Enugu election: Ugwuanyi, LG bosses meet over killings

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Thursday, summoned an emergency security meeting with critical stakeholders from five local government areas in the state over the worsening security in the…

Doctors, nurses more guilty of female genital mutilation – Medical expert

A medical expert, Professor Babatunde Olofinbiyi, has said nurses and doctors were more guilty of engaging in female genital mutilation than traditional birth attendants. Olofinbiyi said this in Ado Ekiti…

NNPC releases distribution details of 387.5m litres of petrol to solve scarcity

As the scarcity caused by withdrawal of methanol-blended petrol into the country eases off, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, NNPC, has released details of how it distributed a total…

IGP procures, orders distribution of uniforms, kits, says welfare of police personnel paramount

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, Wednesday, stated that the welfare of the Nigeria police personnel is paramount to the force leadership, urging officers and men to imbibe…

Why you should not allow Uzodimma come back to power, Wike tells Imolites

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday said it would be a mistake for the Imo electorate to allow the current governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodimma, to…

Buhari to sign Electoral Bill tomorrow — Presidency source

The pressure to get President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law the Electoral Act Amendment Bill heightened, yesterday, as founder of Stanbic Chartered Bank, Atedo Peterside; Methodist Bishop, Sunday Onuoha,…

Convention postponement, APC’s sign of failure –Wike 

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has mocked the All Progressives Congress over its inability to conduct its national convention earlier slated for this weekend. The governor said a party that…

BREAKING: Explosions heard in Ukraine capital Kyiv, Mariupol 

Explosions were heard before dawn Thursday in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the eastern port city of Mariupol, shortly after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announced an operation to “demilitarise” the country.…

Stop linking our members to hoodlums kidnapping, says IPOB 

The Indigenous People of Biafra has rejected claims that its members and those of the Eastern Security Network are the unknown gunmen operating in the South-East region. The group stressed…

Strike continues, ASUU insists as Ngige pleads with union 

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its four-week strike before the expiration date. UGAMATV reported…