THE Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has expressed shock over the sudden death of the majority leader and the lawmaker representing Awka South Constituency 1 in the state House of Assembly, Dr. Nnamdi Okafor. Okafor, who is also a pharmacist, businessman and a two-term legislator, slumped and died in South Africa .He was said […]
FIVE suspected Ambazonian fighters from neighbouring Republic of Cameroon, believed to be linked to Boko Haram, have been arrested by personnel of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards, BSCVG, in Jato Aka, Kwande LGA, of the state. Special Adviser to the governor on Security, Lt. Col. Paul Hemba (retd), who made the disclosure, yesterday, in […]
MEMBERS of the Senior Civil Servants Association of Nigeria, ASCSN, in the 19 Northern states of the Federation have condemned Monday’s invasion of the National Secretariat of the Association in Lagos, by suspected hoodlums led by an expelled member and former president of the association, alongside some ex-staff. In a statement in Kaduna by Chairman […]
THE Osun State Police Command on Wednesday said that it arrested seven suspects for allegedly attacking one Omoniyi Femi, the Vice Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Gbongan Branch. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gbongan is in Aiyedaade Local Government Area of Osun. In a statement by SP […]
THE Nigerian community in Cote d’Ivoire has urged President Mohammadu Buhari to urgently recall the country’s Consular Officer in Abidjan, Mr. Damilola Abikoye, over alleged threat to diplomatic relations and abuse of office, which is causing them serious embarrassment. This is contained in a petition by the President and General Secretary of the Nigerian community, […]
A local branch Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MCBAN, Attahiru Abubakar (Tukuran Bargu), has warned against ethnic profiling and killing of Fulani pastoralist in some Southern and middle belt states. He gave the warning in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State. According to him, Fulani tribe is not unaware of the labelling of […]
LEADERS of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have been complaining and protesting against the seizure of members salaries by the Federal Government since May over their ongoing industrial unrest that has shut the nation’s university system for close to seven months. But ASUU’s outburst over the withheld salaries, is seen as out of […]
THE Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has described the alleged opinion of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), which said that the ex-parte orders of the Federal High Court issued in suit No.FHC/ABJ/CS/1113/2022 – Vigeo Power Limited v. Fidelity Bank PLC & 7 Ors. on July 8, 2022, had expired after 14 days, as unfortunate. […]
AHEAD of 2023 general election, President of Nigerian Baptist Convention, NBC, Dr. Israel Akanji, has called on Nigerians to use their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, to elect a government that will sweep away the evils militating against the progress and development of the country. He spoke in Benin City, Edo State, while declaring open the […]
THE Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has mourned the passing of HRH Edun Agharese Akenzua, the Enogie of Obazuwa-Iko, who passed at the age of 87 years. He was the pioneering Editor of the Nigerian Observer Newspaper, when it was established by the government of late Brig-General Samuel Ogbemudia in 1968. In a statement […]