The pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has said it has no objection to a southerner becoming Nigeria’s president in 2023. It, however, said it would not interfere in a matter that had to do with political parties or support a particular zone or candidate for

The House of Representatives has faulted the Federal Government for giving schools the go-ahead to resume on Monday despite the increasing cases of COVID-19. The House said government officials did not consult the relevant committees of the National Assembly, contrary to their claim that all relevant

The delivery of COVID-19 vaccines may suffer delay following the failure of the Federal Ministry of Health to write the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration for approval A director at the health ministry confirmed this to one of our correspondents on Saturday. The Executive Director,

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a suspected Internet fraudster popularly called yahoo boy with the corpse of his girlfriend after he was caught attempting to dump the body of the lady, Blessing Akpovwovwo, in a bush. The suspect, said to be a

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has reached an advanced stage towards launching a multibillion naira airline by pooling together its aviation assets especially planes in debt-ridden Arik Air and Aerocontactors Airlines. The new international airline, to be named Nigeria Eagle, may take to the sky

The Pan Niger Delta Forum, on Saturday, urged the South-South and the South-East geopolitical zones to quickly meet and reach a resolution on the region to produce the next president by 2023. PANDEF spokesman, Ken Robinson, who stated this in an interview, also commended the Borno

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former military administrator of Lagos and Borno state, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd) as the Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). As a close ally of President Buhari, Gen. Marwa had worked assiduously as Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee

Arsenal and Mesut Ozil have reached an agreement to terminate his contract, according to The Athletic. Ozil has been frozen out since March 2020 by Gunners boss, Mikel Arteta. The German was also excluded from Arsenal’s Premier League and Europa League squads. Although he always insisted he would

Abia State government, on Saturday, said it has set up a mobile court in the State to check the unabated harmful environmental attitudes of the people, particularly in Aba. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tony Nwamuo, made the disclosure while monitoring environmental activities in the commercial

Street traders at Obikabia and Opobo junctions, Ogbor Hill in Aba, have been given seven days to vacate the streets and move into approved markets in the city. The State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tony Nwamuo, who gave the ultimatum when he led a task force