WOLE SOYINKA AT 90: TRUTH AS THE POET’S HORSEMAN

WOLE SOYINKA AT 90: TRUTH AS THE POET’S HORSEMAN

By Austen Akhagbeme Prof Akinwade Oluwole Soyinka, often referred to as Wole Soyinka, one of the foremost world citizens of Nigerian descent, is 90 years old. In faraway Morocco, in the City of Rabat, the world recently gathered to celebrate this literary…

Over 5,000 NDLEA Officers Promoted, 15 Commands, 70 Personnel Get Special Awards …Officers to Start Wearing Body Cameras for Operational Efficiency

Over 5,000 NDLEA Officers Promoted, 15 Commands, 70 Personnel Get Special Awards …Officers to Start Wearing Body Cameras for Operational Efficiency

Five Thousand and Forty-Two (5,042) personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been promoted. This followed the approval of the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the anti-narcotics agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd) which saw two senior officers elevated to…

Onitsha country club unveils state of the art indoor sports facility

Onitsha country club unveils state of the art indoor sports facility

BY SUNNY A. DAVID In a significant development for sports enthusiasts in Anambra State, the Onitsha Country Club in Fegge, Onitsha South Council area, has commissioned a brand-new indoor sports hall building. Equipped with cutting-edge sporting facilities, this state-of-the-art complex is poised…

NNPP Governorship Candidate sympathizes with Jattu Market Rainstorm victims

NNPP Governorship Candidate sympathizes with Jattu Market Rainstorm victims

By Austen Akhagbeme The Edo State Governorship Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Dr Azemhe Azena, has expressed his heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the victims of the rainstorm disaster, which claimed the lives of four people while injuring others…

Nigeria’ll Continue to Assist in Development of African, Caribbean, Pacific Countries- TAC DGl

Nigeria’ll Continue to Assist in Development of African, Caribbean, Pacific Countries- TAC DGl

Director General of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, Rt.Hon.Yusuf Buba Yakub has said that Nigeria will continue to draw from its pool of abundant human resources to assist the development of African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and their people. The DG, gave…

DELSU to partner with Stepat Farms to boost food supply in Nigeria -VC Reveals

DELSU to partner with Stepat Farms to boost food supply in Nigeria -VC Reveals

The Vice Chancellor of Delta State University, Abraka, Prof. Andy Ogochukwu Egwunyenga, has announced that the university will partner with Stepat Farms to strengthen its community service and boost food supply in Nigeria. The Vice Chancellor stated this on Tuesday during the public unveiling of…

Two Rescued, Operation Continues as Anambra Police Respond to Building Collapse in Amawbia Market

Two Rescued, Operation Continues as Anambra Police Respond to Building Collapse in Amawbia Market

BY SUNNY A. DAVID In response to a distress call at approximately 12:40 pm today, July 4, 2024, the Anambra State Police Command has rescued two victims from a building collapse at Ekeoyibo market in Amawbia. The rescued individuals have been rushed…

Corruption: Macauley blames civil servants

Corruption: Macauley blames civil servants

Dr Deinghan Ray Macauley today came hard on civil servants as responsible for corruption in the country, and not politicians. Macauley argued that innocent politicians are tutored by civil servant on how to take government money through smart budgeting. He made the…

Edo 2024: NNPP Guber Candidate visits Ikpoba Hill Barracks’ Market, says “My late mother was a lowly market woman too”

Edo 2024: NNPP Guber Candidate visits Ikpoba Hill Barracks’ Market, says “My late mother was a lowly market woman too”

By Austen Akhagbeme In his characteristic show of humility and love for the common man, Dr Azemhe Azena, the NNPP Governorship Candidate, told the story of his humble beginning as he visited the market women and Leaders of the Barracks Market in…

Awubu Pry school Akugbene, Bomadi PTA Boss captions on curbing open defecation

Awubu Pry school Akugbene, Bomadi PTA Boss captions on curbing open defecation

By Harrison Akamule Mr Odigrima made the assertion while inspecting the poor state of the only toilet facility in the School which have made Pupils of the school to defecate at the river forcados. The PTA Chairman noted that construction of a…

Edo Guber: Azemhe Azena storms Benin City with a Peace March

Edo Guber: Azemhe Azena storms Benin City with a Peace March

By Austen Akhagbeme The New Nigeria People’s Party Governorship Candidate, Dr Azemhe Azena on Thursday, stormed Benin city, the Edo state capital with a well attended peace March. The Governorship Candidate, who was accompanied by a team from the Party National headquarters,…

ANIOMA STATE CREATION: SENATOR NED NWOKO WRITES AN OPEN LETTER TO ANIOMA PEOPLE, RESIDENTS

ANIOMA STATE CREATION: SENATOR NED NWOKO WRITES AN OPEN LETTER TO ANIOMA PEOPLE, RESIDENTS

L”Dear Noble Anioma People and Esteemed Stakeholders. I write to you today with a heart full of hope,determination and patriotism not only as your Senator but as a fellow Anioma person who shares our collective dreams and aspirations.The creation of Anioma State…

