Police in Abia on Thursday arrested two pensioners in Umuahia for allegedly organising a protest in Umuahia against alleged state government’s failure to pay their pension arrears. The arrested persons included Daniel Amugo and Chukwuemeka Augustus, the Chairman and Secretary of a group, called Abia State Concerned Pensioners.Speaking with newsmen, the Vice Chairman of the group, John Kalu, said that police arrested the two people after their meeting with the Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Aham...

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has put all airline operators, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) and Aerodrome Operators on alert over the outbreak of Coronavirus. The General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr Sam Adurogboye made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday. Adurogboye said the alert was contained in a letter by the Acting Director General, NCAA, Capt. Sidi Abdullahi. The NCAA official said it had called for a high level of vigilance...

The Federal government on Thursday inaugurated the FCT e-Government Training Centre Governing Committee for the in Abuja. Inaugurating the Committee, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantani, said the action was in line with the NITDA’s Act 2007 which mandated the agency to come up with framework and regulatory instrument for E- governance implementation and the Galaxy Backbone to provide what is required of digital infrastructure for federal public institutions and...

The  Delta State Government  has sealed a deal with Federal government on how to tap from the large gas deposit in the state through the exploration of the newly unveiled Methanol Fuel Technology Policy. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said this when he received the Executive Governor of Delta state, Dr. Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa in his office on Thursday in Abuja. The partnership, Dr. Onu added, would be a Win Win arrangement to...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met with South-West Governors where it was agreed that the structure of Amotekun should also align with the Community Policing strategy of the Federal Government. Amotekun is a security Initiative inaugurated on Jan. 9, 2020, by the Governors of the South-West to address the challenges of insecurity in the region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the meeting, which was attended by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar...

The Kebbi Police Command have confirmed the invasion of MTN office in Tudun Wada area of Birnin Kebbi by three armed robbers on Wednesday. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. “Yes, the robbery took place and investigation has since began,” he said. Earlier, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, the MTN Manager in the state told NAN that the robbers stormed the shop around 2.pm on Wednesday and...

2023: Pick your candidate from South-East, Group urges political parties Ndi-Igbo United Forum (NUF), a socio-political organisation, has called on all political parties in the country to zone their presidential tickets to the South-East for the 2023 presidential poll. President-General of the group, Chief Godson Ezenagu, made the appeal in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Onitsha on Thursday. Ezenagu said zoning the tickets would engender peace, tranquility and development in the...