Mr Idris Jere, Acting Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service, has ordered the Special Task Force Team of the Service to clear backlogs of passport applications in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Jere directed the task force to proceed to the Ikoyi Passport Office Read more…
Month: September 2021
Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a former Special Adviser on Media to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has criticised Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State over his posture that the ruling All Progressives Congress will zone the 2023 Presidency to the South-East Read more…
Angry youths from the Epie and Atissa Kingdoms in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State are currently protesting in Yenagoa, the state capital, over the death of their colleagues from the Biogbolo-Epie community. The male victim, Goodluck Oviekeme Read more…
Four soldiers have been killed and Fifteen others injured in an ambushed by the Boko Haram terrorists at Ala village between Marte-Dikwa town in Borno state.It was gathered that the terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of West Africa Province Read more…
SUNDAY ABORISADE examines the activities of the ninth Senate in the last two years and notes that the absolute loyalty of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) – led regime, remains a major concern to Read more…
Suspected leader of armed criminals in Benue State, Kefas Aondofa popularly known as Azonto has reportedly been arrested by joint security operatives. Azonto is second in command to the slain Benue militia warlord, Terwase Akwaza (Gana), who was killed by Read more…
Protesting Trailers, Tankers and other articulated vehicles drivers on Friday, blocked all entrance routes to Minna, the Niger state to register their displeasure over the closure of the dilapidated 82 kilometers Minna-Bida highway. The hitherto ever busy highway was closed Read more…
Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom has called on the Federal Government to provide critical infrastructure and development projects to South East zone and as well allocate resources and key appointments to the region in order to end violent agitations. Read more…
Academic activities were put on hold Thursday as students of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, blocked the Aba/Owerri Road axis leading to the school in protest against what they called failure of the school management to accredit the entire Engineering Department. Read more…
Lawsuits in London and New York have shed light on how fees that trading firms paid agents to win oil contracts from Nigeria’s state energy company may have raised funds for the country’s past two elections. An ex-BP Plc oil Read more…
The office of the French president says UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed a desire to “re-establish cooperation” amid tension between the states following the recent revelation of the AUKUS submarine deal. In a statement released by Emmanuel Macron’s Read more…
Following disappointing talks with US President Joe Biden, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that he will instead try to build ties with Russia, revealing that discussions in New York went badly. The two leaders met at the UN Read more…