National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Imo State Command (NDLEA), has called on all communities in the State to assist the agency in the fight against drug abuse. Imo State Commander of the Agency, NSE INAM made the call during an interview with journalists in Owerri, urging residents of the state to bring their loved ones […]
Faction of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) has rejected the petition filed by its presidential candidate, AMBROSE ALBERT and the party against the election of President MUHAMMADU BUHARI. The faction of the party led by one POLAND TAMPRE, at the resumed hearing of the petitions, announced that its presidential candidate is never authorized or mandated […]
The banned ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a criminal investigation into the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. The French football legend elected to lead European football’s governing body in 2007 was taken into custody by French anti-corruption police investigating the awarding of the 2022 World Cup […]
Troops of 112 Task Force Battalion have destroyed Boko Haram camps along Kajeri village in Borno State. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, said the operation was made possible following a collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF). According to Musa, two women and […]
The Federal Government has called on Nigerians to disregard a message making the rounds claiming there is a positive case of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Health, quoted the Permanent Secretary, Mr Abdullaziz Mashi Abdullahi, as saying the message was false, could cause harm to innocent […]
Imo State Governor, EMEKA IHEDIOHA has approved the appointment of twelve Special Advisers in his cabinet. Some of the new appointees include .CHUDI UWAZURIKE, JONES ONYERERI, JEFF OJINIKA, SONNY OGULEWE, RICHMOND OSUJI amongst others. Governor IHEDIOHA in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary CHIBUIKE ONYEUKWU, also approved the appointment of IZUCHUKWU AKWARANDU as […]
Members of the Imo State House of Assembly has urged the state governor, EMEKA IHEDIOHA, to probe the immediate past governor, ROCHAS OKOROCHA, for allegedly using 5 billion naira belonging to the state government to build a private university for himself. Member representing Aboh Mbaise state constituency EDDY OBINNA who sponsored the motion, alleged […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the current attacks on the people of Kona in Taraba State, and ordered security forces to end the violence immediately and decisively. BUHARI, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, in Abuja, warned that attacks on innocent people in the name of […]
The Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, has reiterated that the military will not rest on its oars until the insurgency is brought to an end. He also added that the procurement of additional platforms will change the game in its war against insurgency. His reassurance was made by the Commander, 153 Base Services Group, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the voluntary retirement from service of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, adding that the retirement took effect from May 28, 2019. According to Mr Shehu, the President […]
