Men of the Nigerian Army have reportedly foiled an attack on the Forward Operating Base by the Indigenous People of Biafra fighters in Imo State. The Army said the IPOB fighters who attempted the attack on its base were met Read more…
Month: August 2023
FCTA PRESS STATEMENT We are compelled to address recent news articles in the media, that claimed that the new FCT Minister, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, is embarking on a demolition spree targeting 6000 houses across 30 settlements in Abuja as Read more…
Algeria and Egypt have moved against military intervention in the Niger Republic, insisting that dialogue remains the best option out of the current political crisis in the country. Recall that West African leaders had, in the aftermath of the coup Read more…
The Wagner Group chief was traveling on board a private jet that crashed in Russia with no survivors Russian authorities have confirmed that a private jet with Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin listed as a passenger crashed between Moscow and Read more…
BRICS will become economically more powerful than the G7, the Russian president said in an address to the Johannesburg summit The US dollar is losing its global role in an “objective and irreversible” process, the Russian president told participants at Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The former President General (PG) of Obiofia community in Nnewichi-Nnewi, Chief Ibe Okonkwo(Ifeuto-Nnewi) yesterday opened a table water factory. The occasion of opening ceremony of the table water factory was also used to thank God for blessing Read more…
The African Union, AU, yesterday asked its commission to compile a list of members of the military junta and their supporters in the Niger Republic for targeted sanctions and “application of individual punitive measures.’’ This will be in addition to Read more…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, delivered a direct message to directors within the FCT Administration and the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA): perform or seek redeployment. Addressing the senior bureaucracy of the FCT Administration, FCDA, Read more…
Another Chibok schoolgirl has regained freedom from Boko Haram captivity nine years after the mass abduction by the terror group at a boarding school in northeast Borno State. Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai Joint Task Force Northeast, Maj. Gen. Gold Chibuisi, Read more…
The naira fell sharply against the US dollar on the parallel market on Tuesday, trading atQ1 N900 to the dollar based on market quotes, down from N840 last week. This represents a steep depreciation despite recent government efforts to shore Read more…
With barely two weeks after Bandits group led by Dogo Gede shutdown a Military Helicopter on an evacuation mission in Kusasu Village in Shriroro local government area of Niger state, about eight communities in the area have surrendered themselves to Read more…
The British police have charged the former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke with bribery offences. According to Reuters, the UK police on Tuesday said they suspected she had accepted bribes in return for awarding multi-million-pound oil and gas contracts. The Read more…