The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday said Nigeria is on the brink of a one-party dictatorship. Atiku made the claim in his message to mark Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day celebration. The former Vice President charged all politicians of integrity to rise up and reclaim Nigeria’s democracy from oppression. According to Atiku: “Our ...

A Federal High Court in Rivers State has declared that there’s no going back on Rivers Local Government election on October 5th as scheduled. Justice I.P.C Igwe stated this while ruling on the suit BETWEEN: ACTION PEOPLES PARTY (APP) and RIVERS STATE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION, RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT, DEFENDANTS, GOVERNOR OF RIVERS STATE. He ruled that the Defendants are bound to make ...

Nineteen children trafficked from Kebbi State have been rescued from traffickers in Calabar, Cross River State. The children, whose ages range from 3 to 6 years, were reportedly being moved in batches from Kebbi to Calabar when officials of the National Agency for the Prohibiting of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) intercepted some of them. While addressing journalists at the Chambers of the ...

Ebonyi State Government has said that flight operations at the Chuba Okadigbo Airport Onueke is expected to begin Operation in November. The State Commissioner for Aviation, Mrs Ngozi Obichukwu, made this known while briefing Governo Francis Nwifuru during his inspection of the facility. The inspection was as part of activities to mark the state’s 28th anniversary. Obichukwu said that the ...

A Federal High Court, Rivers State Judicial Division, has declared that there is no going back on the Rivers Local Government election scheduled for October 5. Justice I.P.C. Igwe stated this while ruling on the suit between Action Peoples Party (APP) and the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Rivers State Government, and the Governor of Rivers State. He ruled that the defendants are ...

Benin, Sept. 30, 2024 (TheGavel) – Prof. Monday Igbafe, the Benin Zonal Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and a lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, has successfully escaped from the captivity of suspected kidnappers in Edo State. According to reports, Igbafe was ambushed late Saturday night at the entrance of his residence in Ekpoma by armed men believed to ...