Gunmen have again killed 13 people, including two women at Kwatas village in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau. An eye-witness, who pleaded not to be named, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bokkos that 11 of the victims were young people. The killing occurred late on Sunday. The Public…
Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, has empowered 300 people in Orumba North and South local Government Areas of Anambra state. NPA provided them with vocational skill training equipment and empowerment tools to eke a living .The Empowerment which took place at the UNICEF Experimental Primary School Ufuma, Akpu, on Tuesday saw the young men and women…
Lawmaker elect in Akwa Ibom state for Ikot Ekpene/Essien Udim and Obot Akara Federal Constituency, Mr Nsikak Ekong, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for not interfering in the Essien Udim re-run election.Speaking on Monday in Ikot Ekpene after his victory was announced, Ekong said the President’s non-interference in the elections showed his commitment to democracy.He…
The Lagos State Government has finally banned commercial motorcyles and tricycles in 15 local governments of the state. All major highways and bridges are affected from the ban which the government said would protect lives and properties. The State Government said full enforcement of the ban would commence on Saturday, February 1.Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga…
The victory party for the declared winner of the rerun election in Okigwe/Onuimo/Isiala Mbano federal constituency of Imo state ended tragically when a security aide attached to the senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 election, Ndubuisi Emenike mistakenly shot himThe security aide, a staff of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence…
Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the national chairman of the party, Chief Uche Secondus, to call some top members of the party to order over their endorsement of the re-election bid or the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Chairman of the party in the state, Chief Dan Orbih,…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has donated Lassa fever protective kits and drugs to support the Delta State Government in its efforts to check the menace of disease in the state. Presenting the medical kits and drugs to the State Government at the Ministry of Health in Asaba, the NDDC Acting Managing Director, Gbene Dr…
Christian teenager Leah Sharibu who was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by Boko Haram insurgents, gave birth to a baby boy early Saturday, a source has revealed. On February 19, 2018 at 5:30 pm, 110 schoolgirls aged 11–19 years old were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls’…
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Friday said Mr. Godwin Obaseki will be re-elected as Governor of Edo State, stressing that nothing will stop the governor’s re-election because Obaseki has done well and deserves to continue in office. Obaseki is a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) while Umahi is a member of the…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, pointed accusing fingers at the duo of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, over the abysmal outing of Nigeria in the latest Transparency International’s 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), rating. Nigeria, which ranked 144 in the 2018 ranking, had slipped to 146 out of 180…
