BY MARTINS DURU The armed attack on Labour Party members meeting at Awgu community on Sunday, September 4, has raised fresh security concerns ahead of next year’s general elections. A similar incident occurred about a week earlier at the neighbouring Nenwe, in Aninri Local Government Area. This was as gunmenContinue Reading
By Adolphus Duru The European Union is launching a €39 million programme on Monday, September 12, aimed at promoting transparent, inclusive, and credible elections in Nigeria. The programme tagged EU Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) Phase II, is a €39m initiative funded under the EU’s Neighbourhood Development andContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Benin on Friday arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State. The suspects were arrested at their hideouts, following actionable intelligence about their alleged involvement in internet- related fraud. They include; Akele Aisosa, Idemudia LawsonContinue Reading
By Efe Modestus The Federal government says almost half of the total number of teachers in the Northeast of Nigeria has been killed by insurgents in the last 13 years in that part of the country; raising serious concerns over the scarcity of manpower in the region. Managing Director, NorthContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party has passed a vote-of-confidence in Senator Iyorchia Ayu, suggesting that the party chairman will not be stepping down any time soon. A motion for the vote of confidence in the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) was moved byContinue Reading
BY MARTINS DURU The back and forth between the striking university lecturers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government continued on Wednesday when the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, maintained that the Federal Government has not and will not rescind its decisionContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Over 400 young constables who were freshly recruited into the Nigeria Police Force to assist in maintaining security in Osun State on Wednesday protested non payment of salaries. The protesters who stormed strategic areas like Oke fia, Akindeko/Alekuwodo terminated the protest at the popular Olaiya Flyover followingContinue Reading
BY MARTINS DURU The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), yesterday, said it was moving into the next stage of its agitation for an independent Biafra nation with the cleansing of the region of all criminal elements. Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement, said the move would seeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Lagos have intercepted 20 drums of carbide, a chemical substance used in manufacturing improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Acting Controller of the unit, Deputy Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, who made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Lagos,Continue Reading
• INEC pledges to publish comprehensive list of registered voters soon BY EFE MODESTUS Ahead of commencement of campaigns on September 28 and the 2023 general election, Abubakar Atiku, Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party respectively and otherContinue Reading