BY GODWIN OBI Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, the Northern Elders Forum has said the region will support only a Presidential candidate who has the capacity to address the nation’s socio-economic and security problems irrespective of where the person comes from. The elders say they will no longer voteContinue Reading
PDP Logo and Armed Forces Remembrance Day Flyer BY GODWIN OBI The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) salutes members of the Nigerian Armed forces for their courage, loyalty, sacrifice and resilience in defending our dear nation, particularly in the face of resurged insecurity in the last six years. The PDP acknowledgesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen have attacked a police station in Mgbidi, the headquarters of Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in Imo, Michael Abattam, confirmed the attack on the security facility in a statement on Saturday. Although he said the police personnel onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Police in Zamfara State have arrested eight suspects for criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, dealing with human parts, cannibalism, theft, and vandalizing electric copper wires. Details of the arrest were embedded in a statement by the Zamfara State Police Commissioner, CP Ayuba Elkanah. According to the commissioner, atContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, South East Nigeria said his administration will continue to provide conducive learning environment in all institutions of higher learning in the state. Ugwuanyi gave the assurance at the commissioning of multiple projects at the state-owned Institute of Management and Technology IMTContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Irate Youths of the Irigwe extraction in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State on Friday attacked the Palace of their Paramount Ruler, the MBRA NGWE IRIGWE of IRIGWE KINGDOM Rev. Runku Aka. The Youths who trooped out in numbers were said to have set the PalaceContinue Reading
BY GODWON OBI The arraignment of a traditional ruler in Oyo State, Solomon Akinola on terrorism charges that was supposed to hold on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja was stalled due to the objection to jurisdiction of the court to conduct the trial. Though Akinola was notContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ahead of the 2023 Presidential election and amidst various permutations by politicians across the country, the immediate past president of the 8th Senate, Bukola Saraki appears to be receiving attention and backing of some Nigerians Latest of such backing is the Forum of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI One of Nigeria’s domestic airlines, Arik Air flying from Lagos to Asaba has crash landed at a remote area in the Delta State capital in the South-South. Reports had it that more than 25 passengers boarded the flight around 6pm at the Murtala Mohammed Airport In LagosContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI No fewer than 17 farmers have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack on Ancha village in Miango District, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria by gunmen suspected to be armed herdsmen. The attack which took place from Tuesday night into the early hoursContinue Reading