Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara ‘mni’ BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara has described the appointment of the new General Manager Katsina State Radio Alhaji Lawal Attahiru Bakori as meritorious. This is contained in a statement signedContinue Reading
…Condemns travails of IPOB leader in hands of FG • Says FG had in past released agitators like himself, Asari Dokubo, Gani Adams, late Fredrick Fasehun, Sunday Igboho • Insists it’s not for Supreme Court to release Kanu, but FG • Suggests govt goes after sponsors of insecurity than agitatorsContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Concerned by a need to decongest correctional facilities across the nation, Founder of Pain is a Gift Initiative, Mr Tosin Imhogiemhe, has urged the Federal Government to expedite actions in resolving minor cases in courts.Imhogiemhe lamented what he termed laws formulation but lack of enforcement, saying noContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to covert the 50 billion naira budgeted for student loan scheme to grants. President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Hard Copy on Friday, cited the burden of paying back the loan inContinue Reading
Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, former Abia State governor, Sen Orji Uzor Kalu; Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo; former Labour Minister, Dr. Chris Ngige and others have sympathised with the family of the former governor of Anambra State, Chief ChukwuemekaContinue Reading
BY ADA EZEH WHEN the Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, Mr. Mele Kyari, tripped the alarm, last Friday, that the authorities had discovered over 4,800 illegal connections on the national crude oil pipelines, many were shocked, thinking the the media misquoted him.Continue Reading
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate for November increased to 28.20% compared to the October 2023 rate which was 27.33%, the National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed. The NBS in its Consumer Price Index of November 2023 published on Friday said the headline inflation rate showed an increase of 0.87% points whenContinue Reading
The Supreme Court has upheld the Federal Government’s appeal challenging the verdict of the Appeal Court which dismissed the charges against Nnamdi Kanu. In upholding the government’s appeal, the Supreme Court held that Kanu must face trial at the Federal High Court. The Supreme Court in the judgement delivered byContinue Reading
Former governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife BY GODWIN OBI Former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is dead. A statement from Chief Rob Ezeife, on behalf of the family said he died at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, yesterday. Ezeife was governor of Anambra state between JanuaryContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has dismissed all directors of civil aviation agencies in the country following the sacking of the chief executive officers of the same organisations In a statement sent to Channels Television by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, the Federal Government saidContinue Reading