Officer Killed As Gunmen Attack Imo Police Station With Explosives Unidentified gunmen at the early hours of Saturday, 21st January, 2023, attacked Oguta Police station in Imo State, killing one mobile police officer (name withheld) and setting the station ablaze. Reports said that on arrival, the attackers threw explosives at […]
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Anambra Govt, Police Deny Reports That Unizik Students Were Raped By Gunmen
Anambra Govt, Police Deny Reports That Unizik Students Were Raped By Gunmen Anambra State government and the State Police Command have denied reports that female students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, were raped by gunmen. It had earlier been reported that gunmen who invaded off campus hostels in Ifite, raped […]
Church Says Ransom Was Paid For Release Of Kidnapped Members
Church Says Ransom Was Paid For Release Of Kidnapped Members The Baptist Conference in Osun said that N10 million ransom was paid for the release of four members of the church kidnapped on January 11 and January 16. Two of the victims were kidnapped on January 11, and N6 million […]
Osun Police Confirm Two Dead During Cult Clash In Osogbo
Osun Police Confirm Two Dead During Cult Clash In Osogbo Osun State Police Command say two people were killed during a clash between cult members in Oke Baale area of Osogbo. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Yemisi Opalola, who confirmed this on Friday in Osogbo, said that those […]
NCDC Places Health Workers On Alert Over Diphtheria, Lists States With Fresh Outbreak
NCDC Places Health Workers On Alert Over Diphtheria, Lists States With Fresh Outbreak By Chioma Unini The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has asked healthcare workers to maintain a high index of suspicion for diphtheria by being vigilant and looking out for symptoms of diphtheria. In a […]
Cross River Declares Public Holiday For PVC Collection
Cross River Declares Public Holiday For PVC Collection The Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, has declared Thursday, 26 and Friday, 27 January, 2023, work-free days in the state to enable civil and public servants across the state to collect their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs The Commissioner for Information […]
2023 Elections: We Will Protect INEC Personnel, Materials – Anambra Youths
2023 Elections: We Will Protect INEC Personnel, Materials – Anambra Youths The Association of Anambra State Town Unions (ASATU)-Youth wing, has promised to ensure peaceful general election coming up in February this year. ASATU-Youth wing, also promised to use its structures across the 179 communities in the state to ensure […]
CBN Says Banks Will Work On Saturdays For Old Notes Collection
CBN Says Banks Will Work On Saturdays For Old Notes Collection Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that banks will work on Saturdays to receive the old Naira notes from customers. The leader of the CBN team to Ebonyi on new Naira notes, Mr Kama Ukpai, made this known […]
Fed. Govt. Flags Off Cash Grants To Vulnerable Persons In Anambra
Fed. Govt. Flags Off Cash Grants To Vulnerable Persons In Anambra By Maureen Agbala/Ada Nwokedi The Federal Government of Nigeria in synergy with Anambra State Government has inaugurated the distribution of grants to vulnerable people in the state in its programme tagged, ‘Grants for Vulnerable Groups (GVG)’. This is in […]
Soludo’s Compassionate Tax Regime – Let Ndi Anambra be the Judge
Soludo’s Compassionate Tax Regime– Let Ndi Anambra be the Judge Paul Nwosu When the administration of Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo (CFR) came on board, one of the first things he did was to take a close look at the existing taxes and levies. His aim was to: first, reduce the […]