Author: Chidiogo Asuke (Chidiogo Asuke)

The Odua Peoples Assembly, OPA, has backed the Department of State Services, DSS’ arrest of Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC. UGAMATV reported that Joe Ajaero was arrested by the DSS at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Monday as he tried to board an aeroplane to the United Kingdom for...

Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits in their large numbers have kidnapped two nurses and an unspecified number of patients from the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, eastern part of Birnin-Gwari LGA of Kaduna State. The hoodlums were said to have targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, at 9:00 am on Monday. However, upon...

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, converged in Abuja for an emergency meeting on Monday. The meeting followed the arrest and detention of its President, Joe Ajaero. UGAMATV reported that Ajaero was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his way to the United Kingdom, UK, for a meeting. READ ALSO Government Warns Against...

No fewer than thirty persons were reportedly killed in a fuel tanker explosion along Agaie-Bida road in Niger State on Sunday morning. It was gathered that the tanker collided with a trailer loaded with cattle heading towards Lagos State from Wudil, Kano State. Abdullahi Arah, Director General of Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, who...

Reports have emerged that Ajuri Ngelale stepped down as the Spokesperson of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over fear of being sacked. UGAMATV reported on Saturday that Ngelale announced his decision to take a leave of absence from work over medical and personal issues. The Presidency in a statement later confirmed and accepted Ngelale’s decision to...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has told Nigerians in China the reasons for the recent increase in the pump price of petrol in Nigeria. UGAMATV reported on Tuesday that Premium Motor Spirit, also called petrol, is now being sold between N897 and N1000. Tinubu, who concluded his official activities in the Asian giants on Friday in...

The Amegu community in the Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have officially declared a ban on the sale and purchase of land within their ancestral homes. They said the decision became effective following the pronouncement of Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State over land security within Izhi Nnodo’s ancestral home, Amegu. They recalled...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has approved a work-from-home arrangement for civil servants in the state. The arrangement is aimed at further cushioning the effect of the current economic situation on workers in the state. According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode, under the new...

The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that it has not stopped students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, exams. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made the clarification in Abuja on Friday while...