One of the aspirants in the ongoing Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary in Edo State, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, has withdrawn from the race. Ogbeide-Ihama stated this in a letter addressed to the party’s National Secretary, Sam Anyanwu, and copied to the National Working Committee of the PDP. The letter, which was made available to journalists on…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says Lagos State is ready for the creation of state police, adding that the state boasts of at least 10,000 men to be immediately deployed once the Federal Government and the National Assembly give the nod for the establishment of state police. Sanwo-Olu, who stated this on Thursday during a media chat,…
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of 12 persons as members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This confirmation comes after a report of the Committee On Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions Committee of the CBN was considered during plenary on Thursday. The confirmation of the new MPC…
Leaders of the communities spoke when the NDDC Executive Director (Projects), Sir Victor Antai, led a team of the commission’s directors and engineers to inspect the roads with concrete drains and solar-powered street lights. Speaking on behalf of Ugbo community in Arochukwu, Eze John Okoro, in a statement signed by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs,…
 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested two suspected cultists involved in ‘once chance’ in Imo. The NSCDC commandant in Imo, Mr Matthew Ovye, revealed this while parading the suspects in Owerri on Wednesday.According to him, the Command’s Rapid Response Squad arrested the suspects along Okigwe road, Owerri, while they were attempting…
The Enugu State Ministry of Culture and Tourism has pledged to key into the state’s strategic plan of growing the state’s Internally Generated Revenue from N4.4 billion to N30 billion annually. Honourable Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dame Ugochi Madueke, made the assurance while disclosing that the ministry will soon commence the identification of existing…
The planned visit of President Bola Tinubu to Abia State for the commissioning of the Aba Integrated Power Project, a Geometric Power Plant in Osisioma Local Government Area of the state, has been postponed. The President was billed to commission the multi-billion naira electricity project for the Aba Ringed Fenced Area of nine out of…
The people of Ameze Owerre, Umabor community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have recovered a decomposing abducted corpse of a kinsman, Israel Ugwuanyi, who died in Lagos. Ugwuanyi’s body was abducted by gunmen who also kidnapped all family members and the driver conveying his remains to Nsukka for funeral rites on Sunday…
A bill seeking to establish the South East Development Commission (SEDC) enjoyed the Senate’s resolve on Wednesday, to forward it to the House of Representatives concurrence. The Upper Chamber also passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish similar commissions in the South West, and North Central regions, to be named the South West…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has called for support from the United States consulate in promoting trade, investment and other areas of interest in the state. The Governor made the appeal on Wednesday when he received in audience, the Political and Economic Section Chief of the US Consulate, Lagos, Mike Ervin, who was in the…
