Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Katsina State yesterday, burning tires and raining abuses on bandits who attacked their communities. The protesters, mostly from Maiturare and Dogon Ruwa villages in Dutsima Council, blocked the highway linking Katsina and Zaria town, demanding an end to the attacks. Some of them reportedly called for the […]
Enugu Rangers’ General Manager, Davidson Owumi, has revealed that the Flying Antelopes are ready to battle for the top honours when the 2020/21 season kicks off next month. Rangers, who won the title for the first time in 30 years in the 2016 season, according to Owumi, have acquired every material necessary for the task […]
‘DICON will supply military equipment to fight terrorism’ The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that the attack on Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum in Baga is not military sabotage. Following the conclusion of investigation into the attack, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, stated in Abuja yesterday that the governor’s accusation of the […]
The Debt Management Office (DMO), yesterday, put Nigeria’s loan liability to China at $3.121billion as at March 31 2020, representing 3.94 per cent of the nation’s $79.3 billion debt portfolio. The move might have followed recent controversies generated by the issue in the public space. The government agency explained that in terms of foreign sources, […]
Nasarawa domesticates UN action plan on women, security Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom yesterday assented to bills to establish the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility as well as Council on Public Procurement. This, he said, is in fulfilment of his earlier promise to ensure transparency and accountability in governance. He also signed a law for the […]
The crisis that engulfed the Enugu State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) took rather a dangerous dimension on Thursday evening as the much-advertised election of the body turned bloody. Some members of the association who gathered at the Michael Okpara square for the election suffered serious injuries from thugs who invaded the venue […]
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President of Nigeria on Job Creation, Afolabi Sokpehi Imoukhuede is our guest on this edition of Strictly Politics. Watch this insightful episode as he speaks on “Politics of Job Creation”
The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), which is expected to be modulated monthly by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), has become uncertain as some marketers yesterday directed their members to sell at N150 per litre. Projected estimate by The Guardian shows the price may hit N157 per litre going by the […]
sw In recent times several countries including United Arab Emirates (UAE), India and China have made giant strides in the race to space. The United States (U.S.) has also recorded major breakthrough in her plans to send tourists to space with the splashing down of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico on […]
The Presidency says none of the 601 de-radicalised former Boko Haram members will be absorbed into the military as being peddled by mischief-makers. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. The presidential aide added that none of them had […]
Barely days after the police arrested some serving and dismissed soldiers among suspects over the attack on a bullion van that led to the death of four cops in Ebonyi State, the Enugu State police command yesterday paraded another dismissed soldier and nine others for various criminal activities in the state. The state’s Commissioner of […]
Lawyers have alerted Nigerians to possible take over of the country if the contract waiving Nigeria’s sovereign immunity in respect of multi-billion dollar loans obtained from China to finance infrastructure is not repudiated. According to them, the sovereignty-terminating loans are toxic and pose serious danger to the country, given that the capacity of the state […]