The police command in Enugu state on Thursday, said the recent sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) should be disregarded and urged residents to go about their normal businesses. The Commissioner of police in the state, Mr Mohammed Danmallam, said this in Enugu on Thursday duringContinue Reading
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says no fewer than 9, 822 Stranded Nigerians were assisted back home by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) from 10 different countries in 18 months. The Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, South West Zone, Alhaji Yakubu Suleiman, disclosed this while receiving another batch ofContinue Reading
Ahmed Mabudi, the Acting Director-General of Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), said the rumor making rounds about the release of water from the Lagbo Dam by Camaroonian authorities was untrue. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports there were circulating reports that people living along the water banks of theContinue Reading
Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has revealed that a total of 2,385 people were killed by armed bandits in the state from 2011 to date. The governor made the disclosure on Monday in Gusau at the opening of a Special Town Hall Meeting on Security organised by the Federal GovernmentContinue Reading
By Ishaq Zaki The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted a former member of the House of Representives, Alhaji Bello Matawallen-Maradun as its governorship candidate in Zamfara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the candidate emerged through consensus after stakeholders of the party unanimously adopted him at a meetingContinue Reading
September 9, 2018 5:31 pm by aderemi.bamgbose – Nigeria – Group threatens election boycott over 10-year-old power outage Blackout By Remi Bamgbose Okitipupa (Ondo State), Sept. 9, 2018 (NAN) Some youths in Okitipupa, Ondo State, under the aegis of Bring Back Our Light, say the people of their area may not participate inContinue Reading
Stakeholders in the fruits and vegetable industry have called on the Federal Government to establish a special task force to curb the menace of using chemical substances to ripen the commodities. The stakeholders, comprising nutritionists, health experts and consumers, made the appeal while fielding questions from the News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Peter Okolie Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has endorsed Mrs Bianca Ojukwu’s bid to contest the Anambra South Senatorial election in 2019. Uwazuruike endorsed Bianca’s aspiration when Bianca, wife of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and DrContinue Reading
Exactly 35 days to his leaving office, outgoing Ekiti state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Sunday says his handover note is ready for the scrutiny of people making enquiries about his government. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the governor did not cooperate with the Transition Committee setContinue Reading
