From Ifeoma Ejiofor An Azia based legal practitioner, who is aspiring to represent Ndi-Ihiala at the green chamber of the National Assembly, Barr Johnmary Akachukwu Maduakolam has assured that regular constituency briefing would be a constant feature of his tenure. Read more…
The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa (APC, Kano), has called for firearms permits for Nigerians willing to defend themselves in the face of the failure of security agencies to protect lives and properties. Mr Doguwa made the call on Read more…
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has told residents of the state to defend themselves after the state government said that ‘several people’ were killed by suspected herders who attacked farming communities in three local governments in the state. Mr Read more…
A House of Representatives aspirant for Abakaliki/Izzi Federal Constituency in the 2023 general election, Chief Morris Mbam and second son of the former Secretary to Ebonyi State Government, SSG, late Chief Fidelis Mbam, Thursday came heavily on the current Senator Read more…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has commended the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, and the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, over what he described as excellent approach in curbing crime in the state. Governor Wike Read more…
The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has reacted to the burning of the Nnewi South Local Government Area secretariat in Ukpor by some armed men in the early hours of Thursday, stating that “Ndị Anambra cannot be repressed by Read more…
At least seven soldiers were killed when terrorists ambushed troops of Zuma Barracks on patrol around Dikko community along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, LEADERSHIP has learnt. The source said the soldiers from Zuma Barracks, Suleja in Niger State where responding to distress Read more…
The US Treasury made exemptions to sanctions on Alisher Usmanov, the Russian businessman described by the EU as one of Putin’s “favorite oligarchs” whose current net worth is estimated to be around $19.6 billion. US officials feared that blocking the hundreds of businesses believed Read more…
Financial sanctions imposed on Russia threaten to gradually dilute the dominance of the U.S. dollar and could result in a more fragmented international monetary system, Gita Gopinath, IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director, told The Financial Times. Russia has been hit Read more…
Russian forces have almost completely destroyed the Ukrainian defense industry and are “finishing off” the civilian one, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Alexey Arestovich, claimed on Thursday. Commenting on the most recent round of the negotiations between Kiev and Read more…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has recorded 659 confirmed cases of Lassa fever with 120 deaths as at last week, in over 23 states. Director-general of NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa, who stated this at a Read more…
29th March, 2022 The Governors’ Forum of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly criticized the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for unleashing excruciating hardship and suffering on haplessNigerians in its 7-year rule. The Forum rose from its meeting Aba, Read more…