Effium killings: Declare state of emergency in Ebonyi to save lives, AESID urges FG

The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has called on the federal government to immediately declare a state of emergency in Ebonyi State to put a stop…

Enugu students, widows, entrepreneurial group laud Ugwuanyi’s development strides, benevolence

The National Council of Enugu State Students (NACESS) Worldwide, widows in the state under the aegis of Widows’ International Ministries and a Non-Profit Entrepreneurial Organization, The Potter’s Wheel Foundation, on…

FG declares Friday, Monday Easter public holidays

THE Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday, April 2 and 5, 2021, as public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the…

Tears as suspected Fulani kill 22 in Ebonyi, Enugu, Umahi fumes

Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday invaded Obeagu community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and killed 16 persons who were between the ages of 18 and 56.…

Reps summon FIRS boss, query tax waiver for P&G

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has invited the Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr Muhammad Mami, over a tax clearance certificates issued to Procter and Gamble,…

Ondo monarch warns residents on meat consumption as 30 cows die mysteriously

The monarch of Akungba Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Sunday Ajimo, has warned his subjects not to consume dead cow meat as…

Army: Recruitment of 50 million youths comment, an error, says Tinubu’s aide

Tunde Rahman, spokesman for All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, has said the comment made by his principal that the Federal Government should recruit 50 million youths into the Nigerian…

Customs propose ban on vehicles above seven years

 The House of Representatives’ Committee on Customs and Excise has proposed a revenue target of N1.56tn for the Nigeria Customs Service in 2021, up from the original N1.4tn proposition. The…

Court bars FG from blocking SIM cards on April NIN linkage deadline

A Federal High Court in Lagos State has barred the Federal Government from blocking SIM cards not linked to National Identity Numbers next month. The Ministry of Communications and Digital…

Family members beat teacher unconscious, assault corper for punishing Ogun pupil

A teacher at the Comforter City International School, Pakuro, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Grace Akinoso, has been hospitalised after members of the family of…