BY GODWIN OBI Former British Prime Minister, Sir Tony Blair, on Tuesday braced up the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on what to expect after inauguration, saying running a government anywhere in the world is a tough job.Blair, however, expressed his readiness to support the incoming administration to succeed.The former PMContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari has said he deliberately shut the country’s borders to encourage food production in Nigeria. While the move was heavily criticised, Buhari noted that Nigerians later appreciated it. He said this during the inauguration of the new Customs Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. “I deliberatelyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The UK government on Tuesday announced a package of measures aimed at international students, including a ban on some family members, as ministers come under growing pressure to cut immigration. After a drop during the pandemic, net migration has been steadily on the rise and is reportedlyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted a large consignment of methamphetamine concealed in powdered custard containers as part of a consolidated cargo going to London, United Kingdom, at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. NDLEA Director, MediaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Presidents of Ghana, Niger, Senegal, Togo and the Chad on Monday hailed the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote for the establishment of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Plant. The leaders, who joined their Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari, at the inauguration of theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, there are strong indications that the Clerk of the National Assembly might affect some minor changes to the conventional rules of the legislature. Frontline was reliably informed that the move to break the rules on the inauguration dayContinue Reading
Julius Abure BY GODWIN OBI Julius Abure and the three other suspended officials of the Labour Party (LP) on Thursday, returned to the party’s Secretariat in Abuja to assume their various posts. At a press conference for journalists held at the secretariat, Abure informed the media that the party hadContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara has commended the intervention of Mercy Corp, an International Non Governmental Organizations in the areas ravaged by insecurity in Katsina State. Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara was speaking during a one day stakeholders engagement organized by MercyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has shed light on Tuesday’s attack on US Mission employees in Anambra State. Confirming the incident in a statement on Wednesday, Blinken noted that unknown assailants attacked a convoy of two US government vehicles in the Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA)Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The death toll in Tuesday’s attack on communities in the Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State has risen to 85 as the search for missing persons is still ongoing in the affected communities. The National President, Mwaghavul Development Association, Joseph Gwankat, made the revelation whileContinue Reading