BY CHIGOZIE EZEH No fewer than 16 people were gruesomely murdered and scores injured on Saturday by gunmen in the Lisham Kwahasnat community of Mangu Local Government Areas of Plateau State. A witness said the gunmen, suspected to be killer herdsmen, stormed the community in large numbers, at about 10:45pm,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ukpo community in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State has honoured President Bola Tinubu and the immediate past minister for science and technology, Ogbonnaya Onu and other dignitaries with chieftaincy as the community ruler marked his 32nd Ofala festival. Performing the traditional rites of conferment onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has felicitated Nigerians on the Christmas Day celebration, assuring the citizens of his administration’s commitment to alleviate their sufferings. Tinubu in his Christmas message to Nigerians on Sunday expressed optimism that the nation will witness a new dawn of prosperity. “Be confident that byContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI As Nigerians continue to react to the news of the Port Harcourt Refinery coming alive and ready for production, the former commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Mr Jonathan Vatsa, has commended President Bola Ahmed TinubuContinue Reading
Scarcity of the naira notes, astronomic increases in transport fares and food items, among others, have made it extremely difficult for many Nigerians to travel for Christmas. BY GODWIN OBI/ADOLPHUS DURU It is another Christmas, a season of celebrations and merriment, a period when people take extended vacations to unwind and take aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre after his lawyers perfected his bail conditions. His lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mathew Burkaa, confirmed this to Channels Television. Justice Hamza Muazu of the FederalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has described as a step in the right direction the transport relief programme announced by the presidency. He, however, expressed doubts about the transparency of the initiative Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, said onContinue Reading
Yemi Cardoso, CBN Governor BY GODWIN OBI The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, on Friday, told President Bola Tinubu to call the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to order over the scarcity of Nigeria in the country. The TUC said that the unfortunate development has continued to subject NigeriansContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU Six leaders from Rivers State have dragged President Bola Tinubu to the Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilaya Fubara to enter into what they called an unconstitutional agreement. They insist that the said agreement which was signed on December 18 was not onlyContinue Reading
Kanwan Katsina District Head Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara mni presenting a sovenior to the Representative of the Managing Director National Deposit Insurance Corporation NDIC BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara mni has commended the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation NDIC for ConstructingContinue Reading