Saturday, 11 May, 2024

Month: June 2020


As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Enugu State, a judge of the state high court, Justice Fidelis Ngwu, has reportedly died after suffering from an undisclosed sickness. Justice Ngwu, who was said to have been rushed to a private Read more…


Family and friends surrounded chief Tony KH Oraka (Nnanyi) to honor him with a birthday celebration. What had been planned for a low profile gathering took on a life of its own with steady streaming of many old friends. Even Read more…


The third phase of the desilting exercise embarked upon by the Stategovernment has been extended to communities in Idemili North, NnewiNorth and Orumba North Local government areas, seven days aftercommencement. Joseph Egbeocha reports that the exercise, aimed at ensuring public Read more…


June end of month sanitation exercise recorded a huge success in Nnewiand its environs. ABS team while monitoring the exercise observed that human movementwas at low percentage, as major markets, shops and streets were lockeduntil ten o’clock in the morning. Read more…


Anambra State Commissioner for Trade and Commerce, Chief UchennaOkafor has inspected the progress of work at the ongoing constructionof Umunze Ultra Modern International Market, Orumba South LocalGovernment Area. The new market is intended to create a modern market in that Read more…


The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has asked Nigerians not to use face shields alone as protection against contracting COVID-19. The centre added that there is no evidence to back the effectiveness of face shields when used alone to Read more…


The Russian Foreign Ministry has rejected a US media report claiming Moscow offered to pay jihadi militants to attack US soldiers in Afghanistan. It said such ‘fake news’ merely betrays the low skill levels of US spy agencies. Citing US Read more…


Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there, a European intelligence official told CNN. The official was unclear as to the precise Read more…


The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami says there was no legal impediment on him in relation to the administration oaths. Malami said this in a statement issued by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Read more…


Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu yesterday disclosed that looters of the country’s treasury now keep illicit funds in Ghana. Magu made the disclosure at the commission’s corporate headquarters after the Chartered Institute of Read more…


By Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu BECOMING THE PARTY WE WERE INTENDED TO BE I wish to begin my remarks by commending members of the National Working Committee. Under their collective stewardship, the party earned great and important victories, not least Read more…


The Presidency has described recent interpretations following the dissolution of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as misleading. In a statement on Saturday, the Presidency said the narrative projecting a face-off between President Muhammadu Read more…