BY ADOLPHUS DURU There was tension in the Umunze community, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, yesterday morning, following the invasion of the town by well armed soldiers. The military men, upon arrival, shot in the air at the Nkwo Market area while ordering the traders to closeContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Fresh crisis has hit the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the retraction of a ‘draft letter’ purported to have been written by the National Working Committee (NWC) to its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The letter purportedly signed by the National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu,Continue Reading
BY GODDY OBI The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit challenging the authenticity of Ademola Adeleke’s candidacy in the just concluded Osun State Governorship Election in South-West Nigeria. The suit was instituted by Dotun Babayemi, a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun. In a judgement deliveredContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Honorable Minister of Transportation Mu’ azu Jaji Sambo says Nigeria is committed to achieving greener shipping in line with the campaign by the International Maritime Organization, IMO, to attain sustainable development in the maritime industry. This is just as Nigeria joins the IMO to commemorate the 2022 World Maritime Day. Sambo saidContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA A coalition of support groups, Lagos4ObiDatti, backing Peter Obi in 2023, has announced plans to hold its Lagos 4-million-man march for ObiDatti. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, the Lagos4ObiDatti Central Organizing Committee said the march will take place across three major locations on October 1, 2022. The group,Continue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has backed the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, yesterday, the Afenifere leader, Ayo Adebanjo, said for equity, justice and inclusiveness, Obi from the South East, remains the only candidate thatContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Bandits who kidnapped three sisters in July in Kaduna, including a pregnant housewife who was put to bed in captivity, have threatened to kill the hostages, including the newborn, if the family fails to pay N50 million ransom in two days. The embattled nursing mother, Zainab YusufContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has withdrawn the order mandating vice-chancellors of universities to reopen universities. In a circular issued on Monday, the National Universities Commission (NUC), had mandated vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and governing councils to re-open federal universities following months of closure due to the Academic Staff Union ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has disowned the “Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria” for holding meeting with Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Deputy National Secretary of the PFN, Bishop David Bakare, told our reporter in a telephone interview that suchContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria, Jerry Fwankis, has been abducted by gunmen. This incident occurred at about 9pm on Sunday at his residence in Tangur, Bokkos Local Government Area of the state. PDP State PublicityContinue Reading