Abia State House of Assembly has passed a resolution mandating the state government through the Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry, Ministries of Environment and Homeland Security to go against the siting of scrap dump sites in the state without the government’s approval. This followed a motion on the need for immediate intervention by the…
Following the establishment of a 10-man committee in Benue state to enforce the ban on open grazing, the state government has issued a two-week ultimatum to all herders engaging in open grazing to leave the state Briefing journalists after Security Council meeting, Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, noted that, the committee has been mandated to…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has warned against advocating for a coup due to economic hardship, emphasizing patience and the superiority of democracy. He made this known on Thursday while speaking with journalists at the Nigerian Army 6 Division Headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, after commissioning some building projects….
Former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has urged Nigerians give President Bola Tinubu time to resolve various issues in the country. Speaking to state house correspondents after meeting with Tinubu in Aso Rock on Wednesday, Gowon said it is too early for the President to achieve absolute results after eight months. Gowon, who said…
Former governor of Edo state now Senator representing Edo North Adams Oshiomhole, is poised to confront his former godson, Godwin Obaseki, in the struggle for the control of the state’s political machinery. But for the confusion which trailed the primary election in the state Mr Oshiomhole’s and Governor Obaseki were poised in a latest supremacy…
The Nigeria Police Force Zone 5 has released the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure According to spokesman for the police zone, Tijani Momoh, Abure and others were released on bail on Thursday morning. Also, LP national spokesman, Obiora Ifoh, confirmed that the embattled national chairman, who was arrested by policemen in…
Leaders of Labour Party on Wednesday stormed Benin City, the Edo State capital over the arrest of the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure. Abure was arrested on Wednesday by Police operatives of Zone 5 Benin for attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms, and related offences. Speaking during a visit, LP’s National Secretary, Umar Farouk, said…
President Bola Tinubu has directed that the Edo State APC primary be open for all aspirants to contest. Former Governor of Edo State and senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, stated this during an interview with journalists after meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa Abuja. He said President Tinubu has also ruled out…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has removed the Governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma as the chairman Edo state Governorship Primary election committee. This development is coming in the aftermath of a crisis currently rocking the party in the state after several individuals emerged as Candidates in the just-concluded primaries superintended over by Uzodinma….
Veteran musician and former member of The Remedies, Edward Ashiedu Brown, known as Eddy Remedy, has claimed that his father was among those who wrote the Nigerian national anthem. He said his father, Ashiedu Brown, a retired police officer, was in the Nigeria Police Band that composed the national anthem but all the credits were…
