Senator Abdullahi Adamu BY GODWIN OBI National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, yesterday, warned Senator Godswill Akpabio and lawmakers-elect, tipped to be principal officers of the 10th National Assembly, to avoid a repeat of the Bukola Saraki incident in 2015. Adamu also promised to talk toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Four persons have been killed following an attack on a US Consulate staff convoy along Atani, Osamale Road in Anambra State on Tuesday. The spokesman of the Anambra State Police Command Tobechukwu Ikenga confirmed the development in a statement but said no US citizen was in theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI More senators-elect have openly opposed the zoning arrangements of the the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that no one would impose any candidate on them. This is coming as former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, revealed why he is unwilling to drop his Senate PresidencyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The United States has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process during the just concluded 2023 general elections. The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, disclosed this on Monday. We have imposed visa restrictions on specific individuals whoContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, has emerged as the Public Servant Of the year 2022. The latest award is coming from the Champion Newspapers Nigeria Limited. Jamoh, alongside some prominent Nigerians, which include Governors Ademola Adeleke ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The military, in partnership with a security outfit, Tantita Security Services, has impounded a barge in Warri, Delta State loaded with over 600 barrels of crude oil from illegal bunkering. The firm is a security consultant engaged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government says 160 women claiming to be Nigerians in Sudan have no passports to fly back to the country. The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Ahmed stated this in Abuja on Sunday while briefing the press on the progress made soContinue Reading
Director Cabotage Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Rita Uruakpa (middle) with some operational staff during the commemoration of the 2023 World Safety Day at the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos BY GODWIN OBI In commemoration of the 2023 World Safety Day, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASAContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen enforcing an illegal sit-at-home order in Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of Anambra State, yesterday, burnt a bus and a tricycle in the area. A trending video of the incident showed the vehicles on fire. In the video, some gunshots were also heard. A message wasContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI As controversy intensifies over the micro-zoning of principal offices of the National Assembly, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has admitted error in the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC). He made the confession a day after Governor Rotimi Akeredolu ofContinue Reading