Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom has kicked against the re-introduction of the controversial Water Resources Bill at the National Assembly. The Water Resources Bill was l reintroduced to the House of Representatives last week by the Chairman of House Committee on Water Resources, Sada Soli. Speaking at the distribution of seedlings in Makurdi, Ortom, declared…
A catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Silas, has been abducted by gunmen in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The clergy man was said to have been abducted on Monday at his residence at the parish rectory at St. Charles Catholic Church, Zambina, Kauru LGA. The Chancellor of the Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, Rev. Fr….
The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCC), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged christians to get jaw bones of cows instead of guns, stating that they don’t need guns. Adeboye was clarifying an earlier message where he was quoted to have asked christians to buy guns for their self protection especially the churches…
By Prof. Terhemba Wuam According to the historian Jorma Kalela, “Why history?” is more fruitful than the question of “what is history?” The former question is posed because people need knowledge of the past, which they can use as they deem fit as the past is always used in the present. In the United States…
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that perpetrators of the Shiroro attack in Niger state will be fished out and brought to justice. Four Chinese and several Nigerian workers were on Wednesday abducted by gunmen at a mining site in Ajata Aboki village in Shiroro. About 17 of the soldiers mobilised to the area were reportedly…
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) to seven years imprisonment for money laundering. The court also ordered that the two companies belonging to Nwaoboshi -Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of the…
