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Imo House of Assembly marks third  anniversary

By Senator Onyekwere Imo State House Of yesterday celebrated third anniversary in office. Presenting his address, the speaker of the House Rt Hon Chike Olemgbe...

Anambra seals illegal clinic, warns unlicensed birth attendants

The Anambra State Ministry of Health, yesterday, sealed an unregistered health facility, Vick-Benedict’s Home, at Ifitedunu in Dunukofia LGA. The State Government  also shut down...

Three-storey building collapses in Imo

... NIOB leadership condemns quakery, demands domestication of building code By Jude Onyenedogha A three storey building under construction collapsed in Imo State, Thursday 11...

Rumoured impeachment, removal of Ihitte-Uboma Legislative Leader baseless, malicious

The legislative leader of Ihitte-Uboma local government Council, Rt Hon Kennedy Egeonu has described his alleged impeachment by some aggrieved councillors of the local...

NIPR Imo chapter seeks partnership with Imo Police Command on public confidence

The NIPR Imo State Chapter has proposed a public relations partnership with the Nigeria Police Force, Imo State Command, aimed at strengthening public confidence...

Oduah, Nwachukwu hail Soludo’s visionary leadership ahead of second-term inauguration

Ahead of the second-term inauguration of Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, two prominent political figures in the state  former Senator representing Anambra North,...

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Kanu, VDM, others react as Sowore lands in Kuje prison

Reactions have continued to trail the decision of the Abuja Federal High Court to remand politicians and activist, Omoyele Sowore, in Kuje prison. The report...

Abia APC warns Otti, Labour Party against ‘destabilising’ party

From Henrietta Ashikodi, Umuahia  The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State, has warned the Labour Party and the Alex Otti administration against destabilising...

Court orders Sowore’s remand in Kuje prison for trial on defamation of Tinubu

The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the remand of Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in Kuje...

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FG to engage cement producers July 1 over high prices — Umahi

The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has said the Federal Government will begin engagements with cement manufacturers from July 1st to address the...

Lassa fever death toll hits 214 as fatality rate rises to 25%

…NCDC flags growing concern over infections, delayed treatment The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, (NCDC) yesterday disclosed that the country’s Lassa fever outbreak...

Catholic Bishops condemn reintegration of repentant bandits

… Demand justice for victims The Catholic Bishops of the Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have criticised the reintegration of so-called repentant bandits into society and security...

Kanu, VDM, others react as Sowore lands in Kuje prison

Reactions have continued to trail the decision of the Abuja Federal High Court to remand politicians and activist, Omoyele Sowore, in Kuje prison. The report...

Abia APC warns Otti, Labour Party against ‘destabilising’ party

From Henrietta Ashikodi, Umuahia  The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State, has warned the Labour Party and the Alex Otti administration against destabilising...

Court orders Sowore’s remand in Kuje prison for trial on defamation of Tinubu

The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the remand of Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in Kuje...

Gumi claims negotiation corridor with terrorists has closed, faults FG’s approach

​Kaduna State-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has stated that the corridor for negotiating with bandits has closed, warning that they will no longer...

AGN confirms actor Benedict Johnson hospitalised, set for surgery

The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has confirmed that veteran Nollywood actor, Benedict Johnson, is currently hospitalised and will undergo surgery for an undisclosed...

Falling Aid: IMF urges Africa to build internal capacity

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns over declining Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Sub-Saharan Africa, warning that countries in the region must...