1st Niger Bridge reopening delayed for more repairs
Umahi orders safety checks, concrete work By Egufe Yafugborhi ASABA — The reopening of the 1st Niger Bridge has been delayed as the Federal Government ordered additional structural repairs and safety checks before the critical link between Delta and Anambra states is reopened to traffic. The emergency rehabilitation, initially scheduled for completion within two weeks, […]
Police seal suspected fake wine factory in Lagos
By Stanley Umejiaku LAGOS — Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have uncovered and sealed a suspected illegal factory allegedly used to produce and package adulterated alcoholic drinks in the Yafin area of Badagry, Lagos State. The operation also led to the arrest of a 48-year-old man identified as Anaebo Hilary, who was found […]
2027: Hardship unbearable, deny Tinubu second term — Atiku
ADC will take over — Aregbesola, as Jegede defects By Dayo Johnson, Akure AKURE — Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has urged Nigerians to reject President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in the 2027 general elections, saying the hardship in the country has become unbearable. Atiku spoke […]
CHRICED demands probe into Wike’s G5 claim on 2023 poll
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education, CHRICED, has demanded an investigation into Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike’s claim that the G5 governors deliberately allowed Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to win in parts of the South-South during the 2023 presidential election to weaken […]
ANSACA raises alarm over rising HIV/AIDS cases in Anambra
More than 2,500 people had been tested through community, motor-park, workplace and tertiary-institution outreaches since April,
2027: Obi not better than me — Umahi
…Insists it’s not yet Igbo turn to be president By Olayinka Ajayi BENIN CITY — Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has dismissed suggestions that he is not on the same level as the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, insisting there is no area in which the former Anambra State governor […]
