The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attacks in Kwara State that left at least 170 people dead. The attack occurred on Tuesday when armed terrorists invaded Woro community in the Kaiama Local Government Area of the state. The terrorists killed no fewer than 170 residents during the onslaught, injured dozens,…
Ondo State, fondly celebrated as the Sunshine State, will clock 50 years on February 3rd, 2026, with a rich sense of history, pride in collective achievement, and renewed optimism for the future. Created on February 3, 1976, out of the old Western State during the military administration of General Murtala Mohammed, Ondo State was conceived…
Barrister Gyang Zi SAN holds Plateau North stakeholders meeting , declares intention to contest Senatorial election Barrister Gyang Zi SAN on Friday convened a zonal stakeholders meeting of the Plateau North All Progressives Congress APC, where he declared his intention to contest for the Senatorial seat of the constituency come 2027. A statement made available…
High Chief Ambassador Sobomabo Jackrich, widely known as Egberipapa, a leading Niger Delta freedom fighter and political activist, welcomed Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo, National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), and other top national leaders of the union to his residence in Usokun community, Degema Local Government Area,…
By Golok Nanmwa,Jos Management of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC), led by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Cyril Yiltsen Tsenyil, has commenced strategic engagements with heads of security agencies in Nasarawa State as part of efforts to effectively implement the Commission’s mandate. The engagement began with a visit to the Nigeria Security and…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday rejected claims that newly passed tax laws were altered after leaving the National Assembly, insisting that the versions signed into law fully reflect the resolutions reached by lawmakers. Akpabio addressed the controversy during plenary following concerns raised by Abdussamad Dakuku, a member of the House of Representatives, who…
Police Arrest Actress Angela Okorie Over Alleged Cybercr+me Case Involving Mercy Johnson Actress Angela Okorie was arrested at her Lagos residence by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Cybercrime Centre. She was reportedly held overnight at Yaba Pantiafter there was no immediate flight available to Abuja at the time of her arrest. Angela Okorie was flown to…
By Golok Nanmwa,Jos Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Bernard Doro, has convened a Northern Zone Expanded Stakeholders Meeting in Plateau State as part of efforts to strengthen unity, encourage political participation and promote peace and development in the area. The meeting, which brought together major stakeholders, political party leaders, elder statesmen and…
By Alex Morgan Esq. The National Judiciary Council (NJC), has in a landmark decision, reversed itself on the suspension of Justice JaneE. Inyang of the Court of Appeal, Uyo Division.Rising from its 110th meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, the NJC faulted its own earlier decision to suspend Justice Inyang for one year without pay, insisting…
By Danjuma LamidoFormer presidential candidate and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Dr Gbenga Hashim, has recently chosen the path of noise over knowledge in reacting to the lawful deposit of the passport of another former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore. By condemning the court-ordered passport deposit as an “abuse of power” and a “grave threat to…
