Sunday, 24 November, 2024

Month: April 2021


Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has promised to accept and work with any decision reached by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum on the ongoing agitations for judicial autonomy.  He made the assertion on Tuesday in Kano when leaders of Kano Read more…


The movement of vehicles and passengers along the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway has been halted following heavy shootings at the Ezilo axis of the highway by suspected gunmen. As of the time of filing this report, it was not immediately clear those Read more…


The governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has disclosed that the newly formed Ebube Agu security outfit for the South-East region is not an alternative to the police, army and other federal government established security outfits. The governor in a Read more…


The Presidency has declared that nobody or a group in Nigeria can intimidate or bully the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to accept the demands by secessionists. It also stated that the President will not pay those demanding dissolution Read more…


Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, a Black man whose death last May in police custody was captured on video that went viral and set off a summer of unrest over law enforcement’s Read more…


•We’ll queue behind party with Igbo candidate –Nwodo As more leaders across various geopolitical zones continue to drum support for a Nigerian president of South East extraction, President- General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor, has said the region would produce Read more…


Elder statesman and former Minister of Health, Prof ABC Nwosu believes that 2023 general elections will provide the best opportunity for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction. He said so and more in this interview. Insecurity in South East has been Read more…


Ebonyi State Government, yesterday, frowned at what it described as worrisome reports of unauthorised release of 55 suspected warlords arrested in connection with the intra-communal war in Effium community in Ohaukwu local government area of the state by security agents. Commissioner Read more…


Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Monday urged the Federal Government to allowed states to develop and operate their respective minerals and pay royalty to the central government. Wike made the call when Mr Uchechukwu Ogah, the Minister of Read more…


“I heard a gunshot, I knew something went through me. I waited to see where blood will gush out from. To my greatest surprise, instead of blood gushing out of my body, I saw my intestine gushing out to the Read more…


The president of Chad has died, the country’s army announced Tuesday. Idriss Déby, 68, died of injuries suffered on the front line while fighting against rebels, an army spokesperson said. The spokesperson did not say when Déby died. The army Read more…


The meeting earlier scheduled to hold last Thursday was postponed indefinitely at the last minute by the labour minister. Labour minister, Chris Ngige, has rescheduled a fresh meeting with the leaderships of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and the Judiciary Read more…