Thursday, 19 December, 2024

Month: December 2020


The Police Command in Niger State says 23 persons lost their lives when a truck fully loaded with dozens of cows and 45 persons, skidded off the road and somersaulted into a bush. The accident occurred at about 0500 hours Read more…


When President Muhammadu Buhari appointed new service chiefs and a National Security Adviser, Nigerians were expectant that the fight against terror which had gained momentum at the end of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration and yielded positive results will intensify. More Read more…


The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Inland Water Ways (NIWA), Chief George Moghalu has told the Igbo to widen their horizon to convince other ethnic nationalities, if a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction must be realized. The Read more…


Berlin will not change its position on the Nord Stream 2 project after the new US administration takes office, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said, adding that Europe’s sovereignty does not equal doing US bidding. “We do not need Read more…


HRH Igwe KON Orizu III marked the 57th Ofala in grand style regaling his people with extraordinary show of strength and vitality. Also, the selection of the awardees was done purposefully to reflect a return to recognition of excellency as Read more…


By Our Royal Correspondent Her Excellency Dame Virgy Etiaba CON ‘Ezinne Nnewi’ ended her tenure this afternoon at the OFALA 2020 meeting of BOTCON at the Royal Palace of Igwe Orizu. Dame Etiaba’s successful four year tenure saw the profile Read more…


The call for Presidency of Igbo extraction by the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has taken another dimension, with both Anglican and Catholic Bishops joining forces with the group. The Anglican Archbishop on the Niger and Bishop of Awka Read more…


Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has dismissed as fake news, rumours making the rounds that he plans to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Speaking on a radio programme monitored in Umuahia on Friday, Governor Ikpeazu said he Read more…


The members, who accused the embattled president of allegedly co-opting people who are not registered members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in the state solely for pecuniary interest and willfully sidelined members from the activities of the Imo Ohanaeze. They equally alleged Read more…


Retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Azubuko Udah, wants Nigeria to adopt new global standards in digital security to tackle the current upsurge in banditry, kidnapping and wanton destruction of lives and property across the country. He is also unhappy that governors Read more…


A former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, narrated how he survived the February 1976 military coup d’etat, involving Lieutenant Colonel Buka Dimka. Obasanjo said it was General Olu Bajowa (retd.) that indirectly saved him from being killed in Read more…


The Kremlin said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to soon receive the country’s pioneering coronavirus vaccine. The comments came as eligibility for Sputnik V was broadened to those over the age of 60. Speaking to the Read more…