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In a significant step towards enhancing educational infrastructure and fostering economic growth in the region, Hon. Uche Okolo, the Executive Chairman of Awgu Local Government Council, has officially commenced the construction of road networks leading to Smart Schools across the 11 wards of Awgu LGA. The initiative began with a nearly 4-kilometer road project with...

At least five persons lost their lives in an explosion in a residential area in Omoku, headquarters of the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government of Rivers State, on Saturday. Fyneface Dumnamene, an environmentalist and executive director of the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday. It was gathered that the blast...

The Obidient Movement has launched its online registration portal and identity cards for members in Nigeria and in the diaspora. This was disclosed on Saturday in a statement signed by Obidient Movement’s National Coordinator, Dr Yunusa Tanko and Nana Kazaure, the Director of Strategic Communications and Media of the Obidient Movement. The movement said the...

The Kano Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Shazali, has issued a stern warning to travellers, whether businessmen, pilgrims, or tourists, that violators of Nigeria’s cash movement laws risk forfeiture of funds and a minimum of two years imprisonment. Shazali delivered the warning during a strategic sensitisation programme for stakeholders...

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Uche Nwosu, has insisted that the presidency cannot return to the North in 2027 because former President Muhammadu Buhari completed eight years in office. Nwosu stated this in an interview with newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. According to the former Chief of Staff to Imo State government, the...

One of the founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Chris Ekpenyong, has lamented the recent wave of defection by the party’s bigwigs to the ruling All Progressives Congress. UGAMATV reports that the defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, his deputy, Sir Monday Onyeme, and his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has forecast thunderstorms and haziness across Nigeria from Sunday to Tuesday. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja predicted moderate dust haze over Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Borno, Kano, Yobe, and Jigawa States. The agency anticipated isolated thunderstorms in parts of Adamawa and Taraba States throughout the forecast period. According...

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state to remain steadfast and avoid distractions as the administration delivers dividends of democracy and good governance. Reacting to recent developments within the party in a statement on Saturday, issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the Governor noted that...

US President Donald Trump has suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin has to be dealt with differently through secondary sanctions amid his country’s ongoing war with Ukraine. Trump said this while accusing Putin of “tapping” him along over Ukraine peace talks. According to him, there was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Segun Sowunmi, has urged the 2023 Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to stop demarketing Nigeria especially at international forums. Sowunmi said this while reacting to Obi’s X post on Friday, in which the ex-presidential candidate compared Nigeria’s economic growth with some countries. Obi had during his...