 Two local vigilantes have been reportedly killed by armed men in Iboko community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the gunmen disguised as natives of the area, stopped at strategic locations in the community and bought food items before unleashing mayhem. According to…
Winner of PDP governorship primary election in Edo state, Asue Ighodalo, has vowed to reach out to other aspirants in order to work for the party. Ighodalo made this vow in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday monitored by Ekweanaedo He said, “I am going to reach out to all the aspirants…
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that failure to accept him as its candidate in the Edo State governorship election will spell doom for the party in the state. While Asue Ighodalo was declared as the winner of the PDP primary at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium…
The Rivers State Police Command has exhumed the body of notorious cultist, and prime suspect in the murder of former Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim in Odiemudie community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state in September last year Gift Okpara popularly known as 2 Baba, This came barely a week after the police…
Kwara State Fire Service, on Thursday, recovered the body of a 49-year-old man and also rescued a 17-year-old boy from a domestic well in Offa town. The man identified as Fasasi Afeez, and his son Kaleed Afeez from Offa local government area Kwara State, fell into a well. However, while the man was recovered dead,…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday elected two candidates to fly its ticket for the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State. The two candidates are Philip Shaibu, the incumbent deputy governor of the state and Asue Ighodalo. The two candidates emerged in a parallel governorship primaries that took place in Benin City….
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday defended his administration’s reforms, saying there is no going back. Tinubu on his inauguration declared an end to the fuel subsidy regime and later floated the naira alongside a slew of reforms. The moves have triggered a hike in the cost of living in Nigeria as the country’s currency lost…
10,000 children in Burkina Faso and Cameroon have received the RTS,S malaria vaccine after it was introduced in 2024. Cameroon launched the vaccine on January 22, 2024. It is being integrated into its national routine immunization programme in more than 500 public and private health facilities across 42 health districts in the country’s 10 regions. Burkina Faso introduced the…
Strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Benue State University, has continued following the inability of the university management to meet the demands of the union. This was disclosed by the Chairman of ASUU-BSU, Dr. Kwaghfan Tarnongo while speaking to journalists in his office on Wednesday in Makurdi. He disclosed that the…
The Accident and Emergency, A&E, Department of 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna, has lost three members of staff and a patient suspected to have died from acute Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, VHF. A statement from Brig Gen. Aso Okoigi, said, “This followed the management of a patient with febrile illness thought to have been the…
