No fewer than 29 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday, the official news agency WAFA reported. The people died when a residential building was struck. Dozens of people were also injured in the attack. The Israel Defense Force in a statement on Friday, said the...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The family members of the first civilian Governor of Benue State, late Aper Aku are in tears seeking for support from spirited individuals and cooperate organisations to cushion the effect of their suffering. The need to seek for support followed the razing...
The Governors of Abia and Imo as well as other prominent Nigerians have continued to pay glowing tributes to the late former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu. Family sources confirmed the death of the elder statesman in an Abuja hospital on Thursday at the age...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has assured property owners along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway route that a fair and transparent compensation will be paid to those affected. Umahi said this at a press briefing/stakeholders meeting on Lagos-Coastal Highway projects, at Eko Hotel, on Thursday...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his deepest condolences to the Onu family over the passing of Chief Ogbonnaya Onu, who died on Thursday at 72. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on...
By BARBARA KALU, Asaba – In a successful operation to eradicate illegal weapons in the South South Region, Nigerian Army troops have uncovered an armoury containing significant cache of arms and ammunition at the residence of a gun runner in Olota Community and adjoining communities of Ughelli South...
Some political leaders in Ebonyi have described the sudden demise of Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, a former Abia state governor, and former minister of Science and Innovation under President Muhmmadu Buhari as a “national tragedy”. Onu died at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja on April 11. The leaders who...
The family of the first civilian Governor of Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, who passed on earlier on Thursday, says that it has lost brother, uncle and a leader par excellence. In a text signed and issued to journalists in Abakaliki by Dr Uzoma Onu, on behalf of...
Senator Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara), has pledged to sponsor the education of out-of-school children from 250,000 households in Zamfara. To this end, the Senator directed the committee he set up to provide palliatives to 250,000 vulnerable households during the Ramadan, to conduct census of such children. The News Agency...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appointed Rep. Kingsley Chinda as the Chairman, Local Government Congress Electoral Committee for Ondo, ahead of Saturday’s governorship primaries. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Ologunagba said that the constitution of...
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Mohammed Koko, has said the agency is committed to becoming the leading port in Africa. Alhaji Koko made this known the NPA special day at the ongoing Enugu international trade fair. He called for collective commitment of trade...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The TotalEnergies Exploration and Production (E&P) has conducted a ground breaking and foundation laying ceremony for the construction of a hospital ward, consisting of male, female and children’s wards to support the existing structures at the 6 Division Medical Services and Hospital...
The Police Command in Plateau have arrested 66 suspected members of Sara-Suka, a cult group operating within Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Steve Yabanet, disclosed this on Friday in Jos. He said that the suspects were apprehended...
Former Minister of Science and Technology under the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Ogbonnaya Onu is dead. A source, close to the deceased, confirmed the death to this newspaper on Thursday. Onu, a former governor of Abia State, died after a brief illness in an undisclosed hospital in Nigeria. Recall...
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State have arrested 43 suspects in a raid on criminal hideouts. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Thursday, in Lagos. He said that RRS operatives arrested the suspects...
The Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH (NNS) says it has arrested two persons and seized one tank truck over alleged crude oil theft in Bayelsa. The Commander, Commodore Sunday Lakan, made the disclosure while parading the suspects at NNS SOROH base on Thursday. He said that a Mazda vehicle...
Gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint at Abakaliki on Thursday and killed a policeman. Police spokesman in Ebonyi, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the attack and said the gunmen also set the police van on the spot ablaze. “It happened early on Thursday morning. I have been trying to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Kalu, has mourned the death of the first civilian governor of the state, Dr Ogbannaya Onu at the age of 72. Onu, a former Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation died in an Abuja hospital on Thursday...
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu and Sen. Ireti Kingibe, representing the FCT, to intervene in the demolition of 214-hectare Asokoro Estate, belonging to ex-Rep. member, Nicholas Ukachukwu. The demolition of the property has created lots of controversies and thrown occupants in...
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo has commiserated with the former governor of the state, Alh. Ibrahim Idris over the death of his son, Muhammed Idris. The late Muhammed Idris was a former member of House of Representative, representing Ankpa/Olamaboro/Omala Federal Constituency. Muhammed9 Idris, aged 55, was reported to...