Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Aamechi, on Saturday, laid the foundation stone of Transport and Logistics Institute of Gregory University, Uturu (GUU), in Isuikwuato local government area of Abia State. Amaechi gave an assurance that the federal government was committed to realizing the transport policy of the country. The institute which is the first of its kind in Nigeria would boost the training of experts that would operate in the transport, maritime and aviation...

The government of Switzerland has donated an ultra-modern Personnel Resource Training Centre to the Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service to help improve its services. This was disclosed in Calabar by Jolanda Pfister Herren, Migration Adviser, Embassy of Switzerland Abuja, during an inspection of the Centre in Cross River Command of the NIS. Jolanda who came with three other officers from the Immigration Service of Switzerland said the essence of the visit...

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has described Dr. Arthur Nwankwo as a unique Igboman and a true Nigerian who deployed everything available to him for the liberation of the people and advancement of humanity. Reacting, yesterday, to news of the death, on Saturday, of Dr. Nwankwo, Obi said he had followed his “literary flowering”, both as a publisher and an author. He described the...

Residents of the MCC-Uratta road area and its community in Owerri North Local Government Area and within Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA) Imo State have raised alarm over alleged threat to their lives and properties by the siting of a new mega private gas station in the vicinity. The residents called for its immediate relocation of the fuel station as their lives are in danger. The residents under the auspices of Mcc-Uratta Road Residents Association...

The authorities of the National Youth Service Corps in Cross River has denied a recent report that a corps member in the state was impregnated by a JSS2 student. The NYSC’s response follows a viral story  alleging  that a JSS2 student in Cross River State impregnated a female corps member. The NYSC in a release in Calabar denied the allegation describing the news as fake. Abdullahi Yuguda, the head of Press Unit in the organization...

Fire on Sunday, razed about 200 shops in Ofoke Market popularly known as Kpirikpiri market, Abakaliki, in Ebonyi state. Kpirikpiri market is the second largest market in Abakaliki.  The fire incident which started by 2pm destroyed properties worth millions of Naira. The cause of the fire was said to be by bush burning but traders whose shops were affected were crying uncontrollably. Commissioner for Internal Security and Border Peace, Mr. Stanley Okoro Emegha and the...