EBONYI State Governor, David Umahi, on Tuesday said academic activities would take off in September 2021 at the new state-owned Medical University, Uburu, in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state. Umahi, who stated this during the flag-off of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund and State Health Insurance Scheme in Abakaliki on Tuesday, […]
An Ogbia High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has sentenced one Charles Nikson, 39, to death by firing squad for his involvement in the November 2020 thwarted abduction of Mrs. Vivian Okoye, wife of a popular businessman, and a medical doctor in the state. Mrs Okoye and a medical doctor Alex Ileimokumo were rescued […]
governorship aspirant, Dr. Godwin Maduka, has accused the party of insincerity and manipulation during the conduct of last Saturday’s primary. Expressing his disappointment, Maduka said he was surprised that the Anambra PDP could sacrifice its success at the forthcoming gubernatorial election in November by edging him out to satisfy the selfish interests of the so […]
Eleven newly-appointed permanent secretaries for various ministries under the civil service in Imo Sate have been sworn in by Governor Hope Uzodimma. The governor, while performing the swearing in at the Exco Chambers at the Imo Government House in Owerri on Tuesday, charged them to display loyalty to the state in the discharge of their […]
…as group gives seven-day ultimatum Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF) has called on the security operatives in the South East and some parts of South South to stop subjecting the people of the zones to deliberate and unnecessary suffering through the blockade of their major roads and bridges. The Igbo group which made the call when […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn The British High Commission says Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was not arrested in the UK. The fugitive leader of the outlawed group was arrested on Sunday, according to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. Malami had said Kanu was arrested through the collaborative efforts of […]
More facts have emerged on the true identity of the 300 level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu, who was arrested last week Wednesday over the murder of Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in a Service apartment in Lekki area of Lagos State. This followed startling revelations by family […]
The amount spent on subsidising electricity every month in Nigeria is now about N30bn, the Federal Government has said. It disclosed that the government’s subsidy on electricity had been reduced by N20bn monthly following improvements in the collection of power tariffs by distribution companies. The government stated this in a document on the progress and […]
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has formally announced his defection to the All Progressive Congress, saying that he is now the leader of the party in the state. Speaking at a grand rally on Tuesday at the Trade Fair Complex Gusau, Matawalle said that he had been nursing the ambition of leaving the Peoples […]
The founder of Synagogue, Church of All Nations, (SCOAN) and Emmanuel TV television station, Senior Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, would be laid to rest at the Church premises In Lagos on Friday July 9, 2021. SCOAN, made the announcement yesterday at the Church premises, in Ikotun Lagos. The burial of Prophet TB Joshua, who died […]
