Anambra State Transport Commissioner, Dr Christian Madubuko, says with lunch of anti touting held at Upper Iweka Road, Onitsha, the state Government will no longer condone touting and Illegal collection of tolls. Exchanging views with journalists, the commissioner said that anti touting regulation also affects members of the Police, Civil Defence Corps and the Nigerian Army. He announced that Government ...

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP) in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, says the coming of the New Year 2020 is symbolic in many ways. “First, it heralds a brand new decade. Secondly, and probably more important, is that this New Year will require us all to stay together more than ever before to take on, head ...

Plans are underway for the Akwa Ibom State owned and operated Airline, IbomAir to begin international flights, the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem has said. This to him is sequel to the high demands by Cameroonians to fly directly into Nigeria rather than flying to Lome(Togo) before connecting a flight to Abuja or Lagos. Briefing newsmen at ...

• As Boko Haram hits Borno village, razes school, church The Federal Government would begin gradual withdrawal of troops in hitherto volatile spots where peace and security had been achieved from first quarter of 2020. Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe-Ibas, stated this after the National Security Council meeting in Abuja chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday. He, however, ...

The self-acclaimed pastor of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile, Osun State, Segun Philips, said he was paid N210,000 to use the final year student of the Lagos State University, Favour Daley-Oladele for money rituals. His action was after Favour’s boyfriend, Owolabi Adeeko, had smashed her head with a pestle. The pastor confessed that he was the one, ...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service on Sunday announced a 30-day window for taxpayers to obtain their 2020 tax clearance certificates beginning from January 2 next year. The Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, said this in a notice to taxpayers personally signed by him. He said the window which would end on January 31 was created to make it easy for taxpayers ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, accused the  All Progressives Congress (APC) of overstretching the limits of Nigerians by allegedly trivialising and politicising the unemployment level in the country. The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the ruling party should be ready to face the consequences of its actions. It stated that for allegedly ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, yesterday, said he would open a can of worms that will make Edo people to stone APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, on the streets. He said the can of worms would seal the political fate of the Edo State former governor. Adjoto also vowed to organise a national protest, ...

By Casmir Igbokwe  South-Eastern people of Nigeria are becoming endangered species. The police, the customs and the military use them to show off their strength at every given opportunity, especially at festive seasons. When you add this to the marginalisation of the region in the country’s security forces, the intimidation is complete. The question remains, what have the people of ...