BY GODWIN OBI Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has bemoaned the spate of insecurity across the country, saying nowhere is safe for citizens, including Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). “The current (security) situation is now frightening as there is now nowhere to go and nowhere to hide as theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that scarcity of forex, devaluation of the naira and high cost of aviation fuel has contributed to plunging the aviation sector into serious financial crisis. Speaking to the media at the agency’s office in Lagos, the Director General of NCAA,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday warned Nigerians not to fall victims to fake websites advertising voter registration. In a statement signed by National Commissioner Festus Okoye, INEC said it has concluded its Continuous Voter Registration exercise for the 2023 general elections. “Barely 24 hoursContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The Federal Government has been called upon to set aside a day of National Prayers, for God’s intervention, to bring back peace and stability to the country. Some participants who made the call at the just concluded, Second Special Prayer Series, termed Yaumush Shukur, meaning, ‘Thanksgiving Day,’Continue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has again dashed hopes of students returning to the classrooms , as it extended its six-months old strike by another one month. ASUU, which made this known after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Sunday, said theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, on Sunday night, wiped-out a family of eight people in Chol village of Vwang District, in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attackers, who struck at about 7pm, also inflicted gunshot injuries and machete cuts on women andContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, as an emerging force who connects seamlessly with the youths and whose message resonates with many. Ikpeazu, who posted the message on his twitter handle, yesterday, after Obi visitedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Northern Christians in the All Progressives Congress have insisted that the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the ruling party in defiance of protests by well-meaning, key national stakeholders, including prominent Islamic and Christians leaders, is divisive, unjust and insensitive. This was contained in a communiqué they issued yesterdayContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI At least one person died and two were injured in an attack by bandits on officers of the Presidential Guards Brigade at a checkpoint in Zuma Rock Madalla, along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Eyewitness told Frontline Reporters that the troops successfully repelled the bandits, who caught them byContinue Reading
By Efe Modestus Northern Christian members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have held a summit where they formally rejected the party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket for the 2023 election. According to them, the ticket goes against all the principles of equity, fairness and justice. Joing party stalwarts such asContinue Reading