BY GODWIN OBI Terrorists responsible for the March 28 attack on a Kaduna-bound train have released yet another video of them whipping their victims and threatening to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari as well as Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El- Rufai. At least eight people were killed, including a youthContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Association of South East Town Unions (ASETU) has utterly condemned the killing of 14 Igbo youths by security operatives at Otulu community in Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State. The national president of the association, Chief Emeka Diwe, in a press statement, Saturday, saidContinue Reading
…You’re undignified, serial liar, Tinubu tells PDP presidential candidate BY GODWIN OBI Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has fired back at his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, painting him as a undignified serial liar. Atiku had on a national television revealedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound. “I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of internationalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State on Friday ordered Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to unseal the business premises of one Chief Uche Obi over the alleged sale of substandard products. The court also ordered the agency to pay the plaintiff N2 million forContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The crisis in the nation’s public university system has taken a new twist as members of the Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) rejected the report of the Professor Nimi Briggs-led renegotiation committee. Both unions insisted that they wouldContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Police in Katsina State have confirmed a daylight terrorists attack that led to the killing of 6 persons while 6 others were injured in Faskari Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the Police, Superintendent Gambo Isah who confirmed the incident said, the attack took placeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A major talking point on Wednesday at the unveiling of former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima as the Vice Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023 was the arrival of some persons dressed in Christian priestly robes. Even with the conspicuous absenceContinue Reading
GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Labour Congress has accused the Minister of Labour and Productvity, Dr. Chris Ngige of being the brain behind prolonged ASUU strike, even as the Presidency says there was no time President Muhammadu Buhari gave an ultimatum to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to resolve theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI One of the two abducted priests of the Kafanchan Diocese, Very Reverend Father John Cheitnum has been killed by his abductors, while the other, Reverend Father Donatus Cleopas has escaped from the kidnappers and has reunited with the diocese. This was disclosed in a statement signed byContinue Reading