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The former governor of old Anambra State and Senator who represented Enugu East Senatorial District, Senator Jim Nwobodo, on Wednesday, said that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has wiped away his tears by constructing the 14-Bay Bailey Bridge across Nyama river linking Umuogo and Umuagba Amechi Uno/Obeagu communities in Enugu South Local Government Area. […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will not be distracted by campaigns of lies and calumny. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President has said. PDP Insists On Magu’s Probe Akande, in a statement in Abuja, dismissed as false and baseless fabrications claiming to reflect goings-on at […]

Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, in the early hours of Tuesday, arrested 24 Nigerians for allegedly entering the country through unapproved routes. The immigrants, that included five females, admitted entering the jurisdiction but refused to give reasons for their entry. Chief Superintendent, Mr Shradrach Azangweo, South Tongu District […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has denied receiving N4bn from the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, on Wednesday, said there was no truth in some reports claiming that Magu told the presidential panel probing him […]

As the clamour for a President of Igbo extraction in 2023 continues to gather momentum, the Minister of State, Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has urged the South East to exercise caution in its quest or campaign for the “Igbo Presidency”. Nwajiuba also advised the people to make sure that whoever they would be presenting in the […]

The United States on Wednesday passed another grim COVID-19 milestone with three million confirmed cases, as President Donald Trump aggressively pushed for schools to reopen. The coronavirus is surging in several southern hotspots of the nation, including Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona, while it has almost entirely receded from its former epicentre in New York […]

After seven years of prolonged trial, a businessman in Imo State, Mr Kingsley Unegbu, is begging the Imo State High Court to fast-track his case against First City Monument Bank (FCMB). Unegbu dragged the First City Monument Bank to court in 2013 after a mistake by the bank on his Mastercard which caused him to […]

Then exactly was Prof Emmanuel Adedayo Fasakin, Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji (FEDPOLEL) born? Could it be on March 5, 1958 as claimed in a document when he was employed at Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, or March 5, 1956 visible in his curriculum vitae he submitted to the polytechnic management for […]

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called for caution following the adjustment of the Naira against the Dollar from N360 to N380 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). However, NECA acknowledged that the move was supposedly in furtherance of the apex bank efforts to strengthen the Naira. Speaking on this development, the Director-General […]

As the dreaded Coronavirus disease also referred to as ‘COVID-19’ spreads across the country, the federal government on Sunday called on Christians and Muslims to resort to prayers. The government also expressed displeasure over what was termed as “reckless confidence” of Christians who have continued to flout the guidelines put in place by the Presidential […]