By Uko Etim UYO—The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has crackdown on illegal organisation operating as Private Guard Company (PGC) in Akwa Ibom and arrested 39 suspects. The Akwa Ibom Commandant, NSCDC, Mrs Geraldine Abetianbe, made this known while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Uyo. Abetianbe said that the organisation, named, Uniquely Network…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who was wounded in US-Israeli attacks and has not been seen in public since assuming office, is alive and increasingly active. “I think there are indications out there that he is increasingly engaging at some level,” Rubio told the Senate Foreign…
ABAKALIKI— In what is being described as one of the most comprehensive private developmental interventions in the region this year, the Eleemosy Empowerment & Relief Foundation has officially handed over a newly reconstructed primary school and vital public infrastructure to the Iziola Ndiebor Ishieke Community in Ebonyi Local Government Area. The massive intervention, commissioned over…
By Henry Umoru The Presidential candidate of BOOT (Because Of Our Tomorrow) Paerty for 2027 general elections is Sonny Adenuga. He is a distinguished Nigerian technocrat, governance reform advocate, project management professional, and technology leader and risk expert with over two decades of international experience in leadership, information technology governance and organisational transformation. He is…
By Uko Etim UYO—Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have dismantled an illegal firearms fabrication workshop in the Okobo and Eket axes, recovering 15 guns and arresting two suspects during a coordinated raid in the early hours of Tuesday. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John who revealed this in a statement…
….Explains delay in opening Opebi-Mende Link Bridge, says 6,000 manholes exposed By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has expressed concern that the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran has begun to affect some of its major infrastructural projects, including the 150-bed Massey Children’s Hospital on Lagos Island. The government also explained the…
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin ILORIN — Fresh crisis has engulfed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State following the emergence of two factional governorship candidates ahead of the 2027 election. The development has further exposed the widening rift within the party, with rival factions laying claim to the authentic governorship ticket. While the faction…
…Journalists barred from courtroom as family demands transparency By Egufe Yafugborhi & Ochuko Akuopha ASABA — The identities of four police officers accused of complicity in the alleged extrajudicial killing of 28-year-old Oghenemine Ogidi, popularly known as OG Millions, were made public on Monday as a High Court sitting in Asaba remanded five suspects in…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has said that his former principal, Chibuike Amaechi joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC, because he did not call him to seek his advice before making the decision. Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, who worked under Amaechi as the Chief of Staff of the…
….Urges female politicians to engage constituents, hold town hall meetings By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday advised women seeking political office to build stronger connections with their constituents, saying success in politics depends more on numbers and grassroots support than gender. Speaking while hosting women leaders of the…
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