Ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states, the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the distribution of 220 operational vehicles f.or election security management. The force also deployed anti-riot equipment, including water cannons, Armoured Personnel Carriers, helmets, bulletproof vests, and tear gas canisters. The Force Public Relations Officer,…
The Senator representing Kogi Central in the 10th Senate, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has officially unveiled the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the November 11 governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye, to the people of Ebiraland. The event took place on Saturday, before a mammoth crowd in Okene, the political headquarters of the Ebira…
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has explained why he operates from home instead of the state government house. According to him, he chose to work from home for the time being in order to manage the cost of governance. Otti stated this during the weekend when he received the global leadership of the…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, has said that under his leadership, the Bank will focus mainly on the core mandate of price stability. He disclosed this while playing host to the Impact Investing Community, led by the 14th Emir of Kano and Khalifa of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order…
No fewer than 400 Nigerian government officials have undergone agricultural technical training programmes sponsored by the Chinese Government through its initiative, Green Agriculture West Africa Limited. According to a report from the Chinese embassy on Sunday, the programmes were meant to enhance the agricultural exchange and cooperation between China and Nigeria. The company which embarked…
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the Novermber 11 poll in Imo state, Attan Achonu, on Sunday accused the police in the state of attacking him and his convoy and preventing him from attending a church service in the Owerri North Local Government Area of the state. Briefing journalists in Owerri, the state…
Amid controversy trailing the appointment and confirmation of Etekamba Umoren as Resident Electoral Commissioner from Akwa Ibom State, members of the All Progressives Party, from the state, said the appointee is not their member. The Senate had last week Wednesday on the strength of a request from President Bola Tinubu, confirmed appointment of Umoren as…
With less than one week to the November 11 off-season governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states, stakeholders, on Sunday, share plans on how to ensure credible and safe polls at the People’s Townhall on Election Security in Lagos The programme which is also supported by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office…
Lightning has killed three Senior Secondary School (SS3) students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Sunday. An eye witness told our correspondent that the lightning struck nine male students who were playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch barefooted. He said “the students were practicing on the football pitch with…
Imo State Government has vehemently denied any knowledge of plans to book all hotel rooms in the state for the forthcoming governorship election. Recall a trending video which showed stranded and angry old students of Federal Government Girls College Owerri at a hotel supposedly booked months before their re-union party. Upon arrival at the hotel,…
