By Emmanuel Iheaka The youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State, Franklin-Kennedy Ibeh, has condemned the ongoing xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals of African descent in South Africa. Ibeh, in a statement issued in Owerri on Thursday, accused the administration of President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) […]

By Steve Oko The Abia State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of two farmers abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Ohuhu community, Umuahia North Local Government Area, following a swift joint operation involving police operatives, local vigilantes, forest guards and community youths. The rescue operation followed rising tension in the agrarian area, where residents […]

By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, on Wednesday joked that the Ministry of Aviation should be made to pay “landing, parking and takeoff costs” after a private jet mistakenly landed on a concrete road under construction in Asaba, Delta State. Umahi made the remark during an inspection tour of the […]

…urges urgent preventive action against rising insecurity By Adeola Badru Amid growing insecurity concerns in Oyo State and 24 days after the abduction of teachers and pupils in Oriire Local Government Area, Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has written to Governor Seyi Makinde, expressing readiness to provide security for […]

By Dayo Johnson, Akure An Ondo State High Court sitting in Ondo State has renewed an interim order restraining Mr. Samuel Saka Odimayo from parading himself as the Olofun of Irele pending the determination of a suit challenging his selection and approval. The case is being heard at the Ondo State High Court in Okitipupa. […]