…Condemns chasing of students writing exams in Imo …..Promises to replace burnt motorcycles and rebuild school blocks destroyed by IPOB members By Ibe Pascal Arogorn Emma Powerful, IPOB’s spokesperson has warned that anybody caught using IPOB’s name to enforce non-existent sit-at-home will be treated as a traitor. This was contained in a statement by the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to approve $4 billion and €710 million external loan. This is contained in a letter addressed to Senate President Ahmad Lawan, and read at plenary, on Tuesday. Buhari said the proposed loan is to be financed through sovereign loans from the World Bank, French Development Agency, EXIM Bank […]
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has expressed optimism in “flushing out unrepentant bad eggs” from the state. He said this in a Facebook post after meeting Air Vice-Marshal Frank Okpara. The PUNCH reports that there had been agitations for an Indigenous People of Biafra across South-East, including Imo State. Since the return of IPOB leader […]
A trader, Sunday Emmanuel, has lost his life after a suspected sex worker, identified as Precious, allegedly slit his stomach with a blade at FESTAC Town in the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Emmanuel had a makeshift shop on First Avenue, where he sold alcoholic drinks. During a visit […]
Students of the University of Benin [UNIBEN] have kicked against the new hike in tuition fees after the management of the institution insensitively hiked fees twice in one session in the face of economic hardship in Nigeria made possible by the appalling incompetence of the Buhari dictatorship. A source at the institution who spoke to […]
Modelled after New York, London and Singapore financial powerhouses, Nigeria is to establish the Nigerian International Financial Centre (NIFC). This financial house to be established and driven by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will come on stream in the next 12 months. The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele disclosed this on Tuesday at the […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has placed six Nigerians on its terror list. The development follows the UAE cabinet resolution No 83 of 2021, designating 38 individuals and 15 entities as those supporting and financing terrorism in the country. According to Al Arabiya News, the decision is part UAE’s efforts in disrupting networks associated with […]
A tricycle operator, Kola Adeyemi, has been allegedly beaten to death by a tricycle operator in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Daily Trust gathered that the alleged culprit, Kayode Oluwatomi, popularly called “lawyer” is a staffer of BYC consulting firm located at Irewolede area of Ilorin. He was said to have attacked the deceased (Fear God) […]
No fewer than 12 people have been killed following an attack by gunmen on Peigyim village, near Kibori at Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the attack in a statement on Monday. He explained that the gunmen invaded […]
Cows were found on the premises of L.E.A Primary School, Orozo, Abuja, on Monday afternoon. The school is among the constituency projects facilitated by Senator Philip Aduda, lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory at the senate. Aduda was recently quizzed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) over the contractor who […]
