Monday, 25 November, 2024

Month: August 2021


•Joins PRP, advises Nigerians not to vote APC, PDP •Ruling, opposition parties reply ex-INEC chair Chuks Okocha and By Adedayo Akinwale Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has said Nigeria could not continue to Read more…


Ese Brume on Tuesday gave Team Nigeria their first medal at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a bronze medal in the women’s long jump event. Brume recorded a 6.97 metres jump in the final of the event at Read more…


The Benue State Police Command has killed three kidnappers and rescued the wife of the Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Mrs Ann Unenge, alongside her driver after a gun battle that lasted over two hours. Recall that the wife of Read more…


Mon, August 2, 2021, 12:01 AM In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about the disturbing reality behind some of the “unclaimed” bodies sent to the country’s medical schools. Medical student Read more…


Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemi aka Sunday Igboho actually filed for asylum in Benin Republic one week before he was arrested, a source close to him has confided. Igboho, who is facing trial for alleged immigration-related charges in Cotonou, was Read more…


The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Tunji Disu as the new head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The posting of Disu, the IGP said, is on the heels of Management’s Read more…


By Ifeoma Ejiofor The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) standard-bearer in the November 6 Anambra State governorship election, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, has explained the factors that informed his choice of running mate in Mrs. Azuka Enemo. The PDP candidate also said Read more…


2 Aug, 2021 18:35 FILE PHOTO: German Navy’s Brandenburg-class frigate ‘Bayern’. ©  Reuters Follow RT onA German frigate has set sail for the South China Sea for the first time in some two decades as part of a six-month mission, as Berlin Read more…


By Ifeoma Ejiofor The Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi branch of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Monday joined the national strike embarked upon by the association. The President of NAUTH branch of NARD, Dr Golibe Read more…


Following the demise of Distinguished Senator Onyeabor Obi (Osoji Nnewi), a huge void in the administrative structure of Nnewi. During the last Nzukora Nnewi monthly meeting, Barrister Chima, among his peers was selected to replace the demised incredible Osoji Nnewi. Read more…


By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo The Nzukora Nnewi met on Sunday, August 1, 2021, to deliberate on the town’s interests. Upon concluding the minutes of the last meeting, the PG appealed to the attendees that it was better to receive various Read more…