A new national executive council of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) was, yesterday, inaugurated in Warri, Delta State. Among those inaugurated were High Chief MacDonald Igbadiwei, President; Dr Okubokeme Tuodolo, Vice President 1; Rose Obuoforibo, Vice President 2; Kennedy Odiowei, Vice President 3; and Dr Ayanate Kio, Secretary, reports Dail...
•Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not spoken or been seen in public since his appointment at the weekend, is injured but “safe”, officials said today. “I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who [&hell...
Officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) vacated the access tollgate at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, just hours after President Bola Tinubu ordered the suspension of the airport cashless policy. A motorist who passed through the access gate shortly after the announcement said no FAAN personnel ...
•Tinubu and Trump Twelve northern governors, prominent traditional rulers, and senior judges are at the centre of a looming diplomatic storm as the United States Congress considers a bill that could impose far-reaching sanctions on them over alleged complicity in what American lawmakers describe as a “Christian genocide” and systemic persecuti...
•Ogun Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, has said that the command is investigating the purported arrest of the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abayomi Tella, and two staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Toryem Joe-Stans, and Mandara Amina Mamman, at ...
•Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State All does not seem well in Eboni State at the moment, as Governor Francis Nwifuru has suspended a total of 81 government officials. A statement obtained by our correspondent last night noted that among those affected in the wave of suspension are the Attorney General, 25 Commissioners, 22 permanent [&he...
•Electoral officials trek to polling units A mild drama ensued at the Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area of Lagos State today, as election officials were left stranded. Our correspondent on the ground to cover the polls observed that presiding officers and election staff as of 9:30am were unable to leave for their stations, due to [&h...
There is confusion at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) as embattled chairman, Danladi Umar and the newly appointed chairman, Mainasara Kogo, are laying claim to its chairmanship. Inquiries by our correspondent indicate that both persons have officially visited and held discussions with staff of the tribunal without any clear directive on who...
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have ambushed a monitoring team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The attack occurred on Monday, in the Farin-Kasa area of Chukun Local Government Area, Kaduna State when the operatives were inspecting the National Grid installation in Shiroro, Niger State, reports Channels TV. Disclosing ...
•FRSC officials on duty The lawyer to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, today called on Nigerians to reject the proposed bill to arm the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC. Ejiofor made this while speaking to newsmen in Owerri, about the said proposed bill. His reason was that the bill if passed would […]

