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Justice Uwana was abducted along a highway on Monday in Oron Local Government Area of the state by the gunmen who shot dead her police orderly. The police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom Odiko MacDon has confirmed the abduction.  The judge was on her way home to Uyo after the court sitting in Oron when she […]

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered the demolition of more than 200 houses in the Nuwalege community for the presidential fleet plot. Wike gave the order on Tuesday in Abuja through the Director of the Department of Development Control, Tpl Mukhtar Galadima who said that the directive is a […]

Former Minister of Labour Employment and Productivity, Simon Lalong, has been sworn in as a member of the 10th Senate. Lalong was sworn in on Wednesday at a session presided over by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. He took the oath of office at about 11.57 am on the floor of the […]

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday approved a 50 percent slash in price of interstate transport fare for Nigerians traveling during the yuletide from Thursday, December 21, 2023 to January 4, 2024. This is as the President approved free rides for commuters on all train services within the period. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr […]

A total of 113 Nigerian Army Generals on Tuesday bowed out of the service. The breakdown includes one General, one Lieutenant General, 67 Major Generals, and 44 Brigadier Generals. At the Regimental Dinner Night organised in honour of newly retired and retiring Nigerian Army senior officers in Abuja, the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, hailed […]

The Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Moji Adeyeye, has lamented the alarming rate at which some Nigerians are willing to go to make quick money at the detriment of the health of its citizens.  Her claim is coming off a bust on fake wine factories in Abia […]

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed concerns over the lingering cash scarcity in the country, saying that the situation has serious implications for citizens. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, warned the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria that a mass public protest was imminent if nothing was done to address the naira shortage. […]

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, held a meeting with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, a former governor of the state, Peter Odili, and other stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over the political crisis in Rivers State. The meeting was the second intervention since the impasse between Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, started about two months ago. […]

The FCT chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has called on the National Assembly (NASS) to enact laws specifically aimed at addressing and preventing organ trafficking in the country. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, the chairman of FCT NMA, Charles Ugwuanyi, said with specific laws, Nigeria can make efforts towards […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused Vice Chancellors (VCs), political officeholders, and traditional rulers of hijacking staff employment against due process in the varsities. President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osaodeke, who raised the concern yesterday in Uyo during the Heroes’ Day Celebration of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Akwa Ibom State, wowed […]