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Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike says if anything happens to Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom, the Federal Government should be held responsible. Ortom’s convoy was attacked by gunmen who ortom says trailed him to a river bank in Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State on Saturday, March 20. Reacting to the news, Governor Wike, in a statement released by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, warned that people should be ready to bury Nigeria if Governor Ortom is killed. “If you kill Ortom, then be prepared to bury Nigeria. If anything happens to Governor Ortom, the Federal…

Sympathisers could not control their tears as ambulance chauffeured in and swiftly off loaded three coffins for burial. In the coffins were the remains of Comrade Silas Gadani Adamu, the Secretary-General of Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, his wife and daughter. The late Adamu, 63; his wife Mercy, 38, and daughter Joyce Kubai, 30, died in a ghastly motor accident along the Kaduna-Abuja Road on Monday, March 8. A farewell prayer was held on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at his residence in Sabon Tasha GRA, Kaduna at 5 p.m, followed by a candle night trekking on Thursday, March 18. …

After President Joe Biden fell while boarding Air Force One on Friday, the White House blamed his stumbling on the wind. “It’s pretty windy outside. It’s very windy. I almost fell coming up the steps myself,” White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard the presidential plane. Jean-Pierre added that the president is doing “just great” after tripping while going up the plane’s stairs. “All I know is, all I can tell you is, he’s doing fine. He’s doing great,” she said. While climbing the stairs to board the aircraft, Biden drew attention after stumbling several times. After he made…

A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen (retd.), on Friday, gave reason President Muhammadu Buhari indecorously removed him from office, lamenting that he was not given opportunity to defend himself. He said before the 2019 general elections Buhari was informed that the ex-Chief Justice had been in a meeting with former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Abubakar was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 2019 general elections. Onnoghen spoke in Abuja during the public presentation of a book entitled Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009, Practice, Procedure, Forms…

Champions League holders Bayern Munich will face last year’s beaten finalists Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of this season’s league. The draw also pitted Premier League leaders Manchester City against Borussia Dortmund, with Chelsea set to face Porto in the other tie. The Friday’s draw for the last eight also threw up a clash between Liverpool and Real Madrid. Bayern defeated PSG 1-0 behind closed doors in Lisbon last August to win their sixth European Cup and remain the team to beat in Europe, having won 18 and drawn one of their 19 games in the Champions League since the beginning of last…

COVID-19 infections in Nigeria keep on unsteadily tumbling for the past three days unlike the high rates recorded before now. On March 16, 2021, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said the country recorded 179 new COVID-19 cases. ”Lagos-47, Kaduna-21, Rivers-18, Akwa Ibom-14, FCT-11, Edo-10, Cross River-9, Ogun-9, Nasarawa-6, Ebonyi-5, Ekiti-5, Zamfara-5, Delta-4, Kano-4, Osun-4, Plateau-3, Abia-2, and Gombe-1,’’ NCDC stated. According to the public health agency, ”On March 17, 2021, 187 were new cases of #COVID19Nigeria.’’ A breakdown shows ”Lagos-42, Taraba-29,Edo-17, Abia-13, Rivers-11,Kaduna-10, Katsina-9, Oyo-9, Kwara-7, Plateau-7, Ondo-5, Bayelsa-4, Cross River-4, Ogun-4, Osun-4, Akwa Ibom-3, Borno-3, and Nasarawa-3.” It stated…

Agitations for independence by some ethnic groups in Nigeria have heightened in the last few days now, resulting in an ultimatum for others to leave their region. The agitations was kicked off by Asari Dokubo, who declared himself the leader of the new Biafra de facto Customary Government (BCG), on Sunday, March 14. Uche Mefor, Head of Information and Communication of the customary government, announced that George Onyibe will be the Secretary, while Emeka Esiri will be in charge of the legal matters. Mefor, in a statement, blamed injustice and marginalisation on the Igbos found in various zones of the country…

By Joseph Atainyang  Like the blended principle which binds the operational dynamics of Top Faith Group of Schools, the University is standing on a philosophical tripod. Top Faith Group of Schools has created for itself a unique and perfect brand. The conglomerate of academic institutions is rolling swiftly on the runway of scholarship. Top Faith is fast growing past its age. It is making waves and gaining grounds. The coast seems boundless. The sky is merely becoming the journey’s take off point. Like the saying goes, every vision is for a time. A vision is the foundation for every season…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Senator Ifeanyi Ararume a certificate of return within 72 hours in the December 5, 2020 Imo North Senatorial bye-election, for being the valid candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment, said Ararume remained the winner of the election going by the earlier judgments of the court. According to him, with regard to the Appeal Court judgment in Abuja, the 3rd defendant (Chukwuma Ibezim) remained disqualified. Justice Taiwo, therefore, declared Ararume as the APC valid candidate in the poll. The…

Nineteen children in Madagascar have died from food poisoning after eating a turtle, sources said Thursday. Thirty-four people were admitted in hospital on Monday in Vatomandry, in the east of the island, after eating the protected species, the Health and Food Safety Control Agency said. Ten of them died, it said. Another nine people, all of them children, died at home after eating meat from the same turtle, region’s governor said. Health authorities have warned against eating turtles, as well two dozen species of fish, which feed on algae that can be toxic during the November-March hot season. Dozens of…