…Fingers Atiku, other Northern elite as arrowheads • Speaks on Nigeria’s 25 years of democratic rule • Why PDP lost in 2023 presidential election • Need for power to remain in Southern Nigeria in 2027 • Former Governor El-Rufai and Governor Uba Sani administrations and banditry in Kaduna • StatesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI One hundred and three Nigerians on Friday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the nation’s capital. They were part of those deported from the Republic of Turkey. They arrived at the pilgrims’ wing of the airport at about 6:45 pm on the Southwind AirlinesContinue Reading
Security agencies are yet to comment on the incident as of now BY GODWIN OBI Two suicide bombers have detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) at a wedding venue in Gwoza town, Borno State, killing a soldier, and seven others including wedding guests. Sixteen people were also injured. According toContinue Reading
Buba Marwa, Chairman of NDLEAI BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Tincan Special Area Command has said that it has intensified War on Maritime Drug Trafficking in Nigeria. In commemoration of the 2024 United Nations Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the NDLEA Special AreaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have assured Nigerians that better wages will result from the ongoing negotiations between the government, private sector and organised labour. The governors gave the assurance after a meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. “The governors agreed to continueContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed the June 19 ruling of Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja against his objection to the jurisdiction of the court to subject him to trial. Kanu, through his lead Counsel,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered celebrity bartender and business man, Pascal Okechukwu popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest to forfeit the sum of ₦10m to the Federal Government as a fine in lieu of the charge made against him for alleged abuse ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture to the Federal Government, of the sum of $1.4 million, linked to a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji gave the order after hearing an application filed and arguedContinue Reading
Andrew Essien, a Deputy Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), flanked both sides by two other officers Andrew Essien, who was in charge of Revenue in the Account Unit of the NCS, was answering questions on the revenue of the Service when he coughed and requested water BY GODWINContinue Reading
● We will Not Rest on Our Oars; the Life of Every Seafarer Matters – NIMASA DG, Mobereola L-R Executive Director Operations, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Engr Fatai Adeyemi; Executive Director, Maritime Labour, and Cabotage Services, NIMASA, Mr Jibril Abba; Director General NIMASA, Dr Dayo Moberola;Director, MaritimeContinue Reading