Election: Nine Akwa Ibom guber candidates sign peace accord

A’Ibom motorists, commuters lament over increased petrol price

Vote candidates whose priorities are healthcare, Nigerians told

By Godfrey Bivbere Clearing agents operating at Tin-can Island port have expressed concern over double examination by officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. They noted that after the official examination of cargo which involved several government officials, most of the cargoes were again subjected to other examinations at the exit gate by […]

…Recounts challenges in office despite successes …Congratulates Enugu-born UTME’s second runner-up in Nigeria Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has disclosed that his biggest joy is that the recent actualisation of his administration’s struggle for Enugu to join the league of states enjoying oil producing status in Nigeria will ensure the fulfillment of his prayer […]

By Adeola Badru  As political activities intensify across the country in readiness for the 2023 general elections, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA),  Akin Fagbemi Ph.D has issued a stern warning on behalf of the state government to all political parties to play according to the extant road traffic rules and […]

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said yesterday that the Federal Government was borrowing money to fund petrol subsidies, insisting that the subsidy regime had become totally unsustainable.

By Peter Duru, Makurdi No fewer than nine suspects were reportedly apprehended by the police in Benue state for alleged robbery and kidnapping during the new year festivities in Kwande, Vandeikya and Otukpo Local Government Areas, LGAs, of the state. The arrest of the suspects was contained in statement issued Monday in Makurdi by the […]

FOLLOWING the continued killing of innocent Nigerians by police officers, we believe it has become necessary to enforce the already existing mandatory psychological assessment for policemen.  Section 3 (D) of Force Order 237 of the Nigeria Police Force Continuum Matrix, FCM, prohibits police officers from pointing firearms at citizens. Yet, the ugly incidents of killing […]

By Olu Fasan THE phrase “make or break” is often used with little meaning and consequence. But if there’s any time the phrase is consequential, it’s this year as Nigeria elects its next leader. Make no mistake, the outcome of February’s presidential poll will determine whether Nigeria’s chronic and acute rut will start to reverse […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi has granted an application for substituted service of the notice of appeal, record of appeal and appellant’s brief of argumenton Mrs. Regina Akume, Dickson Tarkighir and Solomon Wombo, in Appeal number CA/MK/PE/15/2022 pending before the court. Others affected by the order is Arc. Asema […]

A coalition of National Interest Defenders on Thursday claimed that it uncovered a fresh plot to launch coordinated attack and smear campaigns against the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele and President Muhammadu Buhari-backed CBN policies by pro-DSS sponsored groups.

New Year: Ofobrukueta eulogises Okowa, preaches love

By David Odama LAFIA – Worried by the high spate of illegal mining and other criminal activities in Nasarawa State, the state government has invoked order 02, 2022 to protect host communities, control and regulate mining activities in the state. To this end , it has become illegal for minig expedition to be carried out […]

Deputy President of Senate and Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has warned that any bank, lending institution or credit union which lends or advances money to the government of Delta state, four months to the end of its tenure, does so at it’s own risk.