BY GODWIN OBI The Chairman Katsina State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Salisu Majigiri, has debunked claims by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, that it operated 232 accounts, during former Governor Ibrahim Shema’s tenure. Majigiri said this in reaction to an earlier report by the Commissioner forContinue Reading
No fewer than twenty persons have been killed by bandits in Ganar-Kiyawa village of Adabka District, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State The latest attack happened on Sunday morning at about 8:30 am when the gunmen stormed the community and started shooting sporadically, killing 20 persons including the villageContinue Reading
e BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday strongly condemned as “deeply distressing” the destruction of buildings and assets of the Police in Imo State as well as the home of the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Professor George Obiozor, whom the president describes as a leading voiceContinue Reading
The Embattled Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly Rt Hon Abok Ayuba on Saturday officially decamped from the ruling All Progressives Congress APC to the Opposition People’s Democratic Party PDP. Abok, in a statement signed by his Media aid Samuel Kaze, said he has officially tendered his letterContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Imo State Government has condemned the early morning razing of the home of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor, by those it described as political bandits. In a statement, Governor Hope Uzodimma regretted that desperate politicians who believe in violence were yet to sheathContinue Reading
The Department of State Services on Saturday said it was aware of a plot to incite violence in parts of the country, especially the North-Central. According to a statement signed by DSS spokesperson Peter Afunanya, the aim is to cause ethno-religious crisis and destabilise the country. The Service also saidContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Following the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the Nigerian Government has hinted that it is working on a new policy on trade with the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) countries with whom it shares important mutual trade relations. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Army says it has rescued dozens of local residents, mostly women, abducted by members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorist groups in Borno State. Several members of the terrorist groups were also neutralised during a series of offensiveContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The arrested former Governor of Anambra State was arrested for alleged misappropriation of public funds. This is according to a source at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Obiano was arrested by the EFCC on Thursday evening at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Delta state university, Abraka has backed off from the on-going ASUU strike as it has finally resumed academic session. Frontline Reporters gathered that following the state governor’s directive, the Senate of the university, held an emergency meeting and directed all students and staff to resume immediately.Continue Reading