From Ifeoma Ejiofor Amiliba Community Hall at Otolo-Nnewi in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State recently became a mecca of sort as people trooped out in their good numbers to take advantage of the free medical outreach put together by Read more…
Month: May 2024
Local airline operator Air Peace says some alleged safety violations raised by the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (UKCAA) have been resolved with the British regulator. In a statement on Monday, the airline, which began its Lagos-London direct flights on Read more…
The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of aiding crimes in the country. The monarch made the allegations when he received the new Benin Zonal Director of EFCC, Effa Okim, in his palace Read more…
The long-awaited student loan programme will take off on Friday with 1.2 million students in federal tertiary institutions across the country, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, has said. Sawyerr, who spoke at Read more…
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, as the leader of a “hostile political regime,” is a legitimate military target, Dmitry Medvedev, the head of Russia’s Security Council, has said. Speaking to TASS on Monday, Medvedev said that the question of Zelensky’s legitimacy as president Read more…
The High Court in London has ruled that WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has the right to appeal an extradition request by the US. Washington is seeking to put the Australian publisher on trial for espionage for disclosing alleged war crimes Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Barr Peter Awah, the Director of Public Prosecution for Anambra State and immediate Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association(NBA) Ihiala branch, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. Sources claimed that the lawyer was killed in Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The immediate past National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr Paul Chukwuma has declared his intention to contest in the 2025 Anambra State governorship election. Dr Chukwuma has also vowed to elevate the party far Read more…
Iranian state media have confirmed that President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwestern province of East Azerbaijan. His entire entourage, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Governor of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati have also perished, Read more…
Suspected warlords early, yesterday, attacked Ikachi village in the Akparata area of Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, killing two persons and destroying property worth millions of naira. It was learned that the two killed were beheaded Read more…
Manufacturers of fast-moving consumer goods, FMCG are in dire agony over the continued rise in unsold goods in their warehouses, a development which would lead to a further significant decline in output level in the sector.The continued rise in unsold Read more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn the circular it issued to all commercial banks on May 6, 2024, directing them to implement a compulsory withdrawal of 0.05 per cent from every electronic transaction as cybersecurity levy. The controversial Read more…