Grandma, 70-year-old herder arrested for alleged gunrunning The Delta State Police Command has arrested a grandmother and a syndicate involved in the illegal sale and possession of firearms. Delta Police Commissioner, Mr. Ari Mohammed, made this known weekend in Asaba, the State Capital. He said his men arrested Garuba Sani, a butcher at Oghara Cattle…
Ortom attacks Mohammed, calls Bauchi gov ‘Fulani terror’ member. BENUE State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday said he remained convinced that his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, is a member of Fulani terrorists group terrorising Nigeria. Governor Ortom, who stated this during a press conference in Makurdi, also cried out that his life was being…
Enugu govt to commence operations of its Tech Hubs, Youth Innovation Centres …Advertises posts of General Managers To actualize its policy on skills acquisition and youth empowerment, the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has called for applications from qualified candidates for appointments as General Managers of the newly established State Tech Hub…
GUEST COLUMNIST Abdulrasheed Bawa: AGF Malami, FACTS OF THE MATTER By Tukur Mamu Journalist This piece is not meant to give any protection or advantage to President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee for the position of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. As a stakeholder in Nigerian project, I feel obliged…
Obviously, the Yorubas, among other tribes, hardly forget the cultural upbringing, and traditions being passed down as an inheritance from their fore-fathers to them. Due to the rising spate of insecurity in the country, some Yorubas are now finding the use of some of these charms sacrosanct. There has been a photo making rounds on…
Barely 2 days ago, the Executive Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Hope Uzodinma ordered the security officers to seal the Royal Spring Palm Hotel which belongs to the wife (Nneoma Rochas Okorocha) of the former and immediate governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. The Hotel is located along Akachi Road, Owerri. After two days…
It was revealed that the nomination of a 40 year old Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa to head the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was singlehandedly influenced by the powerful Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN. This paper gathered that Malami knew the young Abdulrasheed Bawa who is also an…
Dikko Abdullahi Inde, who died in an Abuja hospital on Thursday evening after a brief illness, did not have a happy retirement since he left the Nigeria Customs Service in August 2015, six years before he clocked the mandatory retirement age. Anti-corruption agencies charged him to court for alleged offences, and he was subjected to a…
Benin Is Not Aspiring To Be Part Of Nigeria ― FG In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said its attention “has been drawn to misleading reports in the media that the Republic of Benin is aspiring to be the 37th state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “The Honourable Minister…
GOVERNOR IFEANYI UGWUANYI OF ENUGU STATE AND THE HISTORICAL EXPLANATION. ~ A cue Towards Historicism And Ultima Magistra Vitae! In the first place, Keen observers in Enugu State History under Governor Ugwuanyi, have detected a course of events, a “process” at work which more or less inevitably and in a ‘purposive’ way is leading Enugu…
