Saturday, 25 January, 2025

Month: January 2021


A commercial motorcyclist was on Friday crushed to death by an articulated truck in Umuazu Nteje in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra state. The crash which occurred around 11.10am involved a Mercedes Benz tipper and the motorcycle. The Nation Read more…


The Supreme Court has declined the request by a brother to the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, Alhaji Ali Abacha, to unfreeze the accounts traced to him and relatives of the late Abacha in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Read more…


The caretaker committee of the Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday alleged that Governor Dave Umahi’s frustration over his inability to get PDP members to defect with him into the All Progressive Congress (APC) is Read more…


• Govt ruined my biz without investigation –Restaurant’s owner Again, Kaduna State is in the news. And again, it is for the wrong reasons. This time around, it is not news about bandits or kidnapping.  Rather, it is in the news for Read more…


One problem that has dogged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State since 2003 is factionalism and inability to organise free, fair, and credible primaries. Each governorship primary election in the state had in the past witnessed up to four Read more…


The WHO and pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer on Friday announced a deal for up to 40 million initial doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for poorer countries, through Covax global pool. World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Covax — Read more…


The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has commenced the enrolment of foreign diplomats in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate Communications of NIN, in Abuja. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Read more…


Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the death of a 10-year-old girl who reportedly took part in the ‘blackout challenge’, a viral game that has gained popularity on TikTok. The girl passed away in Palermo, Italy on Wednesday. She was Read more…


The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. John Abang has achieved remarkable comparative peace and security as against other states in Nigeria. Mr Abang disclosed this while speaking with journalists shortly after the parade of fourteen suspects who were arrested Read more…


Mr. Ben Okeke (Uzuakpundu) died a peaceful death at the ripe age of 101 years and was buried the same day. His funeral ceremony will be announced after consultations with the extended family and relevant stakeholders. Uzuakpundu was a second Read more…


(Being the Joint Proclamation of a Sovereignty Dispute by Accredited Delegates of Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities of the Southern and Middle Belt Territories of Nigeria, Issued This 16th Day of December 2020 in Lagos). This Proclamation is Titled:CORRECTING THE MISTAKE OF 1914 Read more…


• Says Nigeria’s unity negotiable As more stakeholders call for a power shift to the South East in 2023, the convener of New Nigeria Group (NNG), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, yesterdays, in Abuja, declared his intention to run for the 2023 presidential Read more…