NSCDC Arrests 14 Suspected Oil Bunkerers in Abia Forest

NSCDC Arrests 14 Suspected Oil Bunkerers in Abia Forest

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad has dismantled several illegal local refining sites in Umelechi Forest in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. The CG’ SIS Commander, Deputy Commandant Appolos Dandaura said14 Suspects…

PIA Inadequate in Addressing Challenges of N’Delta Region, Says Group

PIA Inadequate in Addressing Challenges of N’Delta Region, Says Group

The Petroleum Industry Act (2021) has been observed as inadequate in providing solutions to the ecological and environmental challenges of the Niger Delta region. This was observed by stakeholders at the Third Niger Delta Socio-Ecological Alternatives Convergence (NDAC), organised by the Health…

Marwa Explains Why Assets of Barons, Traffickers Are Targeted in Ongoing Drug War

Marwa Explains Why Assets of Barons, Traffickers Are Targeted in Ongoing Drug War

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd) has justified the decision of the anti-narcotics body to go after the assets of drug barons and traffickers as part of ongoing offensive action against illicit drugs….

Truth Alliance Radio Talk Show Tackles Boko Haram Recruitment Strategies

Truth Alliance Radio Talk Show Tackles Boko Haram Recruitment Strategies

In a continued effort to shed light on and expose the tactics of terrorist groups amid the ongoing fight against Boko Haram in the Northeast, Neem Foundation, a member of the Truth Alliance, sponsored a radio talk show as part of the…

Nigeria Leaders Lack the Fear of God – Pastor Temeowei-Ebi 

Nigeria Leaders Lack the Fear of God – Pastor Temeowei-Ebi 

By Harrison Akamule  The Founder and General Overseer of Christ Mission Ministry, Akugbene Community, in Bomadi Local Government Area, Pastor Austin Temeowei-Ebi, has said that Nigeria was suffering today because those at the helm of affairs lacked the fear of God. Pastor…

FG Orders NSCDC to Take Over Protection of Transmission Lines

FG Orders NSCDC to Take Over Protection of Transmission Lines

The Federal Government has ordered the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to take over the protection of transmission lines and towers across the nation. The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunjo-Ojo gave the order on Friday during the passing-out parade…

Money Laundering: Stakeholders Seek Strategies for Nigeria’s Removal from FATF Grey List

Money Laundering: Stakeholders Seek Strategies for Nigeria’s Removal from FATF Grey List

Stakeholders on Thursday advocated improved capacity for law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute money laundering and terrorism financing cases in Nigeria. The participants at the dialogue on strengthening Nigeria’s anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism framework engagement on Nigeria’s…

One year at the Red chamber: Ned Nwoko , the game changer

One year at the Red chamber: Ned Nwoko , the game changer

By Andy Emephia Precisely one year in office as Senator representing Delta North Senatorial district in the 10th Nigerian Senate, his has been a game changing foray, a trailblazing one of remarkable might , mirth , and main. Inaugurated on 13th June…

NSCDC Deploys Over 5,000 Personnel for Hitch-free Sallah in Abuja

NSCDC Deploys Over 5,000 Personnel for Hitch-free Sallah in Abuja

Over 5,000 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has been deployed in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to allow for a hitch-free celebration of the Eid-el-Kabir festival. A statement by the spokesman the FCT Command of the NSCDC, Samuel…

Proposed Anioma State by Senator Ned Nwoko: History beckons

Proposed Anioma State by Senator Ned Nwoko: History beckons

By Andy Emephia The conclusion, both unanimous and obvious, for the creation of the long overdue Anioma State, is incontrovertible. From the spirited efforts of Anioma traditional rulers led by the late Asagba of Asaba, Obi Professor Chike Edozien, to the strident…

Ebeli Advocates For Local Government Autonomy

Ebeli Advocates For Local Government Autonomy

By Harrison Akamule  The inability of successive administrations to summon political will to address the autonomy of local government administration has led to the collapse of the local government Councils in Nigeria.  The Executive Director for Good Governance at the Grassroots, Sir Godwin Ebelli, made the assertion at Akugbene Community, Bomadi Local Government Area, of Delta State….

NNPP Governorship Candidate hails AAU Management

NNPP Governorship Candidate hails AAU Management

By Austen Akhagbeme The Edo state Governorship Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Dr Azemhe Azena, has expressed gratitude to the management of the state-owned Ambrose Alli University, following the outcome of the emergency meeting of the Senate held yesterday…

ASWAMA buckets scandal: LG staff, two others abscond over allegations of corruption

ASWAMA buckets scandal: LG staff, two others abscond over allegations of corruption

BY SUNNY A. DAVID A scandal involving the alleged dIversion of 1,300 sanitary buckets meant for the Anambra State Waste Management Agency (ASWAMA) has rocked Onitsha South Local Government Area, leading to the flee of a local government staff and two others….

