Media advocacy group reporters without borders say the number of journalists killed in the line of duty fell this year, despite some deaths reported in Gaza in the past two months. According to it’s annual report, In the first 11 months of this year, 45 journalists were killed carrying out their work, down from 61…
A fire officer has died in a fire incident at the Auto Parts Market, Coal-Camp in the Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. Confirming the incident on Wednesday, the Director of Enugu State Fire Service, Mr Okwudili Ohaa, said the staff slumped and died after successfully stopping the fire that broke out in…
Former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene in the crisis rocking Rivers State. In a statement on Wednesday, Peterside, who is also a former Federal Lawmaker, lamented that the state…
Governor, Charles Soludo, has debunked a social media message alleging the approval of a cash transfer of N10,000 for Christmas and New Year celebrations. Ekweanaedo News reports that the governor, through his media secretary, Christian Aburime, described the information as false and warned Anambra people that it may be from people trying to defraud them….
The Executive Chairman of the Abia State Internal Revenue Service, Professor Udochukwu Ogbonna, has announced that relevant and modern facilities have been installed in the state to seamlessly track motorists operating with fake and expired vehicle particulars. The Executive Chairman made the statement while monitoring vehicle road checks mounted in Umuahia. Ogbonna, who frowned at…
The Federal Government said on Wednesday it has no hand in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State involving the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, his loyalists, and Governor Similaye Fubara. The government emphatically declared that Wile’s position is not shared by the government. The Minister of Information and National Orientation,…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted haziness and sunshine from Thursday to Saturday across the country. . NiMet’s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja, predicted thick dust haze condition on Thursday over the northern region during the forecast period. According to NiMet, moderate dust haze with horizontal visibility in the range of 2km…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has challenged foreign countries where Nigeria’s stolen assets are warehoused to return them unconditionally. Olukoyede made this call at the ongoing 10th session of the Conference of State Parties, COSP, to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, UNCAC, holding at the Georgia…
The Point of Sale (PoS) operators in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi capital, have expressed worry over the current naira scarcity, calling on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to intervene to save their business from collapsing. In separate interviews with on Wednesday in Abakaliki, they blamed the scarcity on banks’ refusal to release enough money. Charges…
The Aba-Ngwa people, the owners of Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State on Wednesday urged the residents of the city and the entire Igbo nation to disregard the rumours that they tried to prevent the reconstruction of the popular Port Harcourt Road through financial demands. Rumours had been rife that the Aba-Ngwa people tried…
