The Enugu State Police Command, Thursday, said its operatives have rescued 12 kidnap victims in Ekwegbe-Agu, Neke-Uno, and Okpatu communities in Enugu East, Igbo-Etiti and Udi local government areas of the state. In a statement by the spokesperson for the police Command, Daniel Ndukwe, two of the male victims were rescued on the Enugu-Opi-Nsukka highway, … [Read more…]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has appealed the National Industrial Court’s ruling which ordered the union to suspend its seven-month-old strike in the nation’s universities. The appeal which was based on 14 grounds was filed by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on behalf of the union at the Court of Appeal … [Read more…]
The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has reiterated his Government’s commitment to protecting lives and properties in Imo state. At a press briefing in Owerri, the State capital, Governor Hope Uzodimma disclosed that the security incident at the Eke Ututu market in Orsu Local Government was a successful neutralization of an illegal bomb factory. … [Read more…]
The Labour Party South West Leader, Akin Osuntokun, has likened the support base of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to that that ushered former United States President, Barrack Obama, into office. Osuntokun, who was a political adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, also disclosed that his ex-principal may also be supporting Obi for the … [Read more…]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), offered him a senatorial slot. Daily Trust had reported how Tinubu and Wike met in London last month, amid the crisis rocking the opposition party. After the meeting with Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the … [Read more…]
Press Report by Prince Ejeh Josh, Onochie Igwesi & Buchi Nnaji Management and students of the University of Nigeria, and members of the public have expressed their readiness to welcome the Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Oil and Gas Ltd and governorship flagbearer of Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Peter Ndubuishi Mbah as … [Read more…]
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must vacate his seat for peace to reign, saying that Ayu did everything possible to stop him from emerging as the presidential candidate of the party. Discussing what transpired at the party’s primaries in May, in a television … [Read more…]
Hon. William “Billy” Nwoye has served in the United States government in various capacities. He also contested and was elected Member of the City Council in Altadena, Los Angeles. He has been described as first African or Nigerian to be elected in the US and also first to hold such Executive positions in a Governor’s … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with some Christian clerics under the aegis of the Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria. At the meeting, Tinubu, disclosed that his choice of a former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima was not a threat to the Christian community. He … [Read more…]
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has blamed the low revenue inflow from oil sales for the nation’s current foreign exchange crises. Emefiele stated this during a panel session at the Nigeria International Economic Patnership Forum held in New York, United States, yesterday. According to the President, Nigeria has for … [Read more…]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is likely to lay the matter of the presidential candidate his camp would support in the February 2023 poll to rest today. This is believed to be one of the decisions taken when he met with stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across the 319 wards of the state … [Read more…]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has taken over as the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF. The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, held at the Aso Rock Villa Abuja transferred power of the NGF to the … [Read more…]