BY GODWIN OBI No fewer than forty-six persons, including the thirty-three-year-old son of Otukpo Local Government Area Chairman Bako Eje, have been killed by suspected herdsmen who invaded Umogidi village of Entekpa-Adoka district in Otukpo Local Government Council in Benue State. The killing comes barely 24 hours after the sameContinue Reading
L-R: Head, Administration and Human Resources, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Hamisu Gambo; Director, Internal Audit, NIMASA, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya; Director General, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR; Director Cabotage Services, NIMASA, Mrs. Rita Uruakpa; Director General, Bureau of Public service Reforms (BPSR); Mr. Arabi Ibrahim Dasuki andContinue Reading
• How wave of presidential poll threw states into panic BY GODDY OBINWA Until the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, the chieftains, stalwarts and members of the two dominant national parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had dismissed the Labour Party (LP)0, as aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Department of State Services (DSS) says the plot to set aside the constitution and install an interim government by “misguided” political actors is real. DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Wednesday, vowed that the secret police will use all arsenals at its disposal toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The fear of North bank, a suburb of Makurdi, the Benue State capital, is the beginning of wisdom for many residents. To them, the place is a no-go zone because of its notoriety for all manner of crimes, ranging from cultism to robbery, killings, kidnapping and rape,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their planned strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday over the scarcity of naira notes. The labour unions made this known at the end of their National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday. Recall that theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A man identified as Joseph Ogbu, has been condemned to death by hanging on Monday for killing his employer, a 89-year-old grandmother, Ajoke and her daughter, Oreoluwa, in their home in Lagos. Delivering the judgement, Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay, sitting at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja foundContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI To avert a nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Monday met with the leadership of the Congress. The NLC leadership had issued a seven-dayContinue Reading
● NIMASA Committed to Ease of Doing Business – Jamoh BY GODWIN OBI The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), have agreed to work closely with relevant stakeholders as NIMASA inches closer to developing a regulatory framework to provide operationalContinue Reading
Please join Pastor Austin. C. Udeoha- the General Overseer Holiness Power Bible Ministries(a.k.a Operation Tikpoo — destroy the works of the devil) every Sunday and Tuesday from 8:00P.M to 8:30P.M on NTA Igbo channel via Startimes platform 167 as you listen to the undiluted word of God as of old.Continue Reading