BY GODWIN OBI Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed 10 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) commanders, as well as over 100 terrorists during land and air clearance operations along the fringes of the Lake Chad Basin. The operation codenamed Operation LakeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh has restated the Agency’s commitment to development of the Nigerian Maritime University,(NMU) Okerenkoko Delta State. He stated this when a delegation from the University paid a visit to NIMASA Management in LagosContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah says the challenge of fixing Nigeria is enormous and requires joint efforts. He said with everything literally broken down, the country has become one big emergency national hospital with full occupancy. Bishop Kukah said the President Buhari-led Federal Government hasContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted large consignments of Cocaine smuggled into the country through three major international airports in Port Harcourt, Abuja and Lagos. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday said youths in the South-West region have shown determination in campaigning for Bola Tinubu as President in 2023. He made the remark after attending a rally at the Mobalaji Johnson Arena in Onikan, Lagos. Mr Tinubu, a former Governor ofContinue Reading
. BY GODWIN OBI The Navy on Saturday said it has made several arrests and seized more than $700,000 worth of illegally refined products in the nation’s oil producing areas as part of its Operation DAKATAR DA BARAWO (OPDDB). OPDDB was launched on April 1 in response to a nationalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has continued his nationwide tour to seek the votes of delegates to the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, with a visit to two North Central States of Niger and Plateau. In Niger State, Governor Wike told the delegates atContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate on Thursday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to increase fuel subsidy payments in 2022 to N4 trillion from N442.72 billion. The legislators made the approval after considering the report of the Committee on Finance on the Revised 2022 Fiscal Framework. The Senate also approved theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev warned Thursday that Russia would deploy nuclear weapons close to the Baltic States and Scandinavia if Finland or Sweden decide to join NATO. Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s security council and president from 2008 to 2012, wrote on Telegram that if the countries joined,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday suspended the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise (CVR) exercise in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State. The decision was taken after an INEC staff was shot dead by gunmen, a statement signed by INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye,Continue Reading