Enugu govt flags off rural market empowerment initiative
The Enugu State government has flagged off a rural market empowerment initiative tagged “SHOP LOCALLY “ According to Barrister Henry Nnanna Okeke, Special Adviser on Safety to the Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the initiative is to encourage direct contribution to the local community. Barrister Okeke stressed that “Your money is going straight into your […]
El-Rufai condemns kidnap of Bethel Baptist students
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has condemned Monday’s kidnapping of an unspecified number of students from Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Chikun local government area.
26 kidnapped Kaduna students return, as parents besiege school, seek divine intervention
The Police in Kaduna State and other security agents have rescued 26 of the kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist School and a female teacher on Monday.
My brother-in-law destroyed my house, 2 generators, 10 bags of rice, others because I refused to marry him — Imo widow
A widow, Mrs Ifenyinwa Okechi, has cried out for justice after her late husband’s house in Ubahangwu Etiti Orsu Autonomous Community in Orsu Local Government Area, in Imo State, was said to have been demolished by her late husband’s younger brother, whose name was given as Mr Simon Okechi.
Confusion as Minister slumps at Bauchi event
By Charly Agwam – Bauchi There is confusion over the health status of Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Maryam Katagum after she slumped while on an official engagement in Bauchi State. The minister, who was in Bauchi on Monday to launch an empowerment programme at Sanin Malam Plaza suddenly slumped as […]
Southern Governors Forum: Again, Cross River, Anambra states governors absent
Governors of the Southern States of Nigeria on Monday met in Lagos to deliberate on matters affecting the region just as the governors of Cross River and Anambra states were again from the crucial gathering.
Police clampdown on Yoruba nation protesters, lawless, undemocratic — NBA
By Rotimi Ojomoyela The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikere-Ekiti branch has described as lawless and undemocratic, the Saturday’s clampdown on peaceful Yoruba nation agitators in Lagos. The Association said the Federal government action was not only antithetical but strange and unknown to any democratic settings across the globe. The chairperson of Ikere-Ekiti branch of NBA, […]
Stop treating Igboho as criminal, apologise to him now — Soyinka tells FG
“I think they should tell Igboho ‘we made a mistake’, ‘we should not have acted in this way’, ‘you are no longer wanted’, ‘go back to your home, in fact escort him to his home’ and let him resume his normal life.”
Electricity workers issue strike notice to FG over planned sale of TCN
Workers in the nation’s power sector, on the platform of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, have served the Federal Government a notice of industrial unrest over planned sale of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, warning of its threat to national security, among others dangers.
2023 Elections: CSOs insist on electronic transmission of results
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, on Monday, urged the National Assembly not to block electronic transmission of results in the ongoing Electoral Act Amendment process. The CSOs, at a roundtable meeting that was organized by electoral stakeholders in conjunction with the European Union, EU, in Abuja, described the electronic transmission of results as […]
Nnamdi Kanu: There’ll be trouble if truth finally comes out — Soyinka
It’s not for me to tell the president to prepare itself because it’s going to be a huge squawk when the truth about how Kanu was arrested comes out.
