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By Felix Durumbah Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Department of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), popularly known as Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), today, March 20, weighed in on the Karu Bridge tanker fire and explosions which claimed at least 15 persons and led to the destruction of multiple vehicles. Though the FCT Police Command said six persons died in the accident, eye witnesses and others countered the assertion, saying the figure was much higher. The accident, which occurred in the evening of Wednesday, March 19, shocked Nigerians and literally set the social media on fire, sparking a flurry of criticisms from outraged…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, had sterling engagements in Southern Borno on Wednesday, inaugurating projects and schemes that directly impact the lives of the citizenry, a statement by his media aide, Abdurraman Bundi, has disclosed. The governor inaugurated state-of-the-art eye and dental hospitals which are fully equipped. Zulum appointed a team of highly trained medical doctors and specialists to offer treatments in oral health services such as preventive care, orthodontics and restorative treatments, as well as cataract, glaucoma and other vision-related ailments. The governor also inaugurated a mega secondary school in Miringa, a community…

From Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill to establish the Enugu International Conference Centre (ICC) Management Corporation. Speaking during the plenary session at the legislative complex, on Tuesday, the Minority Leader and also lawmaker representing Nkanu West constituency, Hon. Iloabuchi Aniagu, in his speech, emphasized that the bill is not contentious, noting that with the establishment of the management corporation, the ICC as an institution will stand the test of time. Citing the functions of the corporation in Section 4, Hon. Aniagu stated that the job of the corporation is to improve…

By Felix Durumbah At least 15 persons were reportedly burnt to death following a series of explosions ignited by multiple auto crashes near Karu Bridge, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday evening, March 19. Many more received varying degrees of burns and several vehicles were destroyed in the accident, which rattled residents of the usually serene axis. Karu Bridge is one of the landmarks on the busy Abuja-Keffi Expressway. It is located just before Nyanya, the last major satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the highway to Nasarawa State. Many workers, business persons and others returning from…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Iornem Alia, has assured that the signing of the $1.1 billion Green Imperative Project (GIP) will boost agricultural productivity and enhance private-sector investment in Nigeria. The assurance came during the signing of the commercial phase of the GIP 1 at Presidential Villa, Abuja. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary (COS) to the Governor, Tersoo Kula on Wednesday, March 19, in Makurdi quoted the governor as lauding the project following it's importance for the people of Benue state. The governor's spokesman stated that Benue as the food basket of the nation, was…

By our reporter American war veterans of South-East Nigerian descent have cautioned Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court (FHC) Abuja against any form of bias in handling the trial, for alleged terrorism, of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in his court on Friday, March 21, 2025. They said the world is watching the Kanu matter to see that alleged "illegality is not piled atop illegality." These were contained in a statement issued by their group, the American Military Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID), in Abuja on Wednesday, March 19. Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who has…

Back to Ground Zero: Who Advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Do This? I have just picked up my phone after breaking my fast to find multiple missed calls and countless messages about an alarming development: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly declared a state of emergency in Rivers State. If this is true, then I must ask: Who advised the President to take this course of action? Whoever it is, they are certainly not a friend of his administration, nor do they have the best interests of Nigeria at heart. How could the President willingly walk into a raging…

Few hours after President Bola Tinubu imposed a state of emergency in Rivers State, sacked Governor Siminalayi Fubara and appointed Vice Admiral Ibanette Ibas as Rivers State Administrator, pictures of the Naval officer and the Minister ov the FCT Nyesom Wike, has surfaced online. The pictures were likely taken when Wike was Rivers State Governor. As a general in the Nigerian Navy, Ibas undertook several duty tours across the country, especially in the riverine states. Wike has been a major player in the crisis that brought democratic rule in the state to its knees. His main rival and one-time protégé…