2 Banks, Over 100 Shops Sealed For Defying Govt’s Directives The Enugu State Government on Monday sealed up over 100 shops and 2 banks within Enugu metropolis for defying her order by obeying the illegal sit-at-home order already cancelled by the state government. Speaking to newsmen after the exercise, Mr. Gideon Onyia Officer in-charge of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, disclosed that 78 shops were sealed at Ogbete Market, 5 shops at SPAR...

…Demands full investigation The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is alarmed by the reported foiled terrorist attack on its presidential candidate and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and other sensitive locations in Yola, Adamawa State. The party stressed that by the confession of the arrested assailants, the plot has the pawmarks of a sponsored attempt on the life of Atiku Abubakar, ostensibly by forces, who are unsettled by his bid to retrieve...

…Calls for cut of cost of governance The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has on  Monday commended the decision of the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy but expressed concern over  the persistent call for sacrifices on the part of citizens, stressing it is no longer tenable. Festus Osifo, President of TUC, while briefing the media on the state of the nation, noted that the Federal Government never reciprocates the sacrifices made by Nigerians. He charged...

The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole has expressed shock over the looting of television sets, carpets, and chairs by the immediate past senators and House of Representatives members. Oshiomhole, who made the revelation when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said the level of vandalization of the properties of the National Assembly by former lawmakers was carried out in the presence of security men and women. “I had to pay to fix my...