BY GODWIN OBI At least 23 locals have been killed when some persons believed to be herders attacked two communities in Benue State. The attacks occurred on Monday night at Mbadwem and Tiortyu communities in Guma and Tiortyu Local Government Areas respectively, state authorities said. Nathaniel Ikyur, the Chief PressContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI NNPC CEO Mele Kyari met with some European diplomats on April 11, 2022.NNPC CEO Mele Kyari met with some European diplomats on April 11, 2022. European Union (EU) Ambassasdors in Nigeria on Monday paid a courtesy call on the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Lagos Zonal Command of the kEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a fake army general, Bolarinwa Abiodun. Abiodun was brought before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Monday on 13 counts bordering on obtaining money by falseContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday formally declared his intention to run for President in 2023. “I am today, with utmost humility, formally declaring my intention to run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of our great party,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Chairman, Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria, MACBAN in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Adamu Aliyu has been killed by gunmen. National Secretary of Miyyeti Allah Kauota Hore, Saleh Mohammed who confirmed the incident said the deceased was killed along with fourContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Leaders of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo have converged on Owerri, the Imo State capital in South-East Nigeria to discuss issues affecting the Igbo race. Top on the agenda is to produce the President of South-East extraction in 2023, the release of Nnamdi Kanu fromContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 101 parcels of cocaine concealed in children’s duvets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the seizure via a statement on Sunday, said the illicit drug was brought into the country byContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has effected some changes at the upper echelon of the organization, in a bold effort to reposition the country’s port system as the preferred cargo destination in Africa. According to a press release endorsed by the General Manager, Corporate andContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Ministry of Power said on Saturday the latest collapse of the national grid was due to vandalism on a transmission tower. The grid collapsed on Friday for the third time in as many weeks, plunging parts of the country into darkness. The Ministry earlier on SaturdayContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The European Union E.U, through her Senior Coordinator for the Gulf of Guinea, Amb. Nicolas Martinez, has commended the Nigerian Government for providing leadership in the Gulf of Guinea in the war against criminality in the maritime sector which has yielded desired results. The commendation came atContinue Reading