BY EFE MODESTUS, JAMES AKINOLA Construction work has intensified on the $1.96 billion Kano-Maradi rail project despite the strained relations between the Federal Government and the military junta in Niger after a lull. The Nigerien government had accused the Bola Tinubu administration of plotting to destabilise the francophone country. TheContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, MARTINS DURU It appears that troops are steadily closing in on notorious terrorist kingpin Bello Turji, following a series of recent bombardments on his hideouts by the Nigerian military. In the last few weeks, the military has intensified operations targeted at Turji’s known hideouts, which has beenContinue Reading
Wife of a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice has been released from the United Kingdom’s prison. Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced by a UK court over charges related to organ harvesting. A source who craved anonymity told Channels Television that Mrs Ekweremadu,Continue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU Despite the crisis rocking the opposition Labour Party (LP), its legal adviser, Kehinde Edun, says the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, is still with the Julius Abure camp. Obi was at the meeting convened by Governor Alex Otti of Abia State in SeptemberContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI In a move that promises to shake up the Nigerian shipping industry, the much-anticipated International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN) is finally slated for launch in the second quarter of this year, setting the stage for a new era of efficiency and oversight at the nation’s ports. TheContinue Reading