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Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has urged the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, to facilitate the speedy completion of the Eastern railway corridor. Otti spoke when he received in the audience a delegation of the NRC led by the new Managing Director, Dr. Kayode Opeifa, in Abia. He described transportation as a sector that is …
The prime suspect in the murder of Super TV CEO, Michael Usifo Ataga, Chidinma Ojukwu, on Thursday told a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square how she discovered his lifeless body in a short-let apartment in Lekki on June 15, 2021. Testifying before Justice Yetunde Adesanya, the former 300-level Mass Communication student of …
Quadri Yusuf Alabi, the 17-year-old who became a symbol of youthful courage during the 2023 elections after standing in front of the convoy of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has regained his freedom after being wrongfully detained for months on a trumped-up charge of armed robbery. Quadri was discharged on Wednesday by a Magistrate …
Unknown gunmen on Tuesday stormed the family house of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State. Sources familiar with the incident said the attackers arrived around 1:00 am armed with cutlasses and guns, damaging parts of the building, smashing windows and causing panic in the area. At least three men …
LAGOS — The Nigerian Navy has intercepted 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice during a routine anti-smuggling operation in the Majidun community, Ikorodu West Local Government Area of Lagos State. The seizure was made by the Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE, led by Commodore Paul Nimmyel, Commander of Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT and …
The House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight has rescheduled its interactive session with the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), earlier slated for Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 4:00 PM. The postponement followed a formal request from Vice Admiral Ibas to shift the meeting to a later date. …
xThe Organized Health Sector Unions in Anambra has appealed to Gov. Charles Soludo to pay health workers their 100 per cent Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) to avert fresh industrial action in the state. Mr Charles Nwoye, the spokesperson for the group and Chairman of the Nigerian Union Of Allied Health Professionals in Anambra, made …
Not long ago, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, accused a Lagos-based oil company of employing no fewer than 10,000 expatriates, including security personnel and cooks. Read Also: Insecurity worsens: Herdsmen kill 144 in Plateau, Benue in 14 days Though the veracity of these claims has not been ascertained—even at the Ministry …
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has committed his future to the Premier League club by signing a new two-year contract on Thursday. The Dutch centre-back follows Mohamed Salah in ending months of speculation by extending his stay at Anfield.
Experts in tbe field of philosophy, who relate with children, have urged parents to allow their children develop and use their innate curious nature to ask questions and thereby develop critical thinking abilities. This is just as they called on the government to let the National Policy on Education take cognizance of the need to develop …