Public transport fares in Owerri have remained high following anticipation of an indefinite strike action by the Association of Independent Petroleum Marketers (AIPM) in Imo. The Association had embarked on…
Month: August 2021
BREAKING: Maltreatment continued, we’re practically stripped naked by DSS -Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers
Counsels to leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, said they were “practically stripped naked” during their visit to the IPOB leader. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to…
Cristiano Ronaldo completes Man Utd medical ahead of return to former club
Cristiano Ronaldo has completed his Manchester United medical as he closes on a return to his former club. United announced they had reached an agreement with Juventus to re-sign the…
Gunmen kill one, kidnap another in Kwara
A 10-man armed kidnap gang in military uniform, on Saturday, reportedly stormed a hotel in Alapa community in the Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing one and abducting…
SERAP Sues FG, Seeks Details of Payment of N729bn to Poor Nigerians
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the federal government to disclose details of proposed payments of N729…
NMA Gives FG 21 Days To Resolve Issues With Striking Resident Doctors, Others
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has given the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government 21 days to resolve all the issues contained in the various agreements signed with its affiliate members, including…
Why Buhari is yet to designate bandits as terrorists – Presidency
The Presidency has explained why President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to designate as terrorists criminal bandits like it did the Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In an…
EFCC declares war on cybercriminals in Ilorin
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared Kwara, Kogi and Ekiti States unsafe for cybercrime criminals. Speaking at a media interaction with journalists…
Presidency, Ortom in fresh war of words
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Saturday sparked a fresh row with the Presidency on the security challenge in the country after accusing the federal authorities of pampering gunmen terrorising…
NMA, Resident Doctors, others threaten indefinite strike
The three-week-old strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) assumed a new dimension on Saturday with threats by three other associations of medical doctors to join…