..As Ofobrukueta tasks Police on thorough investigation By Ochuko Akuopha ASABA— THE Delta State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the murder of the Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state, Mr Ese Idisi. Meanwhile, the immediate past chairman of Ethiope council, Victor Ofobrukueta, has charged the […]

Idowu Bankole Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has dismissed claims by some people he described as impostors that they planned meetings for the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. In a statement on Monday evening, by his media office, Ohuabunwa, a respected lawmaker, who is also a former House […]

By Bashir Bello Kano—The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Kano Zone, has warned that the country could be heading for fresh strike action over what it described as the Federal Government’s insincere handling of ongoing renegotiations. The Zonal Coordinator, Abdulkadir Muhammad, raised the alarm after the union’s Zonal meeting in Kano, saying confidence in […]

•Nicki Minaj to address UN on alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria By Nkiruka Nnorom (with agency reports) Pope Leo has voiced renewed alarm over the escalating violence, discrimination, and persecution faced by Christian populations in several nations, including Nigeria, Mozambique, Sudan, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, among others. The alarm […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,470 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,475 per dollar last weekend. However, the naira depreciated to N1,447 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the exchange rate for the naira rose to […]