BY GODWIN OBI Bandits have attacked Adei village of Kutura station , in Tantatu ward of Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state, killing two indigenes of the community and burning down houses. One of the male victims had his head and hands chopped off after he was killed byContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out eight of the 15 counts against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The 15 charges which bordered on terrorism were filed against Kanu by the Federal Government. When the case resumed on FridayContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on well-meaning Nigerians to intervene in the ongoing face-off between the union and the Federal Government. The Nsukka Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Rapheal Amokaha made the call at a press conference held in Lokoja. He accused the FederalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Governor Chukwuma Soludo has given reassurances to the people of Anambra State that peace and stability must surely return to the state. He said this when he visited the headquarters of Aguata local government area in Ekwulobia torched by criminal elements. The Governor toured the various departmentsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking to declare vacant the seat of Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade. Justice Taiwo Taiwo cited the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Enugu that defection is not a ground for removal from office.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking an increase in the provision for petrol subsidy for 2022 from N442 billion to N4 trillion. The Nigerian leader has therefore written to the House of Representatives for a review of the 2022 fiscal framework. The Speaker of the House of Representatives,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen have attacked the headquarters of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra where Governor Chukwuma Soludo hails from. The incident happened on Thursday. Some of the buildings were also set ablaze during the attack in Aguata town. Security officials and men of the fire service are atContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Troops of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed thirty-one illegal refining sites and also recovered over twelve million litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in different operations in Delta, Rivers, and Bayelsa states. The Director of Defence Media Operations Major General Bernard Onyeuko said this whileContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Wole Soyinka has lamented the rising level of insecurity in the country, saying many Nigerians go out unsure they would return home safely. He believes the country needs help to tame insecurity. The Nobel laureate spoke on the sidelines of a media briefing held in Lagos onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Senator Abba Moro and two others in charges of fraud over the 2014 Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment exercise. Also Read: 2013 Immigration recruitment tragedy: Moro to enter defenceJustice Nnamdi Dimgba while delivering the judgement held that theContinue Reading