Abuja, Nigeria — Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, has alleged that Iran’s destabilising activities are now reaching Nigeria and other parts of Africa. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday during a screening of the documentary We Will Dance Again: Surviving October 7th, the Israeli envoy warned of Iran’s influence beyond the Middle East and its…
Yenagoa, Bayelsa — The Bayelsa State Government has called on local government councils to increase their internally generated revenues (IGR) in order to meet the new minimum wage requirements recently announced by Governor Douye Diri. State Deputy Governor Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo made this appeal on Friday while meeting with the executive committee of the Nigerian Union…
Calabar, Cross River State – The Cross River State 2025 Appropriation Bill has been read a second time on the floor of the House of Assembly and committed to the Committee on Finance and Appropriation for further legislative procedures. The Bill was deliberated upon by legislators after its presentation by the Leader of the Assembly,…
Calabar, Cross River State – The Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) has expressed worry over the alledged encroachment on Ikun land in Biase LGA by the people of Okon in Ohafia LGA of Abia State. Accordingly, the House has adopted resolutions calling on the State Government through its relevant Agencies, including the State…
By Ekong Okpa High expectations greeted the brief ceremony of handing over the seal of Office to the Executive Chairman of Obubra Local Government Council, Hon. Kingsley Arikpo, by Head of Local Government Administration of the Council (HOLGA), Mr Ike Bassey Ibangha, at the Council Secretariat on Thursday. In a symbolic presentation of the handover…
So far, we’ve dug out a list of Chiefs of Army Staff who died in office in Nigeria and they are three. Below are the details: 1. Major General Joseph Akahan (August 1967) Joseph Akahan, a 30-year-old Army Chief, died in a helicopter crash while returning to Makurdi from his hometown of Gboko. 2. Lieutenant…
