BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their planned strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday over the scarcity of naira notes. The labour unions made this known at the end of their National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday. Recall that theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A man identified as Joseph Ogbu, has been condemned to death by hanging on Monday for killing his employer, a 89-year-old grandmother, Ajoke and her daughter, Oreoluwa, in their home in Lagos. Delivering the judgement, Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay, sitting at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja foundContinue Reading
● NIMASA Committed to Ease of Doing Business – Jamoh BY GODWIN OBI The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), have agreed to work closely with relevant stakeholders as NIMASA inches closer to developing a regulatory framework to provide operationalContinue Reading
Please join Pastor Austin. C. Udeoha- the General Overseer Holiness Power Bible Ministries(a.k.a Operation Tikpoo — destroy the works of the devil) every Sunday and Tuesday from 8:00P.M to 8:30P.M on NTA Igbo channel via Startimes platform 167 as you listen to the undiluted word of God as of old.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the “persistent” aversion to people of southeastern extraction, which he describes as Igbophobia. Speaking at an event in Anambra State to commemorate Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s one year in office, Obasanjo recalled his work with the professor of economics as well asContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI There are strong indications that the huge crowd of customers at banks and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) may begin to ease off from today as more commercial banks expect fresh cash supplies from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). It is also assumed that respite wouldContinue Reading
By GODWIN OBI What several voters saw as an opportunity to exercise their franchise turned sour as violent attacks, ballot box snatching, delays and more tainted the governorship and state assembly elections across the country on Saturday. While the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) seemed to impress voters, relative toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI While the All Progressives Congress (APC) was challenging the judgment of the Federal High Court, Lagos which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically upload the results of Saturday’s governorship and State House of Assembly elections, another Federal High Court in Abuja has mandated theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Once again today, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) takes centre stage, this time around for the conduct of governorship and state house of assembly polls across the country. The polls come three weeks after a dramatic round of presidential and National Assembly elections, which has receivedContinue Reading
GODWIN OBI The National Association of Katsina State Students, Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter has presented an award of excellence to Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara for his contribution toward the development of the association. The National President of the Association, Comrade Ahmad Saulawa during the awardContinue Reading