourable Minister of State, Labour & Employment and Former Min. of State, Niger-Delta Affairs, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has launched the Special Public Works Programme (774,000) jobs in my own Local Government Area (Uvwie LGA) in Delta State. Festus Keyamo commenced the programme by empowering the Youth with Cutlass and wheelbarrow, promoting agriculture. Reactions trail […]
Report on alleged diversion of fund is sheer blackmail, says TRCN
THE Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, has dismissed a report on purported diversion of the fund in the agency published by Aljazirah Newspaper Nigeria.
Bashir and Nabena Outbursts Against Matawalle: Ranting of A Defeated Opposition Seeking Relevance
Carelessness best describes this viewpoint expressed by Bashir Hassan from Katsina which was widely syndicated on online publications and also to respond to the reckless outburst of the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Yekini Nabena, which greeted the role Governor Muhammed Bello Matawalle played in securing the release of the abducted boys from Katsina State by bandits.
Pensioners in Ekiti lament over 27 years unpaid pension, gratuities
Pensioners under the aegis of College of Education, Ikere Ekiti Pensioners Association have lamented their 27 years unpaid pension and gratuity by the Ekiti state government
After 15 years, Anambra community gets traditional ruler
Fifteen years after the traditional stool became vacant, people of Ajali town in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra, installed a new traditional ruler, Eze Emesinwa Nwosu VII, on Monday. Nwosu is the first son of the immediate past traditional ruler, Eze Obinali Nwosu. The Ogbuti-Oti dynasty is famed to be the founder of […]
Delta LG polls: Women protest assault of 68-year-old woman
HUNDREDS of women from Ubulu-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta State, Monday stormed the State Government House, Asaba in protest against the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the March 6 Local Government Council election, Mr Jude Chukwunwike for allegedly assaulting a 68-year old grandmother, Mrs Patricia Odiaka.
