Thursday, 09 January, 2025

Month: April 2022


Unknown gunmen attacked police post at Isuofia, the home town of the newly sworn in governor of Anambra state. Initial report which spread various social media platform claimed that one of the policemen on duty was gunned down by the Read more…


The Forum of Nigerian Political Parties Chairmen has disowned a statement credited to the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) and allied civil society groups, under the umbrella body, Coalition Of National Civil Society Organisations (CNCSOs), that they have concluded Read more…


The Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command, Echeng Echeng, has assured the people of Anambra and its residents of sustained efforts by the Police in fighting crimes and criminality and improving public safety and security across the state. The police Read more…


The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1 billion, apparently after U.S. lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Thursday announced the sale of the Read more…


By Ifeoma Ejiofor From all indications, the House of Representatives aspiration of Barr Johnmary Akachukwu Maduakolam has gained so much currency that many of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates who will decide who emerge the standard bearer of the Read more…


The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise (CVR) exercise in a local government in Imo State following the murder of its staffer. This was made known by the spokesperson of INEC, Festus Okoye, on Thursday. He Read more…


The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Benue State has washed its hands off the killings of 25 people killed in three local government areas of the state on Monday night. According to the statement issued and Read more…


Despite the huge economic losses recorded by the Nigerian economy during the importation of adulterated into the country, the House of Representatives on Thursday exonerated Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, its subsidiaries as well as all the oil marketers Read more…


The Federal Government has again appealed to members of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to immediately call off their prolonged industrial action and return to their students for resumption of academic work in the public universities. Minister Read more…


As the battle for 2023 presidential election gathers momentum, a global Igbo Think Tank, Nzuko Umunna, has said it was ready to start a national conversation to make other Nigerians support a Nigerian president of South East extraction. The conversation Read more…


An Igbo group in Plateau State under the umbrella of Izu Umunna Cultural Association has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone the 2023 Presidency to the South East for fairness, equity and Justice. The President, Dr. Ugo Pat Read more…


The National Council of State has granted state pardon to former Governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame of Plateau and Taraba States respectively, who are serving terms in jail for corruption. The governors were among 159 prisoners pardoned by the Read more…