The North Central Zonal Caretaker Committee, overseeing the activities of the Peoples Democratic Party in Niger State, has reversed the suspension of a former governor of the state, Babangida Aliyu, from the party. The caretaker panel in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Suleiman Mohammed, late Monday night, described the ex-governor’s suspension as fake news. […]
A 26-year- old man has been electrocuted to death at Ede Ai-agbenu village in Okpoga district of Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State. The deceased identified as Humble Paul, from Aidogodo community in Okpoga, had on Sunday climbed the electricity pole to reconnect some residents of Ede Ai-agbenu to the power grid when he […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 48 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 162,641. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. “48 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-13 Kaduna-7 Nasarawa-7 Kano-6 Kwara-5 Ondo-4 Akwa Ibom-3 Osun-3.”
The division in Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership following January 10th election has deepened with the faction opposed to the Prof. George Obiozor- led leadership opening a parallel office opposite the Akanu Ibiam International Airport as its operational base. The Engr. Chidi Ibeh-led faction had while inspecting the main Ohanaeze Secretariat at the Park Avenue, Enugu, recently, […]
Chief Bola Tinubu on Monday asked the Federal Government to recruit 50 million youths into the Nigerian Army in a bid to oust the insurgents and miscreants threatening the nation’s peace. According to the former Lagos State governor, the insurgents and bandits are taking advantage of the high unemployment in the country and are recruiting […]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says the “selfishness” of some lawmakers, which resulted in a probe and generated publicity on the details of a 2018 Chinese loan agreement, has negatively affected the country. In July 2020, a house of representatives panel had raised the alarm over clauses conceding Nigeria’s sovereignty to China in a loan […]
Senator Rochas Okorocha was involved in another round of drama this weekend. Okorocha, who landed in a police station after an altercation with an aide of Governor Hope Uzodinma, last month, was involved in a scuffle with a monarch this time around. Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, who was dethroned as the traditional ruler of Obingwu community […]
The Presidency has said that there was not a time when the current administration promised to make one naira become equivalent to one dollar. Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said the claims suggesting that President Muhammadu Buhari made such a promise, are false. “It does not exist, it […]
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) will begin an indefinite strike nationwide from Thursday, April 1. It was gathered that the industrial action follows the expiration of a 60-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to pay the salary arrears of house officers across the country and review hazard allowance, among other demands. This was […]
‘ The Nigeria police force say they have arrested 16 suspects linked with the recent killing of police officers in parts of the south-east. Frank Mba, police spokesperson, said on Sunday that among those arrested are two members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as well as a pastor in Imo state. TheCable had […]
