Four years after Muhammadu Sanusi II was deposed as the Emir of Kano, Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has reinstated him to the throne. Re-instating him, the governor said, “With the full support of the kingmakers, I have approved the reappointment of Mallam Sanusi Lamido,” the governor said to cheers at the Art Chamber…
One of the three abducted school children of the same parents from Amaoba-Ime Oboro Ikwuano Local Government Area, has been rescued and reunited with the family.Mayor of Ikwuano, Comrade Osinachi Nwaka, in a statement yesterday by his media aide, announced that Master Divine Osinachi, a six-year-old child who went missing on May 10 with his…
The Abia State government says Local Government elections would be conducted in the state as soon as the on-going task of laying solid foundations for the take-off of a credible and formidable Local government systems are completed. The state commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu who stated this during an interaction…
As of the month of May 2024, environmental sanitation exercise comes up on Saturday 25, the Abia State Government has directed citizens, visitors and residents to stay at home, clean up their areas while also wearing their nose mask to curtail the spread of diseases like Coronavirus, COVID-19. A release made available to newsmen by…
The Police said on Wednesday that divers were battling to recover the body of a 30-year-old man who allegedly drowned at Elegushi Beach, Lagos, where he had gone for prayers. The Lagos Police Command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told reporters in Lagos. He said that a report to the police indicated that the man,…
Two friends, Celine Ndudim and Afiba Tandoh, a Ghanaian national, who travelled from Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Abia State on April 27, 2024, have been reported missing. It was alleged that the duo had gone to see a man they met on Facebook and never returned since then. Activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who confirmed the…
The Nigeria Customs Service, specifically the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B, has intercepted a truckload of donkey bones intended for export, along with dried donkey meat, valued at over three billion Naira. Disclosing this during a press briefing by the Comptroller FOU Zone B, Ahmadu Bello Shuaibu in Kaduna on Tuesday, NCS vowed to…
The Tinubu-led Federal Government has approved the prohibition of money rituals and glamourizing of vices in Ngerian films. This was disclosed by the Executive Director/CEO of National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Shaibu Husseini, while speaking at a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood held in Enugu on Wednesday, May 22. He stated that…
President Bola Tinubu has sacked Chukwuemeka Woke as the managing director (MD) of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA). Woke, who served as former Chief of Staff to FCT minister Nyesom Wike when he was Rivers governor, was appointed on May 9, 2024. His appointment, however, generated mixed reactions and protests as some…
Lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to offer pregnant women free medical treatment in public health institutions during and after delivery. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion brought on the floor of the Green Chamber on Wednesday during plenary by the member representing Zaki…
