The crisis rocking the Plateau State House of Assembly is not abating. In this report, Kolade Adeyemi explains how and why forces within and outside the hallowed chamber are battling for the control of the legislative arm of government in the state. The current cold war between the executive …
Read More »General, others killed as Libyan fighters team up with ISWAP in Northeast
Libyan mercenaries are believed to have joined forces with insurgents of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the Northeast as the terrorists seek to recover lost grounds ,The Nation gathered yesterday. The insurgents struck afresh in Askira,Borno State, yesterday killing a brigadier general and three of his …
Read More »Alleged N1.6bn fraud: Ex-Edo gov Igbinedion spends third night in EFCC cell
A former governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, has spent three nights in the cell of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged theft of N1.6bn belonging to Edo State. We gathered that Igbinedion, who was taken into custody on Thursday afternoon, was still being quizzed on …
Read More »FG can’t use bond to keep us in Nigeria, doctors reply Ngige
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige Doctors in Nigeria have rejected a proposal by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, for physicians trained in Nigeria to work in the country for at least nine years before being allowed to migrate. This is just observed that the …
Read More »I Salute Courage Of Army General, Soldiers Killed By Terrorists – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the killing of a Brigadier-General and 3 soldiers by terrorists of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province on Saturday in Borno State. Brigadier-General Dzarma Zirkusu and three soldiers were reportedly killed while providing reinforcement after ISWAP ambushed Nigerian troops in …
Read More »Nestoil Group and its failed campaign of calumny against The Witness Newspaper: Our Stand
Nestoil chairman, Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi We knew it would get to this. We knew when they made surreptitious moves for us to stop the report, that the campaign to malign THE WITNESS would soon begin. But the end to this Nestoil Group saga is not yet on the horizon. A while …
Read More »FIRSTBANK CELEBRATES YOUTH WEEK 2021
From showcasing of talents, to the art of fashion design, identifying youths in the food business and lots more, Nigeria’s leading financial services providers, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has reiterated its commitment to Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship through the celebration of its ongoing 2021 Youth Week. The Youth …
Read More »Ex-Imo Deputy Governor, Irona Loses Sister
Immediate past Deputy Governor of Imo State, Engr. Gerald Irona has lost his only sister, Mrs. Ona Anthonia Nwobi (Nee Irona) to the cold hands of death. She was aged 61. An announcement personally signed by the former Deputy Governor and made available to newsmen revealed that she will be …
Read More »FG increases prices of electricity meters
The Federal Government has raised the cost of both single-phase and three-phase electricity meters beginning from November 15, 2021. It announced this in a circular dated November 11, 2021, issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and addressed to managing directors, all electricity distribution companies and all meter asset providers. …
Read More »EFCC moves against Nestoil boss, Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi, over N20.3bn
Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi, CEO, Nestoil Plc Unfortunately for Nigerian businessman, Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi, chairman and chief executive officer of Nestoil Group, it has been one week, one trouble. Recall, weeks ago, the EFCC, swooped in on the businessman and sealed his expansive residence on Modupe Alakija Crescent, formerly known as Ikoyi Crescent. The …
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