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  • Presidential election: NCC clears air on shutting down networks

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Presidential election: NCC clears air on shutting down networks

    The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, said its attention has been drawn to what it describes as a fraudulent and misleading information circulating on some social media platforms, insinuating there is a planned shutdown of all […]

  • Federal lawmaker reacts to sit-at-home order by Biafra agitator

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Federal lawmaker reacts to sit-at-home order by Biafra agitator

    Uju Kingsley Chima, a member of the House of Representatives, has reacted to the sit-at-home order by Simon Ekpa’s faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Recall that the outlawed separatist group had threatened […]

  • INEC distributes election materials to 16 LGs in Kwara

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on INEC distributes election materials to 16 LGs in Kwara

    The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kwara State, Mallam Attahiru Madami, on Thursday took delivery of some sensitive materials for the Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections from the Central […]

  • Poll: Ex-militant leaders back Obi, demand Atiku’s withdrawal

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Poll: Ex-militant leaders back Obi, demand Atiku’s withdrawal

    Leaders of former Delta agitators across the seven states in the region have endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, for Saturday’s election. The ex-Niger Delta […]

  • Discordant tune as NNPP denies complicity in DSS raid

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Discordant tune as NNPP denies complicity in DSS raid

    The New Nigeria Peoples Party says it would be hasty for anyone to link the political platform to the recent raid of a Kano residence where the Department of State Services recovered a gun and […]

  • Canada: One died following truck collision in Vancouver

    By Ifunanya | February 22, 2023 | Comments Off on Canada: One died following truck collision in Vancouver

    A person died after a commercial vehicle collided with a flat-deck truck on a busy highway in Richmond, BC Highway Patrol said. Police officers arrived at the scene on Highway 99 southbound between Blundell Road […]

  • Lithuania and Taiwan sign cooperation agreements

    By Ifunanya | February 22, 2023 | Comments Off on Lithuania and Taiwan sign cooperation agreements

    Deputy Ministers of Economy of Taiwan and Lithuania signed a memorandum of cooperation in the field of laser technology – under which both countries will jointly establish a research and development centre for experimental and […]

  • INEC encouraged by police assurance, says Yakubu

    By Ifunanya | February 22, 2023 | Comments Off on INEC encouraged by police assurance, says Yakubu

    A few days before the general election, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the assurance of safety by the Nigeria Police Force thus far was encouraging. Yakubu stated this […]

  • Extrajudicial killings: Groups petition IG, call for police overhaul in Anambra

    By Ifunanya | February 22, 2023 | Comments Off on Extrajudicial killings: Groups petition IG, call for police overhaul in Anambra

    The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre and Anambra State Police Stakeholders Partnership Forum have said they are following with keen interest the shocking revelations trending on the social media about the existence of […]

  • JUST IN: Court restores Umo Eno as PDP gov candidate for Akwa Ibom

    By Ifunanya | February 22, 2023 | Comments Off on JUST IN: Court restores Umo Eno as PDP gov candidate for Akwa Ibom

    The Court of Appeal in Abuja removed a House of Representatives member, Micheal Enyong as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Akwa Ibom State. Delivering judgement on Tuesday, Justice Hamma Barka, restored […]

  • DMO clarifies alleged N2trn FG borrowing

    By Ifunanya | February 22, 2023 | Comments Off on DMO clarifies alleged N2trn FG borrowing

    The Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday clarified media reports that claimed the Federal Government of Nigeria had raised the sum of N2.129 trillion between January and February 2023 through the issuance of Domestic FGN […]

  • Despite attacks on facilities, Anambra Police express readiness for election

    By Ifunanya | February 22, 2023 | Comments Off on Despite attacks on facilities, Anambra Police express readiness for election

    Despite several attacks on their facilities in the state, the Anambra State Police Command has expressed readiness for Saturday’s election. Five facilities belonging to the command were attacked by unknown gunmen in the past week, […]

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