Umahi to shut down banks, businesses that obey IPOB sit-at-home order Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has threatened banks, traders, and other corporate organisations that the state government will forfeit their businesses if they obey IPOB’s sit-at-home order. IPOB had fixed Monday every week for its sit-at-home protest. Mr Umahi gave the directive in a … [Read more…]
Breaking: Former Aviation minister, Stella Oduah dumps PDP for APC A former Minister of Aviation and Senator representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah has defected from the People’s Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress party. The defection is coming ahead of Anambra State governorship election. The announcement of her defection was made in the presence … [Read more…]
PRESS STATEMENT EBONYI STATE MAINTAINS ITS STANCE THAT THERE IS NO LAND FOR RANCHING IN THE STATE We have received the news making the rounds that Ebonyi State is among the States in the Federation that has received the sum of 6 billion naira each for ranching as attributed to the Special Assistant to the … [Read more…]
BREAKING NEWS: APC ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE FORMER PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, PRINCE UCHE SECONDUS IN A CLOSED DOOR AGREEMENT. Unconfirmed reports have it that the embattled former PDP National Chairman now former member of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus is running round states looking for where to file an action to reinstate his party membership. Close sources … [Read more…]
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said NAFDAC had approved Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine, to step up efforts to battle a third wave of infections in the country. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this on Tuesday, in Abuja, at the National Vaccines briefing. The BBIBP-CorV, also known … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Medical Association in Enugu State has urged the Federal Government to withdraw the case instituted against the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors to bring about an amicable resolution. Chairman of NMA Enugu State Branch, Dr Jude Onyia, made the call in Enugu while speaking to newsmen. The Ministry of Health, … [Read more…]
The attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna by bandits in the early hours of yesterday, which led to the death of two officers and abduction of a Major, has sparked outrage and tension across the country. The bandits reportedly entered the NDA premises disguised in military uniforms and passed through … [Read more…]
Health professionals and workers in Enugu State under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), yesterday went wild with jubilation as Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi announced an upward increase of their Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) from 41 percent to 60 percent, effective from September 2021, in spite of the nation’s economic, security and … [Read more…]
Just In: PDP NWC makes u-turn; Photos of NWC meeting emerge. As NWC Excuses Secondus Despite the recently published news that the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party had postponed its meeting Indefinitely, photos have emerged of an ongoing meeting of the NWC. Those in attendance are the Principal officers of the National … [Read more…]
Party Crisis: PDP NWC Meeting Postponed Indefinitely August 24, 2021 The National Working Committee (NWC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), earlier scheduled to take place today, has been postponed indefinitely. The deputy national chairman (South) of the party, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, announced this in a press release, dated 24 August, 2023. The indefinite … [Read more…]
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state yesterday threatened to drag the Federal Government to court if the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration insisted on implementing its grazing routes and reserves policy. The governor who spoke at the Makurdi Airport on his return from Delta State, said the Land Use Act was explicit on land … [Read more…]
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has distanced itself from the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) drafted by the Federal Government and vehemently refused to sign the document as a commitment to ending its ongoing industrial action. The association described the MoU as a veiled punishment for doctors, who are to bear the brunt … [Read more…]