BY GODWIN OBI Authorities in Abia State have sealed off Merry Home Hotels over the mysterious death and disappearance of some of its clients who lodged at the facility. While the body of a yet-to-be-identified lady was recovered from the facility, several others reportedly went missing with no news ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Saturday called for a speedy and amicable resolution to the months-old Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) strike. He made the call in a statement celebrating Nigerian workers on the occasion of this year’s May Day. The statement was signed by his spokespersonContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Monday as the first day of Shawwal 1443AH in Nigeria. The Sultan made the declaration in a statement on Saturday signed by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the Chairman,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A total of 308 pharmacies and patent medicine stores across Benue State have been sealed by the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria, PCN. Director enforcement PCN Stephen Esumobi who made the disclosure after the week long inspection exercise said it was in continuation of the Council’s activities aimedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Rivers state governorship aspirant Farah Dagogo has been remanded in police custody. This followed his arraignment before a Magistrate court in Port Harcourt on Friday morning. The federal lawmaker representing Bonny/Degema constituency, was arrested by security aides of the Governor led by Efeturi Irikefe popularly known asContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, Jonathan Asake, says no fewer than 148 communities have been attacked by terrorists in the last six years, while over 200,000 persons have been displaced in Southern Kaduna. Asake disclosed this while addressing a news conference, on theContinue Reading