A Lagos Based Media organization, Frontline Media Int’l has conferred on Kanwan Katsina 111 – District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara a prestigious award of Best Media Friendly Royal Father of the decade 2012 – 2022. This is contained in a statement signed by the Sarkin Labarun KanwanContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Former Military Administrator of Delta State, Air Commodore Luke Ochulor (rtd) is known for his bluntness on national issues. In this interview with our correspondent, he expresses his mind on a number of issues, including why leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu shouldContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS King Bubaraye Dakolo, Agada IV, the Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama Kingdom and Chairman, Council of Traditional Rulers in Bayelsa State has been described severally as a radical monarch based on his background as a soldier and his thoughts which he has documented in three books – The RiddleContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said its strike scheduled to commence in seven days is aimed at liberating Nigerians from the shackles of government policies which have caused citizens pain. This followed an earlier seven-day ultimatum by the NLC to President Bola Tinubu’s administration toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a “total and indefinite strike action”. The association revealed this in a terse statement made available to Channels Television on Tuesday evening. The resident doctors listed their demands to include the immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF, theContinue Reading
Pensioners TO ameliorate the effects of removal of fuel subsidy, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, approved palliatives for civil servants and pensioners in the state. The state government, in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, said the measures will take effect from July.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI There is palpable anxiety in the ranks of some former and serving governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its leaders over the delay by President Bola Tinubu in releasing the final list of ministerial nominees. There is also serious pressure on President Tinubu regardingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Amnesty International Nigeria has demanded a transparent coroner’s inquest on 103 slain EndSARS protesters for whom the Lagos State Government is planning a mass burial, saying the plans should be put on hold. This follows the emergence of a leaked memo addressed to the Lagos State MinistryContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over “the failure to delete the patently unlawful provisions in the Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) Regulations directing banks to obtain information on customers’ social media handles forContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Saturday, launched Operation Hakorin Damisa to end the killings and security challenges in Plateau State. The Army chief also reinstated the commitment of Nigerian Army in combating criminals that have been terrorising some communities in the ManguContinue Reading