Monday, 23 December, 2024

Month: July 2021


By Ifeoma Ejiofor The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige has come under severe criticism over his claim that the federal government has completed work on Oba-Nnewi-Amichi-Okigwe road which has largely been abandoned for many years. A number Read more…


Youths, on Wednesday, stormed major streets and neighbourhoods in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital in a peaceful protest, demanding the release of the Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, who was arrested in Cotonou, the Republic Read more…


In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said Ekpa has refused to sign the rules of engagement and code of conduct guiding those broadcasting on Radio Biafra. It wondered why he would not like Read more…


Some youths have taken to the streets of Ibadan to protest the arrest of Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Igboho, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, on Monday night by security operatives in Cotonou, Benin Republic. The protesters, who are carrying placards with Read more…


Beyond all reasonable doubt, Lauretta Onochie, senior special assistant (New Media) to President Muhammadu Buhari since October 2016 should never have been nominated at all as a commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It is just as well Read more…


The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday alerted of plots by Justice O.A Nwabunike of the Anambra State High Court to derail the course of justice by hiding the case file on the Senator Ugochukwu UBA Vs PDP & Ors in Read more…


Catholic bishops have decried the socio-politico-economic situation of the country, saying Nigeria has lost its soul in the sense that it is no longer a healthy entity, thus necessitating the need for recovery. The clerics, under the aegis of Catholic Read more…


Washington and Berlin have struck a deal that would see the US drop opposition to the almost-complete Nord Stream 2 pipeline for Russian gas, in exchange for Germany promising investments in Ukraine. US President Joe Biden administration officials confirmed the Read more…


From China’s perspective, the blows from the United States just keep coming. Sanctions and export controls over the crackdown in Xinjiang. A warning to international businesses about the deteriorating climate in Hong Kong. The rejection of visas for students and Read more…


The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun has confirmed the death of nine people in an accident involving two vehicles on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday. The Sector Commander of FRSC in the state, Mr Ahmed Umar, said 16 Read more…


The recent unrest in South Africa has claimed 276 lives, the government said on Wednesday, raising the death toll from 215 announced earlier his week. “Since the unrest, a total of 234 deaths as related to the unrest were reported Read more…


The Electoral Officer (EO), for INEC in Nnewi North LGA, Mr Arusi Obasi paid a courtesy visit to Igwe Orizu III in his palace. During the felicitation, Mr. Obasi reminded Igwe that when he was on assignment to Nnewi in Read more…