Abaribe should be in prison for not producing Nnamdi Kanu – Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Idris Wase on Thursday said Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe, should be in prison for failing to produce the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in court. Wase said…
World Asthma Day: 339 million people affected globally – expert
A professor of medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Gregory Erhabor, on Wednesday said that asthma affects about 339 million people annually with over 500,000 hospitalisations and about 400,000 deaths across the globe. A professor of medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,…
EFCC arrests four internet fraudsters in Benue
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday in an FCT High Court in Maitama, re-arraigned a deputy director with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Emenike Umesi, for alleged misappropriation of N54.3 million. The Makurdi zonal office of…
NUJ Honours Abia Speaker with Award as “Distinguished Friend of the Media”
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji MNSE, emerges “Distinguished Friend of the Media” as the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) honours him with an Award at the Press Freedom Awards 2021 which held late…
Ex-President Obasanjo: If Nigeria breaks up, minority groups will be exterminated
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has listed what Nigeria should do to have access to $12 trillion “dormant funds”. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday described calls for the disintegration of Nigeria as unmindful and insensitive to the plight of the…
Oyo monarch: Selling land to foreigners fuelling insecurity
Tthe Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Abdganiy Adekunle Oloogunebi, says that selling native land to foreigners, particularly from Niger, Chad, Cameroon, and other neighboring countries, has fuelled insecurity in Oyo State, as he called on residents of the state to verify…
Paying ransom to kidnappers is foolishness —Obasanjo
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, has cautioned against the payment of ransom to kidnappers. He, however, submitted that the government must develop means to deal with kidnappers and bandits heavily in place of ransom payment. He noted that the…