In the politics of remembrance and forgetfulness, ‘’it is sometimes convenient to forget. At others it is uncomfortable to remember. To forget is perhaps one of the greatest gifts of nature. But to remember can also be an invaluable asset sometimes. However, so many times, we remember to...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) Olumba Olumba Obu has urged leaders across board that true power lies not in domination or control, but ability to listen, understand and act in the best interest of all. According to the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command on Saturday paraded 96 suspects who were arrested between Thursday , 1st August and Saturday, 10th August, 2024 for violence, protests, looting, theft and foreign flag hosting in Maiduguri city and environs. The Commissioner of Police, CP Yususfu Mohammed Lawal...
The Policeppp Command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of a 17-year old boy, who was electrocuted while working with his step-father at a building construction site. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said there is no leadership tussle in the group following the recent death of its former President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. Dr Alex Ogbonnia, National Publicity Secretary of the Igbo socio-cultural group, disclosed this on Friday in Enugu, stressing that such speculation by a...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A human rights lawyer, Ntufam Mba Ukweni (SAN) has charged the Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu to heed to advice of the state Solicitor General on the contentious cocoa allocation issues in Etung local government area of the state in the interest...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The abductors of two students of Kogi State University, Kabba (KSUK) has reduced their demand from N50 to N10 million ransom for the release of the two students. However, the students were kidnapped last week Friday, August 2, 2024; at the same spot...
An airplane carrying 58 passengers and four crew crashed Friday in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, killing everyone on board, local officials said. The aircraft, a French-made ATR 72-500 operated by the airline Voepass, was traveling from Cascavel in southern Parana state to Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos international airport when...
President Bola Tinubu has said ECOWAS would continue to persuade the military leaders of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to return their nations to the fold. President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, reaffirmed this position at a meeting...
The Nigeria Police Force said the Aug. 7 raid on Labour House in Abuja by its operatives was not targeted at the secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Friday in Abuja, said the raid was...
A former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Emeka Anyaoku, has asked President Bola Tinubu to convene a national constituent assembly to produce a new draft constitution for the country. Anyaoku, who is also the Chairman of the Patriots, said this was part of the proposals put forward during the meeting...
The Wife of the President, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has promised to empower 37,000 petty traders across the country as a way of cushioning the effect of the economic difficulty on women. Tinubu made the pledge on Friday in Enugu, when she declared open this year’s August Meeting organised...
The outgoing Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Mrs Folashade Esan, on Friday presented her successor, Mrs Esther Wilson-Jack to President Bola Tinubu on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Esan said the President made the transition seamless as Wilson-Jack, the incoming Head of Service, spent some...
The village head of the Gefe community of Kufana chiefdom in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been killed by bandits along with two other people. Although police authorities in Kaduna State are yet to confirm the attack, a community leader Silas Musa told Channels...
The President, Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, says the world class facility of the Golf and Health Signature (GHS) in Abuja would groom Nigerian professionals who would become “Tiger Woods” in future. Runsewe stated this on the sidelines of a retreat organised by the...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has called for improved collaboration with the traditional institution to accelerate development and promote peaceful co-existence among the people of the state. Governor Ododo stated this while presenting staff of office to the Akinrin of Ekinrin-Ade His...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Igede Youth Council, in collaboration with the Association of Lawyers from the Conflict Zone, Association of Igede Media Professionals, Igede Medical and Health Professionals Union and Igede Women’s Congress, has announced plans for a National Protest and World Press Conference in Abuja...
The Chiefs of Defence Staff in West Africa on Friday, called for the return of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, made the call when he led other ECOWAS defence chiefs...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said the West African Chiefs of Defence have agreed to activate the standby force of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Musa said the decision was taken at the end of the 42nd Ordinary Meeting of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended condolences to the family of Issa Hayatou, former President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), who died at the age of 77 on Thursday. Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, commiserated with the Cameroonian...