Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has expressed sadness over the passing of former Governor of Oyo state, Otunba Adebayo Alao- Akala.Kalu who described the late former Governor as a compassionate politician Read more…
Month: January 2022
•We are on their trail ― Amotekun Some 72 hours after the attack on the Molege community in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, where three people were killed and buildings set ablaze, some herdsmen on Monday afternoon Read more…
No fewer than 11 persons were killed and several houses burnt in a midnight attack on Ancha community in Bassa local government area of Plateau State by a terrorist group suspected to be bandits. The President, Irigwe Development Association, Prince Read more…
Suspected kidnappers have abducted the mother of the Minority Leader of Kano State House of Assembly, Hon. Isiyaku Ali Danja, Hajiya Zainab, around midnight of Tuesday. Sources said the armed assailants entered Hajiya Zainab’s house in Gezawa local government area Read more…
Former Minister of Finance, Chu SP Okongwu, has died at the age of 87. Okongwu, the first of eight children, was born on September 23, 1934, in Nnewi, Anambra State. Dr SP Chu Okongwu, a former Minister of Finance under Read more…
The second of three diplomatic engagements scheduled this week between Western powers and Russia yielded no meaningful breakthroughs on Wednesday, but appeared to buy some time for NATO allies still wary of a Russian military invasion of Ukraine. Speaking in Brussels after a Read more…
Nigeria will lift a ban on Twitter from midnight after the social media platform agreed to open a local office, among other agreements with authorities in the West African country, a senior government official said on Wednesday. The Nigerian government Read more…
A new study shared by the CDC director shows one coronavirus variant is much less dangerous, but far more transmissible While a study out of southern California shows the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is much milder than the Delta, Read more…
Late Shonekan’s family in a statement issued and signed by Ade Shonekan officially announced the passing of the former Head of Interim Government, saying the elder statesman died Tuesday morning of natural causes at the age of 85. The family, Read more…
The Police in Ebonyi State, on Tuesday, failed to arraign the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chika Nwoba, who has been in its custody, since Sunday. He was brought to the Magistrate Court II of the State Judiciary Read more…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, who declared his ambition for the 2023 presidential election on Tuesday, has said he’s not in contest with anybody but himself. Umahi said this while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting with Read more…
The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that it did not authorise anyone to enforce the Monday sit-at-home order which has led to killings and destruction of life and properties in the South-East. Reacting to Monday’s hoodlum attacks in communities Read more…