How his Revolution Catapulted Ebonyi from Nigeria’s Least Advantaged to Most Advanced State in Just 6 Years PREAMBLE While I voyaged round the litany of projects that now adorn the geographical landscape of Ebonyi, I ruminated extensively and seemed to vividly capture Pratibha Patil’s state of mind when he stated that -“corruption is the enemy…
The Nigerian Communications Commission wishes to alert members of the public that a cybercrime group has perfected a new year scheme to deliver ransomware to targeted organizational networks. The new ransomware uncovered by security experts has been categorised, by the Nigerian Computer Emergency Response Team’s (ngCERT) advisory released over the weekend, as high-risk and critical….
Borno State Government has awarded contracts for the dualization and construction of N11.6 billion roads projects in the Maiduguri metropolis. The 5.324 km dualization of Ahmadu Bello Way/El-Kanemi Roundabout/ Mogoram/Lafiya/Shehu Sanda Kura roads have been awarded to Eighteenth Engineering Company (EEC) at the cost of N8.8 billion. The 7.88 km Ngarnam and Umarari roads are…
On the 15th of January 2022,) 267 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Till date, 250628 cases have been confirmed, 223765 cases have been discharged and 3095 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory The 267 new…
This may sound like a figure from a war-torn zone, five thousand and sixty-seven — 5,067 — Nigerians were reported to have been killed in 2021 owing to insecurity, according to the data sourced and analysed by TheCable Index, the data and research arm of TheCable. TheCable Index analysed and reviewed daily media reports published…
On Monday, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu expressed interest in succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari next year. It was not really surprising, especially for those who have followed the former Lagos state governor closely over the years. Tinubu covets Nigeria’s top political office and he made this obvious when he said becoming president was ‘lifelong ambition.” To be…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has identified with The Osun Progressive (TOP)– a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun state, recognising Rasaq Salinsile as the Chairman of the party in the state. This development came after months of speculations on where the former Governor stand in the crisis rocking the ruling…
Nyesome wike, Rivers governor, says he will fight soot pollution in the state and ensure that operators of illegal refineries are brought to justice. Wike said this on Thursday when he visited Ogbodo community forest in Ikwerre LGA and Ibaa community forest in Emohua LGA of the state to uncover illegal crude oil refining sites….
Niger state government in North Central Nigeria, is set to plan a coordinated and simultaneous attack on the terrorists by security agents in the recently attacked Shiroro communities in Niger state. The state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello who stated this in a statement by his spokesperson Mary Noel Barje on Thursday, described the recent attacks in some…
A former National Treasurer of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Timothy Ogbang Akwaji has been sworn-in as the new Head of Service in Cross River State, south-south Nigeria. Akwaji, who is the first journalists to be appointed Head of Service, was also Vice President East of the Nigerian Guild of Editors and former Editor-in-Chief of…
