Frontline Reporters 14, 2021 Surging incidents of inflationary spiral, obvious dismal performance of the capital market and low returns on government securities have exposed Nigerians to speculative and dubious schemes with victims suffering over N300 billions in that past five years. Consequently, major economic stakeholders have urged the Federal GovernmentContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A former vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi says Nigerians are getting poorer because the government is borrowing for the wrong reasons. Mr Obi, who was speaking to a cream electronic journalists on Monday, argued that while it is not a crimeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Two security operatives were killed when gunmen invaded the Kabba Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kogi State, authorities have said. Similarly, two officers of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), have not been accounted for, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, Sola Fasure, disclosed in a statementContinue Reading
The Police have called for calm in some communities in Sokoto State following reports that a threat letter was sent to them from suspected bandits. Written in the Hausa language, the said attackers mentioned five communities – Shuni, Kwanar Kimba, Rikina, and Dange, all in Dange/Shuni Local Government Area, causingContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Idris Isah Jere as the acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Until his appointment on Friday, Jere was a Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Finance and Account. He takes over from Muhammad Babandede, who retired from service on Friday.Continue Reading
By Godwin Obi Tincan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has announced interception of large quantities of pharmaceutical preparations suspected to be hard drugs in a 1×40 ft container. The Area Controller, Comptroller Abdullahi Musa, who disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday, endorsed by Mr UcheContinue Reading
By Pastor Austin C. Udeoha “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9) And God saw that the wickedness of man was great on earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was evil continually” Genesis 6:5) “Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBIMen of the Police Command in Abuja have arrested and paraded the killers of Pa Defwan Dariye, the father of former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye. Speaking on the development on Wednesday, Force Spokesman, CP Frank Mba disclosed that the 93-year-old was killed while in the denContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), have converged on Abuja to strategise on salvaging the party amidst the leadership crisis ahead of today’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. The governors are deliberating on a wide range of issues, particularly on zoning of the National Working Committee (NWC)Continue Reading
By Godwin Obi An assistant director of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Mr Christopher Orji, has reportedly committed suicide in Abuja. According to report, Orji’s lifeless body was found dangling with a rope tied to a ceiling fan at his residence at Federal Housing Authority Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, atContinue Reading