Thursday, 09 January, 2025

Month: July 2020


The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disqualified two of its nine aspirants jostling to clinch its ticket for the gubernatorial election The chairman of the screening panel and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, made this known Read more…


• Errant cop flees as mob threatens attack The tragic death of a youth in the Sango area of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State has sparked protests by residents who are demanding justice.Funmilayo Oyediji’s death was said to Read more…


The Federal Government, on Thursday, arraigned Dr Obinna Uzor and his lawyer, Eziafa Enwedo on a six-count criminal charge before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. They were accused of using a forged originating summons and court processes to Read more…


…Nigerians cautioned against travelling and social gatherings The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday urged Nigerians to brace up for an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases as a result of the easing of the lockdown nationwide. Read more…


 ANAMBRA State Government has reduced ongoing curfew in Awka South Local Government Area.   In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Solo Chukwulobelu, a review of the current COVID-19 situation necessitated the relaxation of the curfew.   Read more…


Gov Obiano has eventually made good his promise to procure more tractors and Implements to leverage this year’s farming in Anambra State. The first batch of CASE tractors with harrows, ploughs, ridgers, trailers and slashers were delivered today at the Read more…


Dr Ugboaja JO I most warmly welcome all of us to this week’s edition of leadership series which deals with the various types of leadership. The last edition looked at theories of leadership including the classical theories, the path to Read more…


Enugu State has recorded 3 more deaths of COVID-19 patients in the state, raising the total number of deaths in the state to 9, as 66 new cases were spotted on Wednesday. A terse statement signed by the state Commissioner Read more…


The Nigerian Army has freed Victoria Idakpini, the detained wife of Lance Corporal Martins Idakpani. This was nine days after she was held by the army because her husband slammed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai, in Read more…


The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday rejected a request of the Rivers State Government to temporarily stop the deduction of funds from the Federation Account for the funding of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund scheme The state government’s Read more…


While the results show an overwhelming majority of Russians have backed a proposed broad package of amendments to the country’s constitution, many leading opposition figures have immediately cried foul. Moscow protest leader Alexei Navalny rejected the legitimacy of the plebiscite Read more…


The sovereign government in Kabul is the sole entity on Afghan soil that has received Russian weaponry, Moscow has insisted. The statement comes after Mike Pompeo bluntly accused it of funnelling weapons to Taliban militants. “Russia has only supplied arms Read more…