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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…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, Tuesday, March 18, flagged off the construction of 141 urban roads across 13 zones of the state capital, insisting that residents of the capital city and State deserved nothing but the best. The beneficiary zones are Abakpa, Achara Layout, Asata, Awkunanaw, Coal Camp, Independence Loyout, New Haven, Old GRA, Thinkers Corner, Trans-Ekulu, and Uwani. Performing the symbolic flag-off at Ologo under Coal Camp Zone, Enugu North Local Government Area (LGA) and Monaque Avenue in Awkunanaw Zone, Enugu South LGA, Mbah explained that the roads were part of his administration’s…

Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas was born in Nko, Cross River State, South South Nigeria. He enlisted into the Nigerian Defence Academy as a member of 26 Regular Course on 20 June 1979 and was commissioned sub-lieutenant on 1 January 1983. He began his primary education at Nko Primary School, Nko, in 1966 and completed at Big Qua Primary School, Calabar in 1971. He then proceeded to the prestigious Hope Waddell Training Institute Calabar from 1972 to 1976. Between 1977 and 1979, he attended the School of Basic Studies Ogoja before proceeding to the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1979.…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan President Bola Tinubu has named Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as Sole Administrator of Rivers State in the wake of the president's proclamation of a state of emergency in the oil-laden, vote-heavy Niger Delta State tonight. He is expected to be in office for an initial period of six months. In a nationwide broadcast, Tuesday evening,March 18,2025, Tinubu said the Administrator cannot make any new laws, pointing out, however, that all regulations to be made by him will be examined and ratified by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and the president himself. The declaration of emergency rule…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Chairmen and Secretaries of 19 Northern States' Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) met in Kaduna, Monday, March 17, and deliberated on the body's vexed leadership tussle, endorsing one of the candidates as Chairman in the process. The enlarged meeting of the new leadership of northern CAN, headed by Rev. Joseph John Hayab, held at Albarka Fellowship Baptist Church, Kaduna, from 5:30pm to 9pm, and was attended by all the new executives, directors and some clerics. The meeting further finalized on the endorsement and authenticity of the election of Hayab as…