…IPOB denies having hands in the killing of 4 soldiers in state BY GODWIN OBI Natives and residents of Akpawfu community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State were Saturday thrown into deep fear and tension as the area came under heavy bombardments following alleged raiding by troopsContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA A 39 year-old man, Mfon Jeremiah, has been arrested for allegedly impregnating his 13-year-old biological daughter at FIRRO Estate, off Adesan, Mowe, Ogun State. According to Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, “the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe DivisionalContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that if he and four other governors in his camp leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it would lose the 2023 election. The governor said this on Friday during a live media chat at the state government house in PortContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Lawyer to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said that the Federal Government must respect the judgment of the Court of Appeal ordering the release of his client. He said though the Federal Government has an option to appeal the judgement,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, has called for maritime nations to actualize the adoption of modern technology as a means of attaining cleaner and greener shipping in line with this year’s World Maritime Day commemoration theme.Continue Reading
•3 dead, residents displaced as flood overruns Bayelsa community BY EFE MODESTUS Over 500 lives have been lost, more than 1.4 million persons affected and over 90,000 homes destroyed by flood. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has disclosed in Abuja, yesterday. Represented byContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command raked in a total of N182.103 billion as revenue between the months of January to September 2022. In a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Muhammad Yakubu, stated that when compared to theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has launched the South East dialogue with stakeholders in the science, technology and innovation sector with the aim of rejigging the economy of the zone. The dialogue is for the establishment and implementation of technology and innovation centres which would set up the zoneContinue Reading
BY ADOPLPHUS DURU The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Thursday reacted to the decision of the Appeal Court to discharge leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement signed by spokesperson, Dr. Umar Jibril Gwandu, Mr Malami said theContinue Reading
BY FRONTLINE REPORTERS The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra Central senatorial district, Senator Uche Ekwunife has denied throwing jabs at Peter Obi. Ekwunife, who was at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State for the official flag off of the presidential campaign of the PDP, had said Nigeria doesn’tContinue Reading