…pleads for innocent suspects BY GODWIN OBI Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has disclosed that credible information about the killers of five soldiers in Aba on May 30, has started trickling in. The Governor who made the revelation when he visited the 144 Battalion Osisioma, Abayi, near Aba, restatedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed a bill seeking to establish a new state in the southeastern region known as Orlu State. The bill, which passed its first reading, was sponsored by Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere (Ideato North South, Imo State), along with other co-sponsoring lawmakers. School feedingContinue Reading
Finance Minister Wale Edùn BY GODWIN OBI The Presidency in a swift response has debunked claims circulating on social media that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has proposed a new minimum wage of N105,000 per month for Nigerian workers. The Special Adviser toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four intending pilgrims as they planned to ingest wraps of cocaine ahead of their flight on Wednesday. Narrating how the arrest was made, Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government is planning to suspend the payment of import duties on staple food items, drugs, and other essential items for an initial period of six months as a measure to curb inflation. This was contained in an Executive Order expected to be issued by theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Ports and Harbour to investigate the contracts for the dredging of the Calabar seaport in Cross River State awarded in 2006 and 2014. The committee is to determine why the contracts were abandoned by the contractors and reportContinue Reading