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By Ibe Pascal, Owerri Gunmen in their numbers with Siena and Highlander vehicles stormed the popular and ever-busy Akwakuma Junction, Owerri in Imo on Saturday afternoon.and engaged in sporadic shootings which upturned the junction to a chaotic place in a split of seconds. Our correspondent gathered that market (Old)women, passengers...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to become the next chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu, who leaves Abuja on Saturday ahead of the Sunday meeting of the heads of state of the regional political and economic bloc, is expected to take over from President...

The panel of inquiry set up by the Anambra State Government has confirmed that Mmesoma Ejikeme manipulated her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result, where she actually scored 249 as against 362. The eight-page report of the panel also recommended that Mmesoma immediately tender an unreserved written apology to the Joint...

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 24 kidnapped victims and eliminated four bandits in Zamfara State.  Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, July 7, 2023, said troops rescued the victims, including a child, after a fierce gun battle with...

National Examinations Council, NECO, has unveiled the NECOe-Verify platform, a portal for verification and confirmation of results. The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi said the “NECO e-Verify” is an Online Result Verification solution that guarantees instant authentication of academic and basic information about prospective candidates for admission and...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Thursday in Abuja revealed the reason behind the delay in the conduct of the national population expressing his unwavering support for the National Population Commission (NPC) to conduct an accurate Population and Housing Census in the country. The President, however, emphasized the need for the commission...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended resident electoral commissioner in Adamawa state. The charges were filed at the high court in Yola, the state capital. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had arrested Yunusa-Ari over his conduct during the governorship election...

By Mathew Dadiya President Bola Tinubu, Thursday suspended the suspends the Finance Act 2023 introduced by former President Muhammadu Buhari towards the end of his administration, deferring the date of its commencement from 28th May, 2023 to 1st of September, 2023. The President also signed four Executive Orders (EOs) into...

PRESIDENT-GENERAL of the Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Wednesday, appealed to the Federal Government to have Mazi Nnamdi Kanu released, saying his continuous detention is a deliberate attempt by some elements to destroy the economy of the South-East. Iwuanyanwu, who spoke in Lagos during the first...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a fresh two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government over the implementation of a 200% increment in the salary structure of its members, amongst other demands. The resident doctors reached the resolution on Wednesday at a virtual Extraordinary National Executive Council Meeting...