A raid by IS-affiliated jihadists on a military base in Borno State has left eight Nigerian soldiers killed and 23 others injured, three security sources told AFP correspondent yesterday. About 70 fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group riding motorcycles attacked a base at Cross Kauwa village, leading to a fierce gun…
Commissioner Akhabue in midst of others during the inspection The Edo State Commissioner for Works, Dr. Felix Ehiguese Akhabue JP earlier this week embarked on the second phase of onsite inspections of ongoing road projects by the Governor Okpebholo-led administration across the Edo South. The Commissioner said Okpebholo-led administration envisions a state that is opened…
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has appointed a Nollywood star Mrs. Mercy Johnson-Okojie as Special Adviser on Public Engagement and Advocacy. A statement by Umar Musa Ikhilor, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), yesterday, said Mrs. Johnson-Okojie as Special Adviser will deploy her vast public influence, communication expertise, and grassroots reach to strengthen citizens’…
Barinada Mpigi, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works has died. It was gathered, Senator Mpigi, 64 died on Thursday. The senator was born on June 23, 1961. Mpigi represented the South-East senatorial district of Rivers until his death. A source confirmed the lawmaker’s demise to on Thursday morning. The late lawmaker was first elected…
The Save Nigeria Group (SNGUSA), a charity based in the United States of America (USA), has joined its counterpart and pivot in Nigeria, the Save Nigeria Initiative (SNI), extolling the virtues of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson snr., the charismatic civil rights activist and clergy, who had passed on in America, aged 84 years. In separate…
Social media has been literally on fire after a man reportedly married three women in a single day in Ilorin, Kwara State. The incident, said to have taken place in Ilorin, came to public attention after a video surfaced on X. In the clip, the groom stood in the middle of three young women, placing…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026 into law despite strong opposition to the bill. The signing ceremony took place at the State House, Abuja, at about 5:00pm on Wednesday, with principal officers of the National Assembly in attendance. The National Assembly had on Tuesday passed the Electoral…
By Oto Drama, PhD A response to the “PJI Initiative Media” Delusions THE recent press release from the Professor Julius Ihonvbere (PJI) camp is not a defense of leadership; it is a eulogy for accountability. Draped in the flowery prose of a man who has spent more time in Abuja air-conditioning than in the dust…
Gabon president, Brice Oligui Nguema Gabon has announced the suspension of social media platforms, citing the “spread of false information”, “cyberbullying” and the “unauthorised disclosure of personal data.” Gabon’s media regulator on Tuesday announced the suspension of social media platforms “until further notice”, blaming content posted online for stoking conflict and division in society. The…
By Oto Drama, PhD THE delicate fabric of Nigeria’s federalism is currently being stretched to a breaking point by a glaring legal and moral contradiction: the aggressive enforcement of Sharia penal codes in 12 northern states, juxtaposed against their reliance on “sin taxes” generated from the very substances they prohibit. As the U.S. government ramps…
