Police and emergency workers were trying Thursday to rescue up to 25 Indian devotees who were trapped inside a well after a floor caved in at a Hindu temple, an official and media reports said. The floor, which doubled as a cover for the stepwell – an often large, stair-lined communal water source – collapsed […]

An aspirant for the 2023 gubernatorial race in Akwa Ibom State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barr Onofiok Luke has said that he never collected money from anybody ahead of the campaigns in order to support Pastor Umo Eno, for the number one position.

“Victims of this violence were voters, some of whom were disenfranchised as a result of having their ballot boxes snatched.”

By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja AS part of efforts to ensure safety of Nigerians, particularly those at mine-affected areas as a result of insurgency, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has partnered with an international organization: Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, GICHD. The partnership suggests that a framework of cooperation would […]

…one of our agents was killed, another kidnaped, released  By Peter Okutu Abakaliki -The Governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, in the 2023 general election, Ebonyi State, Prophet Dr. Adol Awam Chris, Thursday alleged that the results collated during the election were illegally allocated to different political parties as the BVAS was […]

When Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State added “Strategy” to the State Information Ministry and renamed it as Ministry of Information and Strategy in August 2020, not many saw the development beyond a mere adjustment in the name.

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has called for serious punishment for those behind the plans to scuttle the nation’s democratic process through an interim government arrangement.

The men of the Lagos State Fire Service and security operatives have commenced work at the scene to bring the situation under control.

NIGERIA is the highest country battling malnutrition in Africa, with over 17 million malnourished children, the Federal Government, FG, and a global nutrition organization, Nutrition International, NI, have said.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has conducted regional training for six West African countries on how to dismantle clandestine laboratories with a view to strengthening regional action against drug cartels.

“It will be unwise for anyone to think they can use extrajudicial means to truncate the swearing-in. That will be dangerous because it is at the heart of the unity of this country.”

“It is incumbent upon us all as democrats to speak out in support of the DSS and to help them thwart the evil plans of the unscrupulous conspirators, dangerous plotters, unpatriotic elements and fascistic forces that want to topple our Government and abort the democratic process.”

Africa is a diverse continent with roughly 1 billion people, 54 countries, and thousand languages. Additionally, many of its economies are facing similar challenges.

Former presidential Spokesman and Director of Communications and Media Strategy of Delta APC Campaign Organization, Olorogun Ima Niboro,  has described as a tissue of lies allegations by expelled APC chieftain, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, that Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, factionalized the party and did not carry everybody along and that was why the party lost the March 18 governorship election in  Delta State.

“I used to go for elections and I know what I see. There was no cash exchange for votes. It wasn’t easy anymore. Kidnappers are on break, they are on strike so to say or recess. Bandits, they have also gone on holidays.”