BY GODWIN OBI Those accusing the President of handling bandits and terrorists with a softer hand than the way secessionists are being treated are full of hatred, Mr Femi Adesina has said. Adesina, who is President Muhammadu Buhari’s media adviser, made the statement while defending his principal in a pieceContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has asked striking resident doctors to resume work as most of the issues they have raised are state affairs. Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that seven of 12 matters that were raised by the National Association ofContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The Federal Government has admitted that it is not in the best position to manage the nation’s refineries. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, stated this Thursday while chatting with newsmen in Abuja “I will agree with you that government is not the best managerContinue Reading
The Nigerian police have arraigned a young man, Joshua Adeyinka Kayode, (22), before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for allegedly using a fake investment scheme to defraud 170 people to the tune of N10.7 billion. He was arraigned on Thursday before Justice Tijjani Ringim on 170 counts ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Acting Comptroller of the Katsina State Customs Area Command, Deputy Comptroller Dalha Wada says, the command will continue to counter the new strategies being adopted by smugglers operating around the border towns in the state. Dalha was speaking to newsmen when he took them round itemsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria has received a boost, as the country received 26 ventilators and other equipment from the World Health Organisation. Nigeria also took delivery of 3,560 fingertip oxygen pulse oximeters as authorities step up efforts to curb the spread of the disease inContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The Ondo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has discovered a warehouse containing 524 bags of Cannabis Sativa, popularly called Indian Hemp. It was discovered at the boundary between Ondo and Edo States. Officials of the NDLEA said, two suspects have been arrestedContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The Nasarawa State House of Assembly NSHA on Monday mandated its committee on Education to investigate the purported employment of 366 secondary school teachers by the office of the state Accountant General. The Speaker of the House, Ibrahim Balarabe gave the directive after Daniel Ogazi of theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Muiz Banire has described the indictment of a Deputy Commissioner for Police, Abba Kyari, in the case of international fraud, as a dent on the image of the country. Mr Muiz who was speaking to newsmen on Sunday, made the comments whileContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade has called on other Governors and various local government council heads in Nigeria to unite in joining the federal government’s fight against insecurity irrespective of political, tribal, and religious differences. Ayade stated this shortly after the exemplification, commissioning, and anContinue Reading