BY ADOLPHUS DURU Panic and confusion enveloped the people of Amaewu, Umueze, Amamba Uzuakoli in Bende local government of Abia State following a gully erosion that swept away a 2-storey building and a 4-bedroom bungalow. The villagers said they are now living in fear as the gully site which theyContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Supporters of Labour Party presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi took over the popular Melford 0kilo expressway in a massive rally to declare support for Obi ahead the 2023 presidential elections. The supporters wearing branded tee-shirts armed with placards with inscriptions such as: ‘Our Mumu don do’ ‘WeContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Police authorities in Katsina State on Friday paraded a 58-year-old suspected Indian Hemp dealer with 180 carefully sealed parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The suspect simply identified as Abdurrazaq Ajibade of Kofa community in Kwara State but residing behind Magama Restaurant in KatsinaContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA As Nigerians look forward to electronic transmission of election results in next year’s elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the country is close to transiting to electronic voting. Also, INEC has revealed that it would use 1.4 million adhoc staff to conduct nextContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA A petrol attendant with Mobil Filling Station, Ikire, in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, Adeshina Ayomide, has confessed that he sponsored the killing of Fatai Adigun, the manager of the filling station, to cover up a N2,170,000 loot. The Osun police command who paraded AyomideContinue Reading
■ Knocks, kudos over council’s composition ■ Call for Ayu’s resignation unnecessary –Atiku’s men BY EFE MODESTUS A day after the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation announced the appointment of its key members, stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across the country have expressed divergent views on the compositionContinue Reading
The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara ‘mni’ has commended the efforts and instrumentality of Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari for establishing the Katsina State Safety Road and Traffic Authority KASROTA Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara made the commendation recently when he paid a courtesy visitContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Suspected terrorists operating in the Batsari Local Government forest area have launched a house-to-house attack on the Bakiyawa community in Batagarawa Local Government Area of Katsina State, abducting about 50 persons, killing one and injuring 4 others. A reliable source within the community who confirmed the incidentContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A total of 86 Lebanese, 14 Britons, and 4 Americans were among the 286 foreigners conferred with the status of Nigerian citizenship by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, following an approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Out of the deserving persons who signed to be Nigerians,Continue Reading
•Students defy FG, block Ibadan-Ile-Ife Highway, motorists, commuters stranded •State varsities’ pro-chancellors backs FG on ‘no work no pay’ BY JAMES AKINOLA The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union was wiling to end its seven-month old strike if concrete agreements were reachedContinue Reading