BY GODWIN OBI Bandits have abducted 18 children who were fetching firewood in Kasai community in Batsari Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. The incident was said to have occurred at about 7:30am, on Monday. A resident of the community, Suleiman Kasai, said the number of abductees could beContinue Reading
B y our correspondent Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has warned that he will surprise those who consider his honest decision to implement the presidential peace pact as a sign of weakness. Governor Fubara said he had been inundated with several comments in the media about the implementation of theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated the sum of N1.34 trillion and seized goods worth N10.59 billion in the first quarter of 2024, its Comptroller-General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has said. Speaking on NCS’ first quarter activities in Abuja on Wednesday, Adeniyi said the first quarter revenue represents aContinue Reading
BY OUR REPORTER Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)Gbolahan Olugbemi, 50, has allegedly committed suicide in Ogbomosho, Oyo State. DCP Olugbemi, who was serving at the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCIID), Alagbon, Lagos, reportedly died in his country home at Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́, Oyo State, where he had gone for theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A travel and tourism expert, Bankole Bernard, says with the commencement of the Lagos-London direct flight by local carrier Air Peace, foreign airlines hitherto enjoying exclusivity on the route are forced to slash airfares. Bernard, who was a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Police authorities are still searching for six officers who went missing in Delta State, according to Force spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi. Six police officers were gruesomely murdered in Ohoro Forest, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State and the same number declared missing after they were ambushed duringContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Investors demand for treasury bills has reached a record high as the total subscriptions have risen to N2.62 trillion, with particular interest observed in the longer-dated bills, accounting for N2.48 trillion. According to data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s website, instruments worth N161.33 billion,Continue Reading
President Tinubu BY GODWIN OBI Residents of Okuama, Omosuomo, and other communities in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, still confined in the forests since the ongoing Army clearance operations in their domains over the killing of 17 soldiers on March 14, weekend, sent distress signals to President BolaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Christians in Nigeria yesterday join their counterparts all over the world to celebrate Easter which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, symbolising His victory over death. The celebration is culminated by the passion of Christ which was preceded by the season of Lent, aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), Nze Chidi Duru, has frowned at the report that the Federal Government subsidised religious pilgrimage with N90 billion, warning that such should not have any place in present day Nigeria. Duru, the Deputy National OrganisingContinue Reading