Landmark Beach on Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday was demolished to give way to the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Nigeria’s biggest public infrastructure project. This is despite the outcry in some sections about the potential jobs and means of livelihood that will be lost. Meanwhile, the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, while defending the demolition noted…
Sixteen travellers died in a fatal motor accident that occurred at Ekwegbe, along Enugu/Opi/Nsukka Road, in Enugu state on Tuesday, April 30. The accident which claimed the lives of yet-to-be-identified fourteen males (14) and two (2) females who burned beyond recognition has thrown People into mourning and tears. The accident involved an 18-seater white-coloured Toyota…
The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed two persons dead after a bridge under construction at Mgbabeluzor village in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi collapsed on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Joshua Ukandu confirmed the incident to Ekwe Anaedo in Abakaliki. He said that the Incident occurred about…
A Police Inspector whose name is yet to be ascertained has allegedly cut off his wife’s hand over what was confirmed as “a minor disagreement over N20,000”. It was gathered that the said Inspector left the money at home in the Dong area of Jos North local government area of Plateau State and when he…
…..Appoints Self Commissioner For Lands Governor Hope Uzodimma, on Tuesday 30th April 2024, presided over the swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed Special Advisers and Commissioners, as approved by the Imo State House of Assembly (IMHA). During the ceremony, Governor Uzodimma emphasized the importance of public trust and charged the appointees to carry out their duties…
Over 300 nursing students from Imo State University’s Orlu Campus staged a protest at the Government House in Owerri, expressing outrage over what they claim to be illegal rustication due to purported fake admissions. Carrying placards with messages like “Suicide is Real” and “We no go gree,” the students demanded justice and appealed for intervention…
The Federal Government has approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salary Increase for Civil Servants on the remaining six Consolidated Salary Structures The Salary Structure are Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure (CONRAISS), Consolidated Police Salary Structure (CONPOSS), Consolidated Para-military Salary Structure (CONPASS), ConsolidatedIntelligence Community…
Ahead of his first anniversary in office on May 29, Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has received an affirmative endorsement by the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) in the state and 17 local government areas. Rising from an enlarged meeting which had in attendance the Governor, the entire party hierarchy in the state,…
Abia State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu on Tuesday proffered reasons why the Governor Alex Otti-led administration instituted a panel of inquiry to investigate the staffs of office hurriedly issued to some Traditional Rulers on May 9, 2023 by the then out going administration. “So we said we have to…
A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja, on Monday, restrained South African owned Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of Dstv and GOtv from increasing their tariffs and cost of products and services scheduled to begin on May 1. The three-member tribunal, presided over by Saratu Shafii, gave the interim order following an ex-parte…
