Author: Alex Enemanna

  • Immigration Stops 58 Nigerian Doctors travelling to UK at Lagos Airport

    Immigration Stops 58 Nigerian Doctors travelling to UK at Lagos Airport

    The Nigeria Immigration Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos Friday stopped the departure of 58 Nigerian foctors to London. The Nigerian doctors had attempted to board a chartered UK-bound flight number ENT 550 with registration number SP-ES that flew in from London. Immigration said 56 of the doctors had no visa for entry to…

  • On Track to Record Great Achievements

    On Track to Record Great Achievements

    Allison Abanum highlights some of the landmark decisions that validates the widely held notion that Governor Douye Diri is on course to bring a new lease of life to Bayelsa State Nature, a ruthlessly effective force is a perfect example of the undeniable parallel drawn between time and quality. A maize plant takes a relatively…

  • Petroleum subsidy removal non negotiable — Sylva

    Petroleum subsidy removal non negotiable — Sylva

    The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Thursday that the Federal Government had reached a conclusion that it could no longer bear the burden of petrol subsidy. Sylva said this in a statement published on the ministry’s Instagram page, with the title ‘Deregulation: The facts and the reasons behind the policy’.…

  • Probe: Uzodinma attempting to humiliate me, Okorocha cries out

    Probe: Uzodinma attempting to humiliate me, Okorocha cries out

    Sam Onwuemeodo, the media aide to a former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has alleged that the Governor Hope Uzodinma’s ongoing probe of Okorocha’s administration was targeted at humiliating him. This was contained in a statement by Onwuemeodo, in Owerri, on Thursday. According to him, reports that a court declined his request to…

  • Why I can’t set up panel to investigate Ondo deputy governor — CJ

    Why I can’t set up panel to investigate Ondo deputy governor — CJ

    The Chief Judge of Ondo state, Justice Olanrewaju Akeredolu has explained why she rejected a letter written to her by the Assembly to constitute a panel that would investigate the allegations leveled against the deputy governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi.  In a letter personally signed by her, a copy of which has gone viral, the CJ…

  • Buhari approves Magu’s suspension

    Buhari approves Magu’s suspension

    The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Malami said this in a statement by his Spokesman, Umar Gwandu, on Friday. He subsequently appointed the EFCC Head of Operations, Mohammed Umar, as the acting…

  • Police nab 7-man robbery, car snatching syndicate

    Police nab 7-man robbery, car snatching syndicate

    The Nigeria police Operatives attached to the Special Tactical Squad have arrested a 7-man criminal gang that attacked and robbed three comm​ercial banks in the South-West States of Ondo and Ekiti between 2019 and 2020, killed innocent citizens including six (6) policemen and carted away several millions of naira. Investigation reveals that the dare-devil armed…

  • Hon. Segun Samuel Olobatoke: Personality Worthy of Emulation

    Hon. Segun Samuel Olobatoke: Personality Worthy of Emulation

    By Olugbemi Ojo Tina I met you some couple of years back and ever since then, you have indeed been an outstanding personality. I lack words to describe you which accounts to why my message is coming as a belated birthday wishes. Hon Segun Olobatoke, God has used you to transform, elevate, motivate, change, improve…

  • Sen. Adeyemi commends Gov. Bello over appointments of Justices Olusiyi, Olowosegun into top judicial offices

    Sen. Adeyemi commends Gov. Bello over appointments of