By Jimoh Babatunde Founder of the Initiative for Peace, Forgiveness and Love for One Another (IPFLOA), Ambassador Kingsley Atoe, has appealed to Nigerian music stars, Peter and Paul Okoye of the defunct P-Square duo, to forgive one another and reconcile their differences. Atoe made the appeal in a message addressed to the two brothers, urging […]

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has defended the use of public funds to support marriage arrangements in states operating under Shariah law, describing the practice as a legitimate responsibility of government. Gumi made the position known in a statement shared on Facebook on Thursday, arguing that governments in Shariah-governed societies have a duty to address […]

…Residents demand government intervention as traders seek grants, lower levies By Ugochukwu Alaribe, Chinedu Adonu, Vincent Ujumadu, Jeff Agbodo, Chimaobi Nwaiwu and Emma Iheaka UMUAHIA — Residents and traders across the South-East have lamented the rising cost of goods and services, declining consumer purchasing power and worsening business conditions, urging the Federal Government to introduce […]

Immediate past Director of Engineering Management Services at the Federal Ministry of Works, Engineer Bukar Dikwa, has decried delays in pension and gratuity payments, poor recruitment practices and late payments to contractors.

Those killed included a man in his 60s or 70s found floating in a flooded road and a 66-year-old woman stuck in her submerged car, the Chiba Prefecture Disaster Management Office said.