Azemhe Azena Appeals for calm as AAU students protest, locked up school gate

Azemhe Azena Appeals for calm as AAU students protest, locked up school gate

By Austen Akhagbeme The Governorship Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Dr Azemhe Azena has appealed for calm and peaceful resolution of the brewing crisis, as the students of the state-owned Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, protests over the school Management’s…

Zulum delivers grains donated by FG to 10,000 residents in Pulka

Zulum delivers grains donated by FG to 10,000 residents in Pulka

… Borno Govt shares N220m to vulnerable women, widows Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has delivered part of the 36,000 50kg bags of assorted grain donated by the Federal Government to Borno State Government to support resettled communities and other vulnerable…

Zulum visits Baga, addresses ISWAP threat, Says Terrorist weak, seeking cheap popularity …boosts transport unions, farmers Association with operational vehicles

Zulum visits Baga, addresses ISWAP threat, Says Terrorist weak, seeking cheap popularity …boosts transport unions, farmers Association with operational vehicles

….visits farms, supports South Chad Irrigation Revival Initiative Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, visited Baga town in Kukawa Local Government Area on Sunday to address a reported threat by Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists against residents.  The governor met with…

Azemhe Azena remains NNPP Edo Governorship Candidate -Media Team 

Azemhe Azena remains NNPP Edo Governorship Candidate -Media Team 

Ahead of the September, 21 governorship election in Edo state, the media team of othe DR AZEMHE AZENA MANDATE, has urged members of the public to disregard unfounded information aimed at causing disaffection in the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP. A press…

Codeine syrup, Loud consignments worth over N2.1billion intercepted at Lagos, P/H ports

Codeine syrup, Loud consignments worth over N2.1billion intercepted at Lagos, P/H ports

Large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis worth about N2.2 billion in street value have been intercepted at the Port Harcourt seaports, Onne and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law…

ACReSAL Task Team Lead Calls for Hydrological Assessment to Cushion Flooding in Benue State

ACReSAL Task Team Lead Calls for Hydrological Assessment to Cushion Flooding in Benue State

Dr. Joy Iganya Agene, the Senior Environment Specialist at the World Bank Nigeria Office and Task Team Leader for the ACReSAL Project, has expressed concerns about the geological situation in Zone C of Benue state. She recommends conducting a hydrological assessment of…

FIGHT AGAINST CHILD, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, OTHER CHILD ABUSE, COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL—OHWOVORIOLE

FIGHT AGAINST CHILD, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, OTHER CHILD ABUSE, COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL—OHWOVORIOLE

By Onoriode Etatsemi Delta State Commissioner for Justice and the Attorney -General of the State, Mr. Ekemejero Ohwovoriole has said that the fight against child human trafficking and other child abuse is a task that requires collective responsibility of all . Ohwovoriole…

Breaking >Rivers crisis: court grants interlocutory injunction restraining Amaewhule-led Assembly from sitting, acting as lawmakers

Breaking >Rivers crisis: court grants interlocutory injunction restraining Amaewhule-led Assembly from sitting, acting as lawmakers

Rivers crisis: court grants interlocutory injunction restraining Amaewhule-led Assembly from sitting, acting as lawmakers The state High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has issued an interlocutory injunction barring the lawmakers led by Speaker, Martins Amaewhule from further sitting and parading…

WE’LL NOT MAKE UNFULFILLED PROMISES TO RIVERS PEOPLE – GOV. FUBARA

WE’LL NOT MAKE UNFULFILLED PROMISES TO RIVERS PEOPLE – GOV. FUBARA

…Directs completion of 300 meters to boundary with Imo …Works on Zonal hospital Omoku to commence next week. …As former governor, Dr. Odili commissions road Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has stated that his administration will not make unfulfilled promises to…

WE’RE COMMITTED TO MAKING RIVERS STATE INVESTMENT DESTINATION – GOV. FUBARA

WE’RE COMMITTED TO MAKING RIVERS STATE INVESTMENT DESTINATION – GOV. FUBARA

…Says Apache Aluminum of America to build aluminum plant in Ogoni …Israeli company to manage Songhai farms, others …To eliminate double taxation Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has said his administration is committed to making Rivers State the best place in…

Protect Your Children from Pedophiles, NAPTIP Charges Parents

Protect Your Children from Pedophiles, NAPTIP Charges Parents

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Thursday charged parents on child protection, insisting that parents should go all out to protect their wards from all adversaries especially pedophiles. Speaking in Kwali local government area of the…

State Action Plans’ 2nd Phase for Peace, Security Underway in Borno, Yobe States

State Action Plans’ 2nd Phase for Peace, Security Underway in Borno, Yobe States

In a significant move to bolster women, peace, and security in Nigeria, the Nigerian Police Force, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and other key Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) have…