Taraba gov mourns 100 boat accident victims, orders probe
Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, on Monday, condoled with the families of the 100 passengers who were feared dead in Saturday’s boat accident in River…
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Group Accuses Opposition Of Destroying APC Campaign Boards In Imo
A group, Onwa Progressives 2023, have accused the opposition in Imo State of destroying campaign billboards belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate and…
Business
70 corpses, skeletons uncovered near Abia cattle market – Gov
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, says 50 decomposing corpses, including 20 headless ones, as well as countless skeletons were discovered by security operatives during a…
Politics
‘Call Wike to order’ – Edwin Clark tells Tinubu over Rivers Assembly crisis
Elder statesmen and national leader of the South-South, Edwin Clark, has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently call FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, to order over crisis…
BREAKING: Rivers State: Edison Ehie emerges new speaker, Justice Simeon Amadi suspended
The Former Majority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie has emerged the new Speaker of the state Assembly. Meanwhile, the Chief Judge…
Africa & World
BREAKING: UK court adjourns Diezani’s case to 2025
The Westminster Magistrates Court in the United Kingdom (UK) has adjourned hearing on the suit involving former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to November 2025.…
Politics
Gov Fubara enters emergency meeting after impeachment threat
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara is currently in an emergency meeting with some members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The suspended leader of the…
BREAKING: Former Ohanaeze Secretary General, Prof Ben Nwabueze, is dead
A Constitutional lawyer and a former Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead. Leading reporters gathered that the former Secretary (Minister) of…
Businessman demands N1.5 million from wife in exchange for divorce
Earlier, the complainant told the court that she was ready to return the N80,000 dowry she received from the defendant. A businessman, Nura Ashiru, on Monday…
Politics
Bayelsa Poll: PDP Calls For Maciver’s Arrest Over Inciting Comments
Bayelsa APC Deputy Governorship Candidate, Joshua Maciver The Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship Campaign Council has called on the Inspector-General of Police and Director-General…