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By our reporter Angry Igbo youths have berated Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru, over the murder of several citizens of the state by suspected Fulani killer herdsmen. Indicting the governor, they alleged that they alerted him of the attack four days before the bloodshed,which occurred on Sunday, February 2 this year. While official and police reports put the death toll at below 20, independent sources said up to 100 persons were killed by the herdsmen during the attack at Amegu Nkalaha community, Ishielu Local Government Area (LGA) of the South-Eastern Nigeria state. The sources claimed that worshippers, including the pastor,…

By our reporter Hensard University, a fast growing private institution in Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, February 4, named Professor Femi Okiremuette Shaka Dean of its Faculty of Communication and Media Studies. The appointment provides a significant boost to the faculty by bringing in a prominent figure in Nigerian film studies and scholarship. Vice Chancellor (VC), Professor Dileep Kumar, along with faculty members, Dr. Thomas Terna and Dr. Cookey Ogechi, formally welcomed Professor Shaka, who previously worked in the Department of Film & Multimedia at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). The ceremony, while understated, emphasised the university's dedication to academic…

By Okwudiri Okafor, Umuahia Abia State Government has explained its own side to the lingering dispute with the leadership of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) in the state, which accused it of deceit and indebtedness, washing its hands of liability in the claims. Lauding the pensioners as nice, the government, however, thumbed down their union leadership. The government said,in the wake of intense heat over non-payment of the N30billion pension arrears, which fiscal liability was a carry-over burden from the past People's Democratic Party (PDP) government in the state, that the NUP leadership freely entered into an agreement with the…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Tragedy hit Kano State, North-West Nigeria, asfour persons were reportedly shot dead by uniformed gunmen, believed to be security operatives. The incident, which occurred at Rimin Auzinawa, Ungogo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state,followed a violent confrontation between some residents and the security operatives deployed to oversee a demolition exercise allegedly ordered by the state government. The operatives were said to have opened fire when the residents resisted destruction of their property. The stage for the developments came recently when the Kano Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA) marked about 40 of the affected residential…

By Felix Durumbah Health authorities of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have shut down an unregistered clinic, Dada’s Clinic & Maternity, in Kapwa, Gaube community, Kuje Area Council of the Nigerian capital. The Private Health Establishments Registration and Monitoring Committee (PHERMC) of FCTA took the action to save lives and maintain health standards in FCT. This is as FCTA is set to begin a total clampdown on other illegal health facilities in the Territory. Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to FCT Minister, Lere Olayinka, said a certain Mr. Sabiu, who identified himself as the health worker…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Accused of concealing some vital information on the 2001 murder of then-serving Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Chief Bola Ige, in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, governor of the state at the time, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, has denied the accusation. The allegation was fired by former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, who is a stalwart of the now-ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the country. Akande was the late Ige's political ally. But, Ladoja said Akande lied against him. Ladoja was a staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at…