THE Abia police command has arrested one Mrs Rose Uwaga for allegedly strangling her 83-year-old husband, Alhaji Isa Uwaga, in Umuahia, the state capital. Police spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonnaya confirmed the arrest of the woman, who was said to be in her early 70s, to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Wednesday. Ogbonnaya […]
As part of its corporate social responsibility, the African Natural Resources and Mining Limited (ANRML) has handed over two transformers, 3 drilled boreholes and 5.5km rehabilitated road to Gujeni Community in Kagarko council area of Kaduna State The Gujeni Integrated Iron Ore, Mining and Processing Plants handed over a completed 5.5km rural road with concrete […]
• Ajayi tasks CJ on sanctity of law, integrity The Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Iroju Ogundeji, has been suspended indefinitely.Two other members suspended alongside Ogundeji were Adewale Williams and Favour Tomomewo. Ogundeji and Williams, representing Odigbo I and Ondo West II Constituencies respectively, were suspended for unruly behaviour while Tomomewo, […]
A socio-political group, Anambra Ekunie, has cautioned Governor Willie Obiano against succumbing to the temptation of using traditional rulers in Anambra State to endorse zoning of the governorship position for the 2021 poll. It disclosed that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has been engaging traditional rulers to sign resolutions mandating all political parties in […]
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Chief Timipre Sylva says the deregulation of the downstream oil sector was to ensure economic growth and development of the country. Sylva made this known in a statement in Abuja, on Thursday. He said it was unrealistic to continue to subsidise the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known […]
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday wrote the Senate to replace two non-career ambassadorial nominees. In the letter read at plenary by Senate President Ahmad Lawan in Abuja, the Nigerian leader replaced Mr. Oboro Effiong Akpabio with Mr. John J. Usanga, while Air Commodore Peter Anda Bakiya Gana (rtd) gave way for Brigadier General Bwala Yusuf Bukar […]
It was a fairly impressive turnout at both Lagos and Abuja local airports, yesterday, as four of the eight operating local airlines restarted operations with an average load factor of 70 per cent. Although it was not as busy as the pre-COVID-19 air traffic that attended morning peak periods, air passengers began to funnel into […]