A suspicious object, identified as an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), was discovered at the perimeter fence of the Nigeria Customs Service’s Federal Operations Unit (FOU), in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday. The discovery comes on the eve of a planned nationwide protest against economic hardship, scheduled to take place from August 1 to August 10, 2024….
The Labour Party has accused the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, of demolishing properties belonging to his perceived political enemies. The party also accused the governor of demolishing properties without any compensation. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the governorship candidate of the Labour party in the last governorship election, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, also demanded…
Simon Ekpa, a controversial Biafra agitator, has claimed responsibility for the killing of four police operatives in Owerri, Imo State, south-east Nigeria. Gunmen attacked and killed four police operatives along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway at about 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Aside from the operatives, the hoodlums also shot dead a woman – a Point on Sale…
Staff of the Abia State Hospital Management Board, HMB, Umuahia, on Tuesday staged what they described as a ‘peaceful protest’ to register their displeasure over alleged slash of their May, June and July 2024 salaries. The workers, during the protest, sealed the offices of the Chief Executive of the HMB, Odochi Azubuike, Director of Finance,…
Troops of the Joint Task Force Southeast, code-named “Operation UDO KA” has neutralised two members of the Indigenous People of Biafara (IPOB) and its affiliate Eastern Security Network trying to enforce illegal sit-at-home order in Abia State. The operatives, who were on joint patrol in conjunction with other security agencies such as the Nigerian Navy,…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing has explained the reason why Igbo youths will not participate in the upcoming nationwide protests which have been scheduled from August 1 to 10, 2024. Addressing journalists in Enugu on Monday after an Emergency Convention of Igbo Youth Leaders and Stakeholders 2024, titled “State of the…
The Federal Government has commenced the construction of a Solar photovoltaic (PV) module assembling plant estimated to cost over N60 billion in Enugu State. The project, which is the first of its kind in the country is expected to contribute to federal government efforts towards the transition to renewable Energy and is sited in Ihunekwagu…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the minimum wage bill into law, ending months of deliberations between government authorities, labour unions, and the private sector. He signed it at the State House in Abuja on Monday days after the National Assembly had passed the bill. A National Assembly delegation led by the President of the Senate…
A Nigerian lady, Rita, has listed the reasons, according to her, our forefathers’ marriages lasted. The woman, in a post via X on Sunday, July 28, said one of the reasons was that 80% of the women then were virgins. “Do you know why our forefather’s marriages lasted the way they did? 1. Because 80%…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has said that the planned nationwide protest will not work in Lagos. Igbokwe stated this while reacting to 2023 presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore’s call for a protest in the state. Sowore had on Sunday revealed where the protesters would convene. Speaking via his Facebook account,…
