At least 25 people have been killed in central Nigeria after a fuel tanker exploded following a collision with other vehicles. A primary school pupil and students are reported to be among the dead.The crash happened on Wednesday morning on a major highway in Lokoja when the driver lost control […]
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International Peace Day: IPCR Urges Nigerians To Embrace Values Of Unity
International Peace Day: IPCR Urges Nigerians To Embrace Values Of UnityThe Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, IPCR, has called on Nigerians to embrace the core values of unity by upholding the spirit of tolerance and accommodating divergent views. The Director General of the Institute which is designated under the […]
Obidigwe leads call to dredge Omabala River as flood takes 138 communities
Member representing Anambra East and West Federal Constituency in House of Representatives, Honourable Chinedu Obidigwe, has sponsored a motion calling for the dredging of Omabala River in Anambra state, popularly known as Anambra River. The motion came on the heels of massive water submerging towns and local government areas […]
Anambra Football Association Enrolls Over 30 Football Club Owners Into State Health Insurance Scheme
Anambra Football Association has commenced the enrollment of over thirty football club owners in the state into the Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme to grant them easier access to cheaper health care services. The registration into the scheme flagged off by the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Association, Dr Emeka […]
Afor African Market unveiled in Irvington, New Jersey, United States.
Afor African Market unveiled in Irvington, New Jersey; Becomes instant hit Afor African Market was informally unveiled on Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 1100 Clinton Avenue, Irvington, New Jersey, in the United States of America. The memorable event, which started with prayers and blessings by Rev Father Peter Iwuala and […]
Suspected Fulani Herders Attack Tse-Apera Village of Benue State, Kill Five Persons
Five persons have been reportedly beheaded by unknown gunmen suspected to be herders at Tse-Apera Village, Nzorov district of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. A villager identified as Terwase, said the gunmen stormed the village at about 5.am on Sunday adding that the attack left many people injured. […]
Nigeria has recorded 111 new confirmed Coronavirus cases
One hundred and eleven new confirmed cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria yesterday, 23rd of September 2020. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed that two deaths were also recorded. Till date, 57,724 cases have been confirmed in the country, out of which 48,985 cases have been discharged, while […]
Minimum wage: Labour lists offending states, plans street protests, talks
Negotiations on the N30,000 minimum wage, suspended in some states in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak in March, would resume this week. It was gathered that workers in no fewer than eight states are yet to be paid the minimum wage, nine months after the deadline the Nigeria Labour Congress […]
IPOB warns against abduction, killing of members by security agents
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has condemned in strong terms, the alleged harassment, abduction, torture and secret killing of its members or anybody suspected to be its member, throughout Igbo land. The pro Biafra group alleged that the deliberate ethnic cleansing has continued unabated despite its repeated alarms. In a […]
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Anambra intercepts truck loaded with illicit drugs on transit to Yobe State.
The Anambra State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a lorry loaded with Cannabis Sativa (1635 kilogrammes) wrapped in polythene materials. The lorry also carried Tramadol 225ml (235 kg), Diazaphan (4.6 kg), Exrl5 (34kg) and Cocaine 0.10 grammes. The State Commandant of the NDLEA, Mr […]