By Joyce Ifejika Dikko Radda, the governor of Katsina, has urged security personnel in the state to speed up their existing efforts to combat banditry and other various crimes. The governor said this while paying a condolence visit to the family of Ibrahim Abdullahi, who was killed by the terrorists who attacked the Kankia town…
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has announced a $400 million plan to revive a second production line at the Mugher cement plant in Ethiopia, aiming to double the facility’s annual capacity to 5 million tons.The Ethiopian plant that became operational in 2015 has faced challenges, including recurrent violence in the region, Bloomberg reported. This led…
Arase says issues holding their 6months salary resolved in the interest of National Security. The Police Service Commission has approved salary payments for the 2021/2022 Police recruits who passed out of the Police Colleges and have been in formal Police work in different Police Commands and formations since the past six months without salary. A…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of attempting to Islamize Nigeria. HURIWA made the remark in response to the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as the Inspector General of Police by Buhari. The rights group said the appointment of Baba has exposed Buhari as an unrepentant nepotist and…
The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections Atiku Abubakar said, “over 90% of northerners are not on social media; that it will take miracle for Peter Obi to win the election”. Since Atiku knew that with miracle it’s possible to win election; let’s remind him that the miracle is happening already….
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has lambasted traditional rulers for endorsing politicians who come to their palace. Primate Ayodele accused the traditional institution of being corrupt, stressing that there is no Emir or Oba bold enough to speak the truth to politicians because they dubiously got to the throne. In…
Hollywood is mourning the loss of an icon. Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, has died at the age of 94. The news was first announced by the Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fred Mitchell, on Jan. 7. His cause of death is yet to be confirmed. …
The government of the United Kingdom has condemned ethnic profiling and disenfranchisement of Igbos in Lagos during the just concluded governorship election held on March 18. “People chanting anti-Igbo messages and walking on the streets by polling units on election day is totally unacceptable. Not just in Lagos,” Ben Llewellyn-Jones, British deputy high commissioner to…
By Kalu Idika The Supreme Court of Nigeria will finally deliver judgement in the appeals lodged by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi and his PDP counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Thursday, 26 October 2023. The legal teams of both the PDP and the LP candidates confirmed to NewsBand that…
…Say PDP is only product they will market …Hail governor on rotational guber zoning arrangement, empowerment, others Traders of Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, have declared their unalloyed support and solidarity for the Enugu State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu North Senatorial District in the 2023 general election, Rt. Hon….
