Benue councillors lament unpaid allowance since 2020, threaten one-week protest
Elected councillors in Benue State have threatened to embark on a one-week protest in Makurdi, the state capital, against the nonpayment of their furniture allowance. The ex-councillors, under the aegis of “Benue State Councillor’s Forum 2020,” disclosed this in a letter to the Commissioner of Police in the state.
University of lagos discovers body of unidentified person floating on its shore
The management of the University of Lagos has raised alarm over the body of an unidentified person found floating on the shore of the University of Lagos Lagoon Front. This was contained in a series of tweet posted Monday night by the school management, affirming that a body was
Unknown assailants hack mother and her 5-year-old daughter to death in Kebbi
The Deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Sama’ila Yombe Dabai, has condemned the cold-blooded murder of a woman and her 5-year-old daughter in Birnin Kebbi. The 25-year-old housewife, Malama Sadiyya Idris and her daughter, Amina, were macheted to death by unknown assailants at their residence along Labana Rice Mill,
War in Ukraine: UK ‘working urgently’ to verify reports of possible chemical attack in Mariupol
James Heappey made the comments to Sky’s Kay Burley – as foreign secretary Liz Truss said the UK was “working urgently” to check the reports that Russia used chemical agents in the besieged city of Mariupol. Ms Truss said any confirmed use of such weapons in Mariupol would be a
2023: Osinbajo declares intention for Presidential race
By Dooshima Fidelis Yemi Osinbajo, Vice- president Federal Republic of Nigeria has on Sunday night met with a group of governors of the All Progressive Party over the declaration for the 2023 presidential race. The meeting on Sunday night at his Aguda House, Abuja official residence, was apparently for Muslim
FCT: Strange persons enters Abuja- FCT Police Warns
By Dooshima Fidelis DCP Ben Igwe has warned that some strange persons have been trooping into the nation’s capital, FCT even as he stated that the command is working towards eradicating such personalities from Abuja. The FCT Deputy Police Commissioner DCP Ben Igweh made this statement while parading 98 suspected
NURTW: Lagosians, appoints MC Oluomo as Chairman
This is coming several weeks after the state government suspended the operations of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state and took control of all parks and garages to prevent a breakdown of law and order following a leadership tussle. The Lagos State Government has set
Ondo Chocolate goes for Sale in Maryland, USA
A first Made-in-Nigeria chocolate bars have gone out for sale in Maryland, USA for $16.50, that is about N7, 000 based on N415.65 at $1 exchange rate. Nigeria exports over 80 percent of the cocoa beans without value addition which puts the wealth of cocoa in the hands of European
TalkTalk owners weigh £3bn sale as suitors come calling
Sky News has learned, that Vodafone has been weighing whether to make a potential offer for TalkTalk in recent weeks. Sky, the Comcast-owned immediate parent of Sky News, is also said to have been examining whether to make an offer for part of the Salford-head quartered group. Telecoms industry sources
Rocket strike hits Kramatorsk railway station – Russia denies
Thousands of civilians were at Kramatorsk railway station trying to evacuate to safer regions in the war-ravaged country, the governor of the Donetsk region said. The Kremlin has denied that Russia carried out the strike, citing its defence ministry. Moscow has claimed the type of missile used in the attack