The Chief Executive Officer of Chrome Group and Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), Sir Emeka Offor on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, paid a courtesy visit to the governor of Abia State, His Excellency Dr Alex Otti at the state’s Government House, Umuahia. Speaking at the event, Sir Emeka Offor commended Dr Otti for his historic…
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to tackling insecurity across the country with renewed vigour in the various counter-insurgency operations. Vice President, Kashim Shettima said this during the induction of T129 Atak combat helicopter and Beechcraft king Air 360ER, at the Air Base in Makurdi, the Benue State capital along with a cargo plane…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday okayed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill for Second Reading. The Bill titled “A Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act, 2022 and for Related Matters,” was sponsored by the member representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency, Delta State, Mr Francis Waive. Presenting the Bill, Waive lamented the…
Imo State University Teaching Hospital Umuna in Orlu LGA would have been razed down to ashes except the timely intervention of the Umuna Traditional Ruler, HRM, Eze Dr Douglas Okwara who deployed the Community Vigilante in the company of other Residents to quench the inferno. Information revealed that equipment worth more than Two hundred Million…
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) of the Abia State University, Prof Godwin Emezue, who was kidnapped about two weeks ago by unknown hoodlums, has been freed by his abductors. Emezue was kidnapped last month while fueling his car at a filling station in Umuahia by the bandits who also snatched an Automated Teller Machine (ATM)…
Married women in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday against the prolonged power outage in some parts of the state capital, prompting their husbands to avoid having romance with them at night due to the excruciating heat. The protesting women drawn from the Mile 2 and Mile 3 axes…
More revelations have emerged on the driver of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, who was abducted last week, but never made it out of the forest. All the abducted victims were released but the driver was killed in the forest. In a now viral clip, the freed pupils and their teachers sat…
Colonel Hassan Stan Labo, a retired military officer, has said that small arms weaponry, including as AK-47 rifles and pistols, are carried on almost every truck carrying grain that enters the North through the Nigerian borders. He brought attention to the major obstacles posed by Nigeria’s vast boundaries in the northern regions. He emphasized that…
At least 22 people have been confirmed dead and many more injured after two bomb explosions in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on the eve of general elections. The first blast killed 14 people in front of an independent candidate’s party office in Pishin district. A second explosion left eight people dead in Qillah Saif Ullah district,…
Hamas has laid out a series of demands, including exchanging hostages for Palestinian prisoners and rebuilding Gaza, in response to an Israel-backed ceasefire proposal. The armed group wants a full withdrawal of Israeli forces and an end to the war after three 45-day truce phases. The offer is likely to be unacceptable to Israel’s prime…
