Gov. Mbah Signs Executive Order Creating New Urban Areas In Enugu State

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah on Thursday signed the Land Use Regulation 2025 and Executive Order No. 1, 2025 designating several locations and Local Government Areas in the State as urban areas. Out of the 17 LGAs in the state, by this Executive Order, 7 LGAs and some locations in 10 LGAs are now classified as urban areas. The Executive Order titled ‘Enugu State Designation of Land as Urban Areas’ provides that...

Ohanaeze President General Reaffirms Commitment To Hand Over To Rivers Indigene

Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu, the President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural and political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has reaffirmed his commitment to hand over power to an indigene of Rivers State on Friday, January 10, 2025. Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, in a press statement on Thursday noted that the President General had stated that though his tenure is very brief, what matters is the impact and legacy with...

Stampede: Group Demands Public Inquest Into Recent Tragedies

…Condemns Gov Makinde’s Interference In Legal Process Centre for Public Accountability (CPA), a prominent civil society organisation has demanded full public inquest from the governments of Oyo, Anambra, Bauchi, Nasarawa States, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration, and other relevant authorities into the tragic stampedes that have recently occurred in those states. The incidents also resulted in the loss of innocent lives in Ibadan, Oyo State, Abuja, Bauchi State, Keffi, Nasarawa State, and Okija, Anambra...

Nigeria’s Armed Forces Rank 39th Worldwide, 4th in Africa

The Nigerian military has been ranked 39th in the latest Global Firepower (GFP) rankings out of 145 countries reviewed, marking a decline from its 36th position in 2023 and 35th in 2022. Among African nations, Nigeria also dropped from third to fourth place, ranking behind Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa. Egypt remains Africa’s top-ranked military power, followed by Algeria, South Africa, and Nigeria. Other African nations in the top 10 include Ethiopia, Angola, Morocco, the...

NAF Revives Dornier DO-228 Aircraft Grounded for 23 Years

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced the successful reactivation of a Dornier DO-228 aircraft that had been grounded for 23 years. This accomplishment, according to NAF, underscores the ingenuity and expertise of its engineers and technicians In a statement issued on 8 January 2025, Olusola Akinboyewa, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, said, “The reactivation of NAF-039 after 23 years is more than an engineering achievement; it showcases the NAF’s ingenuity, resilience,...

Cardinal Okpalaeke Reveals Why There’s Increase In Failed Marriages

The Bishop Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia, Peter Ebele Okpalaeke, says failure from parents, community and the Church are reasons why there’s increased in marriage crashes in the world today. Cardinal Okpalaeke, disclosed this while speaking to Journalists during the 45th Wedding Anniversary ceremony of Chief and lolo Paulinus Nwafor in Ezioko village-Oko, Orumba North local government area of Anambra State. The Prelate said training of children on the ways of God from infantry to the...

Éric Chelle Appointed as Super Eagles Head Coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new head coach of the Super Eagles, Nigeria’s senior men’s national football team. In a statement, the NFF announced that its Executive Committee endorsed the recommendation of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee for Chelle’s appointment during a meeting held in Abuja on 2 January 2025. The endorsement was finalised on 7 January. “The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed the...

Mubarak Bala Walks Free After 4 Years in Prison for Blasphemy

…Activists Condemn Nigeria’s Blasphemy Laws Mubarak Bala, an atheist and former President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, has regained his freedom after spending nearly four-and-a-half years in detention for blasphemy. Bala was arrested on 28 April 2020, at his residence in Kaduna following complaints of blasphemous Facebook posts deemed critical of Islam, Allah, and Prophet Mohammed. He was subsequently transferred to Kano State, where he faced accusations of incitement and breaching public peace. In...

Kwara State Recruits 1,811 School Teachers, Attendants

No fewer than 1,811 applicants have been shortlisted for employment by the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) out of more than 55,713 applicants from across the state. According to a statement by the KWSUBEB Chairman Prof. Sheu Raheem Adaramaja, successful applicants included 1,500 teachers, mostly from STEM subjects, and 311 non-teaching staff comprising drivers, security guards, and office assistants for schools in the 16 local government areas of the state. He said the...

Borno House Speaker Says Two LGAs Under Terrorist Control

The control of Guzamala and Kukawa LGAs in Borno state by terrorists has become worrisome to the Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan. The Speaker therefore called on the federal government to establish a military brigade aimed at liberating the two LGAs. A military brigade is a major tactical unit in the army that consists of several battalions and supporting elements and has between 3,000 and 5,000 troops. The speaker, who...

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