BY GODWIN OBI A total of 17 bodies have been recovered at Igama community in Okpokwu Local Government Area, following the gruesome attack by yet-to-be-identified gunmen last Sunday. Giving an update on the incident, the Okpokwu Local Government Chairman, Amina Audu, said an additional six corpses were recovered on Monday,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Two members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senate Majority Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, and Adamu Aliero, have officially defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Also to defect formally on Wednesday is the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, whose defection to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate has recommended one Ejiro Otarigho, a tanker driver in Delta State, for National Honours, for averting a tragic incident that would have led to the loss of several lives in the Agbarho community in Delta State. Ejiro had last week driven a burning tanker fromContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has alerted all interactive Computer Service Platforms operating in Nigeria of a new Code of Practice to guide their operations in the country. In a statement by the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, President Buhari has directed the Agency to develop a regulatoryContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen have abducted an Anglican Bishop, Reverend Oluwaseun Aderogba of Jebba Diocese, Kwara State his wife, and driver. The victims were abducted on Sunday along the new Oyo/Ogbomoso Expressway in Oyo State. The Police Public Relations of the command, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the incident in a statement.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu has resigned from the African Democratic Congress. He left the party after losing the party’s presidential ticket to the founder of Roots Television, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu. In a letter dated June 13 and addressed to ADC’sContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Catholic priest in charge of St Anthony’s Parish, Angware community in Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State, Rev James Kantoma, has been kidnapped by gunmen with the abductors demanding a N50m ransom. Frontline Reporters gathered that the priest was abducted on Sunday night atContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara has commended a non-governmental organization Voice of the Masses (Murayar Talaka) for organizing its 11th Annual National Conference in Katsina. Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara ‘mni’ was speaking as the Royal Father of the occasion which wasContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National grid on Sunday Evening collapsed for the fourth time in 2023. A nationwide outage occurred Sunday evening as the power grid crashed to zero with power bulbs fluctuating. This is about the fourth time the country, will be experiencing a system collapse this year withContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI At least three persons have died with several others injured following a ravaging of houses by a rainstorm in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. The rainstorm started on Saturday and lasted till Sunday, a situation that forced many houses to cave and their roofs wereContinue Reading