BY Felix  Oboagwina  Dear Shettima, How is the family? We are still in January and surely it will be very much in order to wish you a Happy New Year. In the midst of the dark clouds of insecurity hovering over our country and anxieties over COVID-19, I have found a compelling necessity to write to you. You and your ...

… says state safety record  helps promotions The Anambra State government has lauded the Police Service Commission for the promotion last week of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr John Bassey Abang, saying the elevation is truly earned. In a statement, the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C. Don Adinuba, said Anambra  was convinced that Mr Abang’s ...

There is renewed tension in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State following the alleged takeover of two villages by some herdsmen. The two villages, Kajola and Gbagba Idere are located in the Ayete Local Government Area of the state. Residents of Ayete told our correspondent that a Fulani herdsman, Iskilu Wakil, was asked to leave the villages ...

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) received with shock, the news of the death of Mr. Ben Ndubuisi Egbuna, mni. Mr. Ben Egbuna, a Fellow of the Guild died in Lagos on 28th of January, 2021 at the age of 71 years. He was the pioneer Executive Director News, for Voice of Nigeria (VON) and a former Director-General of the ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives Mr Femi Gbajabiamila to “use their good offices to urgently probe and refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies allegations that N4.4 billion of public money budgeted for the National Assembly is missing, misappropriated, diverted or stolen, as documented in three audited ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Effective cooperative societies, small and medium scale enterprises in Anambra state are to benefit from federal government’s N50 billion grant domiciled in the Nigerian Export Promotion Council. Mrs. Jane Ohiri who disclosed this to our correspondent at King David hotel Awka during a sensitisation programme for cooperative societies in the state, said over 100 active cooperatives stand ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka A frontline activist and community leader in Anambra state, Comrade Chuma Harris Odili, has stressed the dire need for the citizens to protect the integrity of the state from those he referred to as roaming desperate politicians. Odili, who said that the November 6 governorship election has ignited the political space in the state, maintained that granted ...

Nigerians in diaspora on the platform of the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria (GCSDN) has launched a project to raise $500,000 to fully support victims of the EndSARS protest who were allegedly attacked by government sponsored thugs and security agencies in October 2020. During a broadcast published on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y2OKOnckaU&t=30s), the Global Coordinator of the Coalition, Frederick ...

The Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick says his administration is working to settle the debts they owe Super Eagles players and coaches despite the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Pinnick did not shy away from the financial challenges facing the NFF and the struggles they encounter in discharging their financial obligations to Nigeria’s football teams. Although salaries and ...

The South East region is arguably the most peaceful in the country. However, events of late, especially in the past week, have threatened the security of the region. From Aguleri/Umueri in Anambra to Effium in Ebonyi; Oruku in Enugu to Abia’s Ikwuano boundary axis with Akwa Ibom and the Orlu zone of Imo State, there has been total war in ...