The  Labour Party, LP, Southeast Chapter has   condemned the recent spike in killings and violence in Imo State, particularly the recent incident in Umualumaku, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state, which claimed the lives of some members of the Nigerian army, police, and civil defense.

The 2023 Imo governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, and former governor of the state, Ikedi Ohakim, have described the Imo Charter of Equity as misleading. 

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that it plans to use a non-kinetic approach to resolve security challenges in the Southeast region by appealing to people causing bloodshed to embrace peace.

Bruce Fein, the International Counsel of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has renewed the call for his immediate release from over two years of detention.

A team of new directors have been elected to spearhead initiatives at the Innovation Support Network (ISN) aimed at propelling Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem to new heights.

NG Clearing, West Africa’s Premier Central Counterparty, has announced the appointment of Mr. Farooq Adedayo Oreagba as its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, subject to approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp), a listed diversified conglomerate with investments in the Power, Hospitality and Energy sectors, has embarked on an environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project. 

In apparent reflection of the depreciation in the value of the Naira coupled with the sustained inflationary pressure, the cost of raw material input for consumer goods companies rose by 18.5 percent in the first half of 2023 (H1’23), a development which undermined the companies’ profitability.

Nigerian professional Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) Mohammed Usman has made his long-awaited return to the Octagon with a victory against Jake Collier in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Fight Night in Vegas.  Mohammed Usman, Kamoru’s younger brother got his UFC return as a replacement for Valter Walker against Jake Collier on UFC Fight Night event […]

THE Minister of Works, David Umahi, has insisted that there is no going back on the construction of concrete roads saying President Bola Tinubu has approved that it should be enforced.
He, however, urged road construction companies nationwide to learn from the ingenuity of Sermatech Nigeria Limited.

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, yesterday, urged President Bola Tinubu to set up a presidential panel of enquiry to probe the alleged missing and unaccounted $15 billion of oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries between 2020 and 2021, as documented by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI.

There is worry among operatives of the Rivers State Police Command over alleged extortion of over N100 million from a suspect arrested for cybercrime.

President Bola Tinubu has given marching orders to security agencies to rescue the remaining female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, who were recently abducted by terrorists.

The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, condemned what he described as reprehensible act of abduction.

Operatives of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and Nigeria Police, yesterday, arrested a driver of a danfo bus, Volkswagen ‘T4’ with number plate, LSR 966 YE, for allegedly stabbing a LASTMA officer, after being apprehended over serious traffic offence around Costain Round-About, Surulere area, Lagos.

She is sleek, agile and full of energy. Ever since Yemi Olaniyan, professor of musicology at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, described the mesmerizing traditional dances of Eastern Nigerians, especially of people from Enugu axis, as “green leaves vibrating in the wind”, I have kept close watch on the musical tradition of Enugu people and their enthralling dancers.