•Achebe and Soludo Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has reconciled with the Obi of Onitsha Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe after a spat over traditional rulers. The governor reinstated the suspended traditional ruler of Neni in Anaocha Local Government Area, Igwe Damian Ezeani, reports The Nation. The monarch, among others, were alleged to have conferred...
•Sacked Coach Chris Hughton The Ghana Football Association late yesterday sacked Chris Hughton as head coach of the senior National team “with immediate effect”. “The Executive Council has also taken a decision to dissolve the technical team of the Black Stars,” the FA said in a statement. “The Ghana Football Association will in the coming [&h...
•Obiano in court today in Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on nine counts of alleged N4bn fraud during his time as governor of the South-East state from March 2014 to March 2022. The 68-year-old was arraigned today (Wednesday) before Justice Inyang Ekwo of ...
The rush by Nigerians to leave the country for greener pasture reached its crescendo in the new year as 32,462 persons have so far applied for international passports and uploaded their documents from the Nigeria Immigration Service site between January 8 and 21,2024. Of these applications, 15,113 have reportedly been approved for biometric ca...
•Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has come under fire over his cavalier handling of the abduction epidemic rocking the nation’s capital, which he blamed on political detractors. Angered by his statement, the Northern Elders Forum, Middle Belt Forum Youth Forum, and other stakeholders chastised the former ...
Oil marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria have berated the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited for alleged delay in the supply of petroleum products. As a result, the marketers said they had been forced to boycott the NNPCL to source fuel from private depot owners at a higher cost. [&he...
It is not yet uhuru for those converting their generating sets from premium motor spirit (petrol) to gas, as they risk explosion, director of Delta State Fire Service, Mr Eugene Ozewele, has said. Ozewele said that those involved in the act are sitting on kegs of gunpowder, adding that manufacturers of petrol-generating sets did not […]
•Obaseki and Shaibu Edo State Government House Chapel, located within the Government House, yesterday, became a subject of discourse, following allegations that Governor Godwin Obaseki has shut down the chapel in the Government House, evicting the priest. The worry by members of the Christian community, particularly the Catholic faith, is that...
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N1.1 trillion December 2023 allocation to the Federal Government, States and Local Government councils. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting for January 2024, a statement by the Director of Pres...
•Recruits The Senate Majority Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, yesterday, decried the poor remuneration for security agencies, saying that recruits are paid less than N50,000 a month. Ndume, the former Chairman of Senate Committee on the Army, asked the federal government to urgently review the stipends and salaries of serving military personnel...

