Some artisans in Enugu State have expressed dismay that they were not being patronised by potential exhibitors at the forthcoming 35th Enugu international trade fair. The artisans said this in separate interviews in Enugu on Tuesday. They said it was unfortunate that they had been going to the trade fair complex in search of jobs…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged the people of the Southeast to return to farming and invest in agriculture. IPOB said Igbos would avert food shortage and starvation in the Southeast and Nigeria by engaging in farming and agriculture. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB urged all Igbo philanthropists…
Some prominent leaders were noticeably absent at the South-East All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders meeting held on Tuesday in Owerri, Imo State. The meeting was led by the National Chairman of the ruling party, Abdullahi Ganduje, who was represented by the Deputy National Chairman, South, Emma Enukwu. During his address, the APC national chairman urged…
Tricycle operators in Abia State have protested against the alleged imposition of a particular union, Abia State tricycle operators union (ASTOPU) on them by officials of the Ministry of Transportation. The tricycle operators commended the state Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, for his infrastructural development. The protesting tricycle operators specifically alleged that earlier this year, the…
There was great Joy and excitement on Monday in Ohanku ancient kingdom as five native doctors gave their lives to God and totally surrendered their shrines for destruction. The event took place in Ohanku community during a monthly fasting and prayers organized by His Royal Majesty, King Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, the King of Ikwuorie…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has thorn out an appeal from the International Boxing Association (IBA) after it was stripped of its rights to organise boxing events at the Paris Olympics. The International Olympic Committee withdrew its recognition of boxing’s governing body, the IBA, last year due to longstanding concerns over governance issues. In…
Resident Doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, in Ondo State, have commenced a 14-day warning strike. The striking doctors have downed tools because of the non-payment of seven months’ salaries to their new members. At a rally to press home their demands, the doctors vowed not to return to work until all…
Some top lawyers and retired judges have called on the Nigeria police to take over investigations into the recent murder of 17 soldiers, and an unconfirmed number of villagers at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The legal luminaries, who faulted the handing over of the traditional ruler of Ewu Kingdom,…
Nigerian Police authorities say they are still searching for six of their men who went missing in Delta State. According to Force spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi, the six police officers were gruesomely murdered in Ohoro Forest, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State and the same number declared missing after they were ambushed during a…
A Man has divorced his wife 48 hours after their marriage after finding out the supposed wife is actually a man According to reports his wife was previously a man who underwent surgery to turn into a woman. The man who pleaded to be anonymous disclosed that he met his wife online Facebook to be…
