The Executive Governor of Ebonyi state, Dave Umahi has revealed that South East governors will consider approving May 30 as Biafra day. Umahi stated this during a television interview yesterday following a successful sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). South East Governors’ Forum Chairman said the day will be…
The Senate on Wednesday passed a Bill prohibiting discrimination between first degree and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders for the purposes of employment and promotion, into law. The decision followed the consideration and adoption of a report on the Bill presented by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, at plenary. EDITORIAL NOTE: We…
Unknown gunmen have killed Senior Special Assistant to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom on Security, AIG Christopher Dega (Rtd) in Jos, Plateau State Capital. Dega was said to have been shot in the chest several times by the gunmen on Tuesday, June 1. AIG Dega had a brilliant career in the Nigerian Police…
The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, on Tuesday said the EndSARS protest in 2020 had emboldened hoodlums to attack police formations and officers across the country. Olokode, who spoke on a radio interview programme in Osogbo, said hoodlums and criminal elements are now emboldened and dare security officers, whether or not the…
Lionel Messi has reportedly agreed to a fresh two-year contract to stay at Barcelona. The 33-year-old’s future at the Catalan giants had been in doubt, with his current deal expiring at the end of this month. But according to Spanish outlet Cadena Cope, the Argentine playmaker has accepted the club’s financial package as…
Plateau Governor Simon Lalong has said that the state Govt. has sacked 532 workers, over falsified documents following findings of investigation of a committee, on the verification and audit of staff strength. The governor made the disclosure at the closing ceremony of Policy Retreat for the state Permanent Secetaries, on Tuesday at the National Institute…
Ten years after the permanent orientation camp of the National Youths Service Corps ( NYSC ) was shut down following killings by Boko Haram terrorists in Maiduguri, the Borno State government said the camp would be reopened soon for camping of corps members. The government in a bid to match its words with…
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Tony Aziegbemi, have been suspended over alleged misconduct said to have caused disaffection within the party. In a statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare, the decision was taken at a State Working Committee meeting that held at the state party secretariat…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, warned people behind security problems in the country, saying he would soon be hard on them. Buhari also said secessionists were too young to know loss of lives and other tragedies that attended the Nigerian civil war of 1967 to 1970. Buhari said…
Governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi has asked his counterpart in Benue state, Ortom to cede an ‘attacked’ community in the state to Ebonyi for allegedly not protecting Ebonyi indigenes in the state. Umahi also described the killing of Ebonyi and Benue indigenes by suspected herdsmen at the boundary between both states as…
