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By Alex Enebeli- Enugu, April 6, 2021 The Director General of the World Trade Organization, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Omotola Ekeinde, Burna Boy, were among those that made the Forbes Africa’s “100 Innovations, Inventions and Icons from Africa list”. The global media company and American business magazine, Forbes also named Chimamanda …

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), paid an official visit to Owerri, the Imo State capital, Tuesday, April 6, 2021 to commission a road project as part of the celebration of the first year in office of Governor Hope Uzodinma. While in the state’s capital, the Vice President undertook a …

By Abujah Racheal Abuja, April 6, 2021 The Federal Government has explained why it asked all states administering the COVID-19 vaccine to stop the exercise the moment they used half of the doses allocated to them. Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, gave the explanation at Tuesday’s media …

By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa Owerri, April. 6, 2021 Barely 48 hours after unknown gunmen attacked the Police Command in Imo, bandits again razed the Police division in Ehime/Mbano in the state, setting some vehicles on fire on Tuesday. The Police Spokesman in Imo, SP Orlando Ikeokwu confirmed the attack on the …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, April 6, 2021 The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Sokoto State on Tuesday engaged students of tertiary institutions on  value reorientation. The agency conducted the exercise under its attitudinal reorientation programme, tagged “Campus Focus”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state Director of …

… Appeal for upgrade to degree awarding varsity Dennis Udoma The Oro Youth Council, the third largest ethnic youth group in Akwa Ibom State has commended the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi and the Rector of Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Commodore Duja Efedua Rtd for the rapid transformation of the …

By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, April 6, 2021 The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) says Mr Oscar Onyema has completed his tenure as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after a 10-year period. Mr Olumide Orojimi, NSE Head of Corporate Communications, said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, that a closing gong …

By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Umuahia, April 6, 2021 Abia government has announced a review of the curfew imposed on Aba and Umuahia to between 8pm and 6am as well as included Ohafia and Arochukwu. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Anthony …

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Bama local government area on Tuesday evening to assess needs and monitor developmental efforts. Zulum, during the visit, ordered the immediate construction of 500 houses in Nguro Soye, a community in Bama. The Governor also announced the rehabilitation of additional 1,000 …

As part of its measures to curb Road Traffic Crashes (RTC), the Dangote Cement Plc has launched a Drivers’ Training Centre located at the Dangote Cement Plant (DCP), Obajana, Kogi State. The new Centre is charged with the responsibility of attending to all training needs of the Dangote Cement Plc’s …

The drive by the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to boost in-country refining capacity was bolstered on Tuesday with the signing of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) contract for the rehabilitation of the 210,000 barrels per day capacity Port Harcourt Refinery in Alesa-Eleme, Rivers …

By Ismaila Chafe/Monday Ijeh Abuja, April 6, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Deputy Inspector-General of Police (I-G) Usman Baba as Acting Inspector-General of Police with immediate effect. Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi confirmed the appointment when he addressed State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. …

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo is expected in Owerri, the Imo State capital today to commission the Dick Tiger road project as part of the activities marking the one year anniversary of the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma. The Vice President who had weeks ago attended the Thanksgiving …

Professor Browne Onuoha of the Political Science Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Nigeria will on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 deliver an Inaugural Lecture. The topic of the Lecture, which will be presided over by the Vice Chancellor of UNILAG, Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, is “Power Politics …

The program “Last Words…from a SOCIAL JUSTICE perspective!” organized by the Interfaith Action Movement (I AM), which held on Saturday, April 3, 2021 was a glorious eye-opener concerning the role of Jesus Christ as a social justice crusader during His earthly ministry. Addressed by leading clerics speaking on different topics …

By Yinusa Ishola Ado-Ekiti, April 5, 2021 The Police command in Ekiti on Monday rescued two-year old twin babies after they were locked up in a room by their mother for three days. A statement in Ado-Ekiti by Mr Sunday Abutu, the command’s Public Relations Officer, said the incident happened …

Isaiah Eka Uyo, April 5, 2021 Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom  has said that Ibom Air, the State-owned Airline, will extend its flight operations to the Gambia and other West African countries. Emmanuel said this when the Gambian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Mohamadou Musa Njie, paid him a courtesy …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, April 5, 2021 Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, former Governor of Kogi, has called on Nigerians to sustain unity and peaceful coexistence as fought by the nation’s founding fathers. Idris, who was among the 20 dignitaries turbaned on Sunday with the famous traditional title of Jekadan Sokoto by …

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has commended the Nigerian military over recent gains recorded against Boko Haram’s fighters in Gwoza and the road leading to the northern part of the State. In a statement issued on Monday, Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau said the Governor authorized the public commendation, …

By Emmanuel Afonne Abuja, April 5, 2021 A United States of America (U.S)-based Mechanical Engineer, Mr Godswill Nwankwo, has declared his intention to contest the seat of the country’s president in the 2023 election. Nwankwo made his intention known on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and other eminent Nigerians attended the wedding of the son of former Governor of Abia State and senator representing Abia Central in the National Assembly, Senator Theodore Ahamefule Orji, Chiemeka, at Isiokpo, Rivers State, on Monday, April 5, 2021. Chiemeka Orji’s bride is, Oroma …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, April 5, 2021 The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself from Monday’s attacks on Police and Correctional Service headquarters in Imo. Its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said in a statement issued in Owerri on Monday that the group was formed on …

Following the attack on the Imo State Police Command and the Correctional Service facility in Owerri, Imo state, in the early hours of Monday, April 5, 2021, during which inmates of were released, the Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the imposition of curfew in Aba and …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 5, 2021 The Presidency, on Sunday in Abuja, described as ungodly attempt by Bishop Matthew Kukah to politicise the nation’s security challenges and the hijab saga in Kwara in his 2021 Easter homily. A statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, …

By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa/Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, April 5, 2021 Some gunmen on Monday attacked Police command headquarters in Imo and the correctional centre in Owerri with explosives. The gunmen were said to have operated with no fewer than 10 vehicles at about 2 a.m. on Monday, setting free some inmates. A …