BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Government in collaboration with the People’s Republic of China has inaugurated the Contemporary World Nigeria Magazine to develop the Africa-Based policies and practical solutions to tackling insecurity in West Africa. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said during a meeting in Abuja on FridayContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Officers of the Nigerian Customs Service have been asked to rededicate themselves to combating smuggling and other criminal activities for national development. Kanwan Katsina, District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara who retired as Comptroller of Customs stated this when a team of officers from theContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The feud between the parishioners of St Martin of Tours Parish and concerned citizens of Ihiala has assumed a dangerous dimension with heavily armed men invading the premises of the church on Thursday night. Their mission could not be ascertained immediately, but it was gathered that theContinue Reading
EFE MODESTUS The Federal Government, through the National Bureau of Statistics, on Thursday said 130 million Nigerians are poor. In its 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index Survey released in Abuja on Thursday, the NBS said the figure represents 63 per cent of the nation’s population. It added that the poverty indexContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, His Excellency Kitack Lim, is scheduled to visit the Federal Republic of Nigeria from November 20th – 22nd 2022. During his visit, the Secretary General will attend the Nigeria International Maritime Summit 2022 where regional policies and operational perspectivesContinue Reading
Many Jos residents, majorly youths, who are supporters of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, trooped to the Rwang Pam stadium, venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign flag-off to engage in cleansing exercise. The APC had flagged off its presidential campaign in the state capital onContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBI The South-East and Middle Belt Forum has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi. This was the group’s position during a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The Chairman of the Forum Olisa Uzowulu noted that the former Anambra State governor ranks higherContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, condemned what he described as the lopsided appointment of heads of security agencies by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. “PDP will form a government of national unity. We will bring members of the opposition whoContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation says a “belaboured treatise of an article” written by Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo on one of his predecessors, Peter Obi, is full of fallacies and personal vendetta. Soludo had in a lengthy opinion piece on Monday tackled the Labour Party presidentialContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Nigerians took to twitter on Monday to express displeasure over irregularities found in the voter register released online by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Social media users pointed out that there were many cases of multiple registrations and the registration of under-aged looking voters. For instance,Continue Reading