Residents of Alor in Idemili South Local Government of Anambra State have disowned their suspended monarch, MacAnthony Okonkwo. Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige hails from Alor. Governor Willie Obiano last week suspended 12 traditional rulers for visiting President Muhammadu Buhari without permission. A statement by the President-General of …

A security guard, Lawrence Ajigboye, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly shooting a car owner, Obasi Ogbonaya, in the thigh around the Energy filling station in the Irawo area on the Ikorodu Road. It was gathered that Obasi parked his Honda Pilot SUV in …

Kano state government has terminated the contract for the construction of the Dawakin Tofa 5km dual carriage way with Rocad Construction Nigeria Limited. The project is now re-awarded to Messrs CCECC Nigeria Limited at the cost of N651.8 million. The Commissioner for Information Muhammad Garba, who briefed reporters, explained that …

Wife of Kaduna State Governor, Hajiya Ummi El-Rufai, on Monday stormed the Kaduna State House of Assembly to advocate for law castrating and executing rapists. The Governor’s wife who said average of five rape cases, especially of minors are reported daily in Kaduna, said severe penalty for rapists in the …

Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari on Sunday exonerated President Muhammadu Buhari from any blame on the incessant banditry attacks in his home state and the Northwest The President has done everything possible to ensure security in the region, he said, adding that the military is yet to translate those efforts …

Thousands of members of a Protestant church linked to a coronavirus cluster in Seoul have been asked to quarantine, South Korean authorities said Monday, as they accused the group’s firebrand conservative leader — who has reportedly tested positive — of obstruction. The country’s “trace, test and treat” approach has been …

The House of Representatives will on Monday (today) grill ministers and other top officials of the Federal Government over Nigeria’s external borrowings, especially from China. The House Committee on Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements had summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Minister of Communications …

The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal has nullified the election that produced candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP), Senator Duoye Diri as Governor. The three-member panel held the election was unlawful due to the exclusion of Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its candidate, King George from the November 16, 2019 …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has indicated that Ghana’s international airport may reopen next month after measures are set in place to test arriving passengers for coronavirus. “I know many still ask when our borders, especially our international airport, Kotoka International Airport, will be open,” Akufo-Addo said in a televised address late …

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Sunday said that each state government would receive USD2.5 million performance-based grants for implementing tax relief programmes for individual taxpayers and businesses to mitigate COVID-19 impact. The forum disclosed this in a statement issued by the Head, Media and Public Affairs of NGF Secretariat, …