Gorau under siege: Bandits kill four, shoot seven, abduct four
By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO — Gorau village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State was plunged into fresh mourning on Wednesday after armed bandits invaded the community, killing four residents, shooting seven others and abducting four people. The attack came only days after a devastating boat accident at the Gorau crossing point reportedly […]
NiDCOM demands release of 42 Nigerians detained in Mozambique
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has condemned the reported arrest of 42 Nigerians in Mozambique without formal charges, describing the development as disturbing and unacceptable.
Doctor exodus threatens Nigeria’s health system as Ikefuna takes helm at NPMCN
Medical doctors have raised fresh concerns over Nigeria’s worsening brain drain as Prof. Anthony Ikefuna was formally invested as the 24th President of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, NPMCN.
FG panel confirms ex-minister forged UNN certificate
A panel set up by the Federal Government to investigate an allegation that the immediate past Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji forged his University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) degree certificate has confirmed the allegation against the former minister.
‘Terrorists demand virgins, Indian hemp, cocaine as ransom’ – Afenifere bemoans onslaught in Yorubaland
“The kidnappers even hilariously asked for virgins to be brought in exchange for four men that they had previously abducted”
NDDC has transitioned from transaction to transformation — Ogbuku
The creeks and humid air of Port Harcourt have long been synonymous with the paradox of the Niger Delta, a region rich in oil wealth yet burdened by years of infrastructural neglect. At the centre of renewed conversations about change in the area sits the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the federal interventionist agency established to […]
