Chris Njoku, Owerri Over 100 persons have been trapped in Akwakuma in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo as a result of two- day landslide. The disaster, which occurred last Saturday, took place at Trinity Street. The Nation gathered it also cut off more than six buildings in the area with many residents trapped. One of the victims and …
By Ozioruva Aliu A middle-aged man identified as Okhehelem Onyenma Monday protested the purported rape of his six years old daughter (name withheld) in Edobor Street, Uwelu quarters alleging that the suspect, Destiny Obiyan lured his six years old daughter with rice and egg to defile her. Oyenma who took his protest to the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union …
Lai Mohammed …begs Nigerians for understanding over withdrawal ….Uses N1.7 trillion on electricity tariffs shortfalls By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor (North) & Emma Ujah , Abuja Bureau Chief The federal government, Monday, disclosed that the nation spent N10. 413 trillion on fuel subsidy in the last 13 years (2006-2019) and justified last week’s discontinuation with the practice, describing subsidy …
By Adesina Wahab There was anxiety on Monday night about the health of Education Minister, Malam Adamu Adamu, as unconfirmed reports said he has been flown abroad for medical attention. When contacted on the phone, the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, said he was driving and asked that our correspondent should call back in …
By Michael Eboh The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Monday, dismissed allegation that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project was inflated to the tune of $1.527 billion, describing the accusation as false, baseless and unfounded. In a statement in Abuja, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs of the NNPC, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that the NNPC was considering instituting …
By Dirisu Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday flayed the Buhari Presidency for pushing Nigerians to the wall with “its arrogant display of insensitivity and total disregard to the demands by the citizens” to effect an immediate downward review in the pump price of fuel. This is even as party described the attempt by the Buhari Presidency to …
By Peter Duru Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has stated that the federal government’s recasting of the macroeconomic projections and assumptions in the 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) was indicative of a worsening fiscal prospect for the country. He observed that with the World Bank projection that the country’s economy would shrink by 4.4 percent along …
National Arts Theatre Mr Sunday Baba, the immediate past Acting General Manager of the National Arts Theatre, Lagos, says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) did not take over the national monument. Baba said that the CBN, through the Bankers’ Committee, would only renovate the theatre complex and hand it over to the Federal Government. Baba spoke with …
By Dennis Agbo FORMER Governor of old Anambra state, Senator Jim Nwobodo has asked Elder statesmen, Mbazuilike Amaechi to respect his age and keep quiet on his (Amaechi) consistent attack on him (Nwobodo). Nwobodo and Amaechi have recently engaged themselves on war of words following Amaechi’s comment that the South East Governors were weak in their duties. But Nwobodo …
By Egufe Yafugborhi POLICE in Rivers state have said the irate youths who killed two Hausa settlers in Oyigbo town, Oyigbo Local Government Area, were not members of Indigenous People of Biafran (IPOB) as suspected by eyewitnesses. A spokesman for Northern Community in Rivers, Alhaji Musa Saidu, had alleged that two traders were killed and two others wounded …
President Muhammadu Buhari By Dirisu Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday flayed the Buhari Presidency for pushing Nigerians to the wall with “its arrogant display of insensitivity and total disregard to the demands by the citizens” to effect an immediate downward review in the pump price of fuel. This is even as party described the attempt by the …
By Evelyn Usman, Lagos Emotions ran high on Monday, after a 12 year-old girl who went to spend the just celebrated Sallah with her blind grandfather, narrated how she was raped four times by a 67-year-old man in Ejigbo area of Lagos. The victim in tears, alleged that the suspect, James Olajoyetan, usually beat and gagged her , …
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The Federal Government and representatives of Bayelsa State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) over the upgrading of the Sports Academy at Asoama, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. The Bayelsa Sports Academy was established by Chief Timipre Sylva when he was governor of the state as a premier institute of sports …
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja The Federal Government, appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to suspend its ongoing industrial action, as the government has already addressed six out of the eight demands listed by the Association. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, stated this in his office in Abuja. Senator Ngige asked NARD to …
…says I’m entitled to confront my main accuser By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has applied for the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, to be summoned before the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel of inquiry, to give evidence as a witness. …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advised the Federal Government to review the recent increase in fuel pump price. Mr Augustine Ndaghu, Yola Zonal Coordinator of the Union, gave the advice during a press conference in Yola on Monday. Ndaghu observed that the price increase was announced by the Federal Government at a wrong time when …
By Anayo Okoli & Chinedu Adonu PROMINENT women group, Umuada Igbo, has called on the Federal and state governments to declare a state of emergency on rape and other forms of gender-based violence, saying that it would help to address the rising cases of the menace in the country. According to the President-General and founder of Umuada Igbo, Nigeria …
By Festus Ahon, Asaba A suspected car snatcher, on Sunday, killed a pregnant woman and a commercial motorcyclist, popularly known as ‘Okada’ in Isselu-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State. The suspected car thief, Vanguard gathered, knocked down the Okada rider and his passenger at about 6 pm while finding an escape route after snatching a Peugeot car …
…empowers 54 youths with 54,000 birds James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Ogun State government at the weekend commenced the third phase of its broilers projects with the empowerment of no fewer than 54 youths with 54,000 broilers birds with a promise to support the participants as commercial growers. Speaking at the commissioning of the project, the State Commissioner for …
*Say Customs’ alert on presence of Boko Haram elements in FCT due to intelligence failure Elders in the North Central states of the country have joined in the call for President Mohammadu Buhari to sack the service chiefs over the state of insecurity in the country. The group of elders in the region, under the aegis of Coalition …
