Anambra Govt. Wades Into Igweship Crisis Bedevilling Amichi in Nnewi South LGA Amambra State government has waded into Igweship tussle tearing the Amichi community in Nnewi South To this end, the State Government has affirmed that Igwe Dr Barrister Oforbuike Ezeoke remains the authentic traditional ruler of the community as […]
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Catholic bishop condemns killing of residents, burning of market by Nigerian troops
The Catholic Bishop of Orlu Diocese, Imo State, Augustine Ukwuoma, has condemned the killing of some residents on Saturday in two South-east communities by Nigerian troops. Bishop Ukwuoma, in a statement he issued on Monday, also decried the burning of a market in one of the communities by the troops. […]
Islamic Development Bank Says It Has No Plans To Islamize Nigeria
Dr. Thamer Baazeem, the Director of Marketing and Communication has said that the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has no agenda to Islamise Nigeria. Leading a four-man delegation to Vanguard Regional Office, Abuja, yesterday, he explained that the IsDB was like any other Development Finance Institution mainly focusing on the socio-economic […]
Common man’s delight: FG moves to ban ponmo consumption
THE Federal Government has said it was proposing a legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ponmo, in the country to revive tanneries. Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology, NILEST, Zaria, Muhammad Yakubu said this in Abuja on Sunday. NILEST was set up to […]
Nigeria’s Debt Profile Rise by 2.98 percent
New data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) reveals that Nigeria’s total public debt rose by 2.98 percent in the second quarter of this year to N42.84 trillion. The total public debt stock represents the domestic and external debt stocks of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the 36 […]
Osun States Alumni Association Praises Management For A Stable Academic Calendar
Osun State University Alumni Association on has commended management of the institution for stable academic calendar in spite of the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU. National President of the association Mr Oriola Kabir gave the commendation during an orientation programme organised for the institution s graduating […]
Airlines forced to reschedule flights in Lagos as students block airport road
Flights at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport have been rescheduled as a result of the protest by the National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS) on Monday. Sources said that the inability of the travellers to enter the airport caused the development. The domestic terminal one also known as the General Aviation […]
The remains of Madam Celina Nkechi Mbachi (Nee Okoye), were on Friday, 16th September; 2022 committed to mother earth
The remains of Madam Celina Nkechi Mbachi (Nee Okoye), was on Friday, 16th September; 2022 committed to mother earth at her compound in Ovollo village, Mbaukwu, Awka South, Anambra State. Delivering the sermon during the burial; the Archdeacon in charge of St. Lawrence Anglican Church, Mbaukwu, Venerable D.C Ezeobi commended […]
Fuel Subsidy Is Organised Crime, Says Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has said the government is behind oil theft in the country. Obi, who is the guest speaker at the Private Sector Economic Forum of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), asserted that no one can steal oil except the government. […]
In Anambra, Man Arrested on His Way to Cult Meeting with Long Gun
Operatives of Anambra State Security Command, in conjunction with the members of the vigilante group, Obosi, have arrested a 21-year-old man, identified as Izunna Ifeobu, suspected to be a attending a cult meeting. According to a statement by the Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, the suspect, […]