ALGON seeks 4-year tenure for LG officials
June 17, 2024 The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), has called for the adoption of a unified four-year tenure for elected local government officials in the country. Alh….
New Presidential Jet: You are insensitive, Obi blasts Tinubu
The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has upbraided the Federal Government for contemplating the purchase of some new aircraft to add to the existing Presidential…
OPHS arrests 6 bandits, recovers rustled cows, weapons in Plateau
June 17, 2024 A special task force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has arrested six suspected bandits and recovered weapons and 47 rustled cows in Manguna, Bokkos Local Government Area of…
Cholera: Nigeria must prevent spread in schools—UNICEF
June 17, 2024 Following the outbreak of cholera in some states in the country, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for extensive measures to protect school children. The…
Edo 2024: Royal rebuke and LP’s weekend fiasco in Benin
By George Etakibuebu Since the Independent National Electoral Commission declared campaigns for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State open on April 23, what happened on Saturday…
Lagos Island epicentre of Lagos cholera outbreak- Health Commissioner
June 17, 2024 The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has disclosed that Lagos Island has the highest number of suspected cholera cases with 106 cases out of…
Protest rocks Rivers State over LG chairmen’s tenure
Heady days are ahead in Rivers State following the insistence of local government chairmen to extend their tenure by six months, citing the Local Government Amendment Law passed by the…
Our doctors, nurses have left us, ‘Japa’ is real – FMC Yenagoa CMD
Dr James Omietimi, Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa in Bayelsa, says the major challenge confronting and still lingering in the health facility is the ‘Japa’ syndrome….
NDDC 2024 Budget and Funding of Legacy Projects
It took the composure, confidence and sincerity of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, to win the approval of the Senate for the…
Oba of Benin tells Olumide Akpata: ‘You are not a child of the Palace’
Olumide Akpata was humiliated yesterday in Benin, by the Oba of Benin during a courtesy visit he made to the Oba’s Palace. Accompanied by Gov. Peter Obi,…