The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has said that the Southeast has a right to produce Nigeria’s next president because the people have a better understanding of Nigeria as a whole. Ikpeazu made this assertion today after a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the State House. “I think that the […]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has listed 100 achievements of the Buhari administration in 2021. Addressing a press conference in Lagos on Thursday, Mohammed said despite challenges that came with 2021, the administration made “tremendous” progress in fighting insecurity and growing the economy. “What we have done here is to highlight the major […]
Eight civil society organisations (CSOs) have highlighted errors and contradictions in the rejected electoral act amendment bill. The CSOs — Yiaga Africa, International Press Centre (IPC), Centre for Citizens with Disability (CCD), The Albino Foundation, CLEEN Foundation, Institute for Media and Society (IMS), Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF) and Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism […]
A man, identified as Yusuf Zubairu, has allegedly killed his wife, Fatima Hardo, in Sule-Tankarkar Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The police spokesperson in the state, Lawan Adam, told journalists on Wednesday that the incident happened on December 27, at Baldi village, where the couple lived. The incident, which was reported by Bulama Muntari-Ubale, […]
The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has condemned Former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comment that Niger Delta oil belongs to Nigeria, noting that the former president was only being mischievous. Obasanjo, had while reacting to a letter by South South leader and elder statesman, Edwin Clark, who had challenged the former president to explain […]
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has presented a cheque of N3 million to 50 most deserving students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State. Presenting the cheque of N60,000 each to the beneficiaries, at the ASUU secretariat of the institution, the university branch chairman, Comrade Stephen Ufoaroh, said the gesture was […]
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law has faulted the Nigerian Army over its claim that it arrested a leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and commander of Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Enugu State. The group made this known, yesterday, in a statement titled: “How The Nigerian Army Disrupted […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has recalled how a chieftaincy dispute in his community led to the arrest and detention of his father, himself and other family members. He said this while eulogising Emmanuel C. Ukala, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Wike said it was Ukala, who […]
The Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed a proposal by its Technical and Development sub-committee for the appointment of Portuguese manager Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles. His appointment follows the sacking of Gernot Rohr earlier this month. The executive committee of the NFF has, however, resolved that the interim head […]
The Commissioner for Police in Ekiti State, Tunde Mobayo, on Wednesday, confirmed that an Assistant Superintendent of Police on a motorcycle was crushed to death while eight other cops sustained injuries in an accident involving the van of the Rapid Response Squad in Ado Ekiti. Mobayo, who mourned the death of the policeman and sympathised […]
