NCAA, NSIB Investigate Averted Clash Involving Gov. Adeleke
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) are probing the averted plane crash involving Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State. While the incident had happened about a week ago, Governor Adeleke alleged sabotage. But in a Sunday statement, the NCAA Director General Capt Musa Nuhu expressed concern over the incident, assuring that a probe into...
Late Pastor Odukoya’s Son, Jimi Emerges Church’s General Overseer
Jimmy Odukoya, the first son of the late Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, has been declared as the new General Overseer of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos. Pastor also assumed the office of the Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Church as announced by a member of the Trustee, on Sunday. The late Odukoya, died on August 7 in...
14 Brigade Commander Of Nigerian Army Ohafia Commiserates With Family Of Slain LP Stalwart (Photos)
The Commander 14 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Nsikak Edet on Friday 15 September 2023 paid a condolence visit to commiserate with the family of late Zakari Maduka popularly known as Power Zack in his hometown Akpuka-Uturu in Isiukwuato Local Government Area of Abia State. Maduka, a chieftain of Labour Party was killed on Wednesday night by yet-to-be-identified assailants at...
How Obasanjo Ordered Traditional Rulers To Stand Up And Greet Him
The former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, reaffirmed the constitutional superiority of elected officials when he mandated some traditional rulers to stand up and greet him. Obasanjo gave this order at the commissioning of a 34.85 km Oyo-Iseyin Road and the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Iseyin Campus, which houses the College of Agricultural Sciences and Renewable Natural Resources. The ex-president,...
Sen. Kalu Condemns Murder Of Abia LP Chieftain, Zakari Maduka
The lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Friday, expressed sadness over the brutal and cruel murder of Mr Zakari Maduka, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), in Uturu, Isikwuato Local Government Area of the Senatorial District by unknown assailants. Kalu, in a statement from his media office, described the killing of Maduka who was...
Police Confirm Beheading Of LP Chieftain, 70-Year-Old Nmaduka In Abia Community
Abia State Police Command has confirmed the beheading of one Hon. Zachary Nmaduka, also known as Power Zack a 70-year-old stalwart of the Labour Party in his community, Ezieke Akpukpa Uturu in Isuikwuato local government area of the state. The command's PRO, ASP Maureen Chioma Chinaka in a statement on Thursday said Power Zack, a vigilante leader, was killed at...
Suspected Cable Thief Electrocuted In Anambra
A yet-to-be-identified man has been electrocuted near the Faculty of Education building, close to the Department of Economics of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State. The suspected cable thief was said to have finished cutting a cable from a high-tension pole before he was electrocuted as power was suddenly restored by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company. It was gathered that...
Reps Stops Ceding Of Adamawa Territory To Cameroon
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on International Boundary Dispute has directed that the demarcation exercise to cede Sina Area in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State to the Republic of Cameroon be halted immediately. Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee, Hon Beni Lar, gave the ruling during a hearing on the series of lingering boundary hotspots across...
Wike Names 135 FCT Roads For Rehabilitation, Resurfacing
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has released the list of some of the 135 roads inaugurated for rehabilitation and resurfacing in Wuse, Garki, Gwarimpa and Maitama Districts. The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, who inaugurated Phase I of the projects on Monday, gave the contractors a six-month completion timeline. The list of the streets for rehabilitation and resurfacing obtained...
NLC Blows Hot Over Wike’s Demolition Exercise In FCT, Says It’s Not Different From Hitler’s Tyranny
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC has drawn a battle line with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike over the demolitions in the capital city, Abuja. The NLC president Comrade Joe Ajaero in an interview described the demolitions which he said were mainly directed at the poor as akin to Hitler’s tyranny. Responding to question during an interview on AIT,...
