The governor of Ebonyi state, Engr. David Umahi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to fight corruption in such a manner that every Nigerian will feel the impact of the anti-graft war. The governor made this known at the Government House in Abakaliki on Tuesday when he received Muslim faithfuls …

By Fikayo Olowolagba Former Delta State governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has called on the Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, to stop intimidating Senate President, Bukola Saraki and leaders of the National Assembly. Onuesoke, who spoke …

Giants of Africa basketball camp run by the Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri began in Lagos yesterday at the Sports Hall of the National Stadium and will run through August 25. The specialist development programme for teenagers is unique this year as it is the 15th anniversary celebration. Ujiri and …

By Esther Onyegbula Policemen attached to the Ogun state police command have has arrested three men for vandalising the mast of the telecommunication company in atan ota area of Ado Ota local government area of Ogun state. The three suspects namely kehinde Yahaya,(36) Akeem Adetona (36) and Taofeek Olalere (36) …

President Muhammadu Buhari said, yesterday, that his faith in National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, remained unshaken. The President, who spoke in Daura while receiving corps members serving in the town, said it was better to know about the country than for people to be state-inclined. President Buhari is currently spending …

The Rivers State Police Command has denied any involvement in the violence and ballot snatching that led to the suspension of last Saturday’s by-election into Port Harcourt State Constituency III. Briefing journalists monday at the headquarters of the Command in Port Harcourt, the state Commissioner of Police, Zaki Ahmed, said …

The Presidential Committee on Victim Support Fund has set aside N700 million to rebuild institutions destroyed in the perennial attacks by suspected herdsmen in Benue State. This was disclosed monday by the Executive Director of the Fund, Prof. Sunday Ochoche in Gbajimba, the headquarters of Guma Local Government Area (LGA) …

Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has emerged ‘Best Governor – Grassroots & People Development in the 2018 Nigeria’s Good Governance Poll,’ organised by the African Leadership Magazine UK. This is coming as the Permanent Secretary, Delta State Ministry of Health, Dr. Minnie Oseji, has presented certificate of awards and …

The stakes in Akwa Ibom State were raised yesterday after Governor Udom Emmanuel waved aside threats from his predecessor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to give his intention for a second term even as he flayed Akpabio for not building a single industry in the state. Governor Emmanuel’s assertion was in response …

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has decried the alleged use of security forces, including special police and military units, by the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government in  last weekend’s bye-election in Rivers State. The party said: “Such brazen assault on the will of the people, particularly as witnessed in the …