Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to support investors and businesses in the state, as they are critical stakeholders to job creation and human capacity development. Governor Otti stated this Sunday, at the Official Commissioning of Nostro Communication Limited, (Nostrocom House), a state-of-the-art broadcast facility which houses Spin 95.3 FM,…
Leader of Movement For The Actualization Of The Sovereign State Of Biafa (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has said he has vacated his property in Imo State, which has been a subject of dispute between him and Owerri Catholic Archdiocesan Uwazuruike said he acquired the land in 2012, but was surprised that after many years, the…
A “dignified medal ceremony” will take place for athletes who missed out when Russian figure skaters took team gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Medals were not awarded after Russia’s Kamila Valieva failed a doping test, but the United States will now receive gold, Japan silver and Russia bronze. Valieva, 17 – and…
Former spokesman to the People Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Campaign Organisation, Segun Sowunmi, has said that one of the things that took him to Daura, Katsina State, on a visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari was to know his thoughts about the possibility of a Nigerian president from the South-East. He…
Seven-Up Bottling Company (SBC) has convened the first edition of its SME Scale-Up Bootcamp, in partnership with Zenith Bank and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to empower 80 small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The bootcamp, themed, ‘Dream Big, Scale Bigger’ was a two-day workshop designed to empower chief executive officers of fast-rising SMEs…
North Korea fired another round of cruise missiles on Tuesday, Seoul’s military said, extending a recent flurry of tests of weapons that analysts warned could be destined for Russia’s war in Ukraine. This month, Pyongyang has conducted tests of what it called an “underwater nuclear weapon system”, a solid-fuelled hypersonic ballistic missile, and a new…
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded an improved ranking in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), moving five places up to rank 145 out of 180 countries assessed. According to the latest corruption index released by Transparency International (TI), the country also gained one point added to its previous 24, ending up scoring 25 out of the 100…
The US government has released the names of three troops killed by an enemy drone attack in Jordan on Sunday. They are 46 year old Sgt William Jerome Rivers, Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, and Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23. The three were killed when a drone hit their housing unit. The US has blamed…
Israeli forces have killed three militants inside a hospital in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. CCTV footage showed members of an undercover unit disguised as medics and other civilians making their way through a corridor with rifles raised. The Israeli military said the militants were hiding in the hospital, and that one was about…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has promised to ensure that the Edo governorship primary election is free, fair and credible. The chairman of the screening committee for the primaries and Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, stated this while addressing PDP aspirants at the National Headquarters in Abuja. “We appreciate the concerns that you all…
