A student of the Bishop Crowther Memorial Seminary School, Awka, Anambra State has been burnt to death in a fire outbreak that gut one of the school hostels over the weekend. The Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Fire Service, Mr. Harrison Nwegwu confirmed this in a statement to newsmen on Sunday. According to him, Anambra State Fire Service received a distress call at about 11:30pm on Saturday, 18th May, 2024 reporting a fire...
Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has harped on the appointment of grassroots people for Ward Special Assistants, warning stakeholders against frustrating his efforts. The Governor who disclosed this known in a statement on Monday, stressed that his administration is determined to take governance back to the grassroots. In his words: “Sometimes ago, I gave a directive to the effect that every Ward should meet and present three people to represent them in my...
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has been denied bail once more. The decision comes from the Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Binta Nyako. Kanu is facing a seven-count charge of treasonable felony brought against him by the Nigerian government. His lawyers had filed an application seeking bail or house arrest. However, Justice Nyako dismissed all their requests. This is not the first time Kanu’s bail plea...
Renewed violence has erupted in Ebonyi state, with gunmen launching a deadly attack on Ikachi village in the Akparata area of Effium in Ohaukwu local government area. According to reports, the attackers struck early Sunday morning, leaving a trail of death and destruction. Two villagers were brutally killed and beheaded in the raid. The attackers abducted seven others, including five women and two men. Additionally, at least twelve residents suffered gunshot wounds, and five houses...
Kaduna State witnessed a successful intervention by a mobile police unit on Friday, 19th May 2024. The unit, recently deployed to Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area, thwarted an attempted attack on local farmers. According to a statement by Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, the police received distress calls about an ongoing attack on the outskirts of Kuriga village. Responding swiftly, the security forces engaged in a shootout with...
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has withdrawn its directive mandating banks and payment service providers to collect a cybersecurity levy. The levy, outlined at 0.5 per cent of electronic transactions, was met with widespread criticism shortly after its announcement on 6th May 2024. The CBN’s revised circular, dated 17th May 2024, instructs all commercial banks, payment service providers (PSPs), non-interest banks, and others to disregard the previous directive. According to the latest circular, the...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi on Sunday visited victims of Kano mosque fire-bombing on their hospital beds at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, where some of them are receiving treatment. He condoled with the government and the people of Kano and urged all Nigerians to stand together to fight such senseless acts. “This is very horrific and remains very condemnable. Sadly, this can happen in...
Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima has commended the governors of the North-East for their cohesion, sense of purpose, and commitment to regional development. The vice president made the commendation in Bauchi on Saturday, while commissioning the newly reconstructed and remodeled ultramodern Government House Bauchi, expressing the need for collective action among governors of the Northeast to tackle the challenges facing the sub-region. “I want to take this opportunity to commend our governors for their camaraderie,...
The Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-Imam has hinted that the new government will sanction erring health workers involved in professional misconduct in the state’s health sector. Dr El-Imam was reacting to the reported missing umbilical cord and placenta of a new born baby at a Cottage hospital in Iloffa, Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state. “That professional misconduct among health workers would not be condoned by the government. The professional misconduct...
The Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience – OSPRE, the West African Network for Peacebuilding – WANEP, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, and the Government of Anambra State, have partnered to drive conversation toward lasting solutions to insecurity in the Southeast, through non-kinetic measures. This conversation which was held for two days at the International Convention Centre in Awka, the Anambra State capital, signaled the beginning of an open forum for the exchange of information on real issues militating against...
