•Iwuanyanwu MAGNUS EZE, Enugu reporting The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has raised the alarm that some people want him dead at all costs. The Igbo leader who disclosed that he has been receiving threat calls and messages, alleged that one of the callers told him that they were recruited to [&helli...
•Tinubu A report released by Amnesty International, AI, yesterday, raised global concern on the state of human rights in Nigeria and other countries. The report tagged ‘The State of the World’s Human Rights: April 2024’ basically focused on sanctions against the media and criminal charges against journalists for alleged defamation; Defence and...
•Abdullahi Sule Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has expressed concern over the recent increase in cases of kidnapping in the state. Sule stated this during an emergency security council meeting yesterday in Lafia, reports Daily Trust. The governor said that the emergency meeting was to assess the security situation with the view to proff...
Air Peace yesterday, alerted some passengers intending to book UK flights on its portal were defrauded by fraudsters who cloned its official website. The alert was issued a few days after the airline inaugurated its groundbreaking direct flight from Nigeria to the United Kingdom. The airline stated in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that [&hell...
•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hiked the benchmark interest rate by 200 basis points to 24.75 percent. This is according to today’s communique by the CBN governor Yemi Cardoso after the second MPC meeting of his tenure in Abuja. The new interest rate […]
The Nasarawa State Chapter of the opposition, People’s Democratic Party (PDP ), yesterday raised an alarm over imminent collapse of health sector in Nasarawa State as over 59 resident doctors and health officials in the state are laying down their tools. Mr. Francis Orogu, raise the alarm in a statement while reacting to reported cases [&helli...
•Governor Sheriff Oborevwori Residents of Ukwu-Nzu community in Aniocha North Local Council of Delta State, have raised the alarm over the reported alleged water pollution of their two rivers- Odo and Ojokpa, by Mosra Energy Coal miner. They are calling on the state governor, Sheriff Oborevwori to act swiftly to halt the mining activities to [...
•National Assembly complex, Abuja The National Assembly yesterday passed the 2024 Appropriation Bill, increasing the sum to ₦28.7 trillion from the initial ₦27.5 trillion presented by President Bola Tinubu late November. The lawmakers in the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the bill after raising the budget size by N1.2 trillion,...
•Collapsed building The Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) has said there are feelers that cement manufacturers are planning an upward review of cement prices in early January 2024. In the interest of safety in the Nigerian built environment and in the general interest of the public, the BCPG appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to [...
The Bayelsa East Women Solidarity Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has raised a red flag over what they claim to be a clandestine plan by some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the senatorial district. The PDP Women Group alleged that there is an orchestrated scheme to divert election materials, particularly [&he...