Army Chief, Taoreed Lagbaja The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, has charged troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army (NA) and Joint Task Force South East Operation UDOKA to remain loyal and committed to their constitutional responsibilities in order to guarantee the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation, as well as…
APGA Ebonyi Senatorial Candidate, Ifeanyi Eleje The Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the Ebonyi South bye-election, Ifeanyi Eleje, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to provide a level playing field to all candidates during the election. Eleje made the call shortly after the primary election of APGA at…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has identified the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi and the Enugu State governorship candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, as the two biggest casualties of the flawed electoral act in 2023.Aburi, however, appointed Edeoga to the team of the party’s committee that…
A Court in Iyaganku Ibadan has jailed a 50-year-old fake doctor, Olarewaju Oludele, for causing the death of a baby. Ekweanaedo News reports that Oludele, the fake doctor, was remanded at the Agodi Correctional Centre, for drowning the baby in a canal. The magistrate, Mrs. O. O. Ogunkanmi, who forwarded the case file to the…
The elder sister of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Madam Obebhatein Jonathan is dead. Obebhatein died at the age of 70 after a brief illness on Thursday at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. This was disclosed in a statement by Jonathan’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze. The statement said the deceased popularly known as Amissi was…
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo has ordered the distribution of Anambra State Burial Law booklet to all communities in the state. The governor said this will keep people abreast with the provisions of the law, and also help them to avoid contravening them. Soludo who spoke at the funeral mass of late Rev….
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has directed Muslim Ummah to watch for the new Moon of Rajab 1445 AH starting on Friday. The Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council Sokoto, Prof Sambo Janaidu announced in a statement…
A female marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has committed suicide.The deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu was said to have drunk an insecticide. The incident happened on Monday within the premises of the bank. Ugochukwu had around 1 pm made her way into the restroom, where she drank the insecticide, unknown to her…
The federal government has revealed plans to begin the domestic manufacturing of in-vitro diagnostics, IVDs, generic pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and other medical devices critical to Nigeria’s healthcare value chain. The Minister of Health, Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this via his official X account on Wednesday. He stated that Tinubu’s administration is committed to stimulating local production…
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Umo Eno of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the validly elected governor of Akwa Ibom State after dismissing the appeals of the three parties challenging the outcome of the election held on March 18 2023. This comes after the apex court panel led by Justice Uwani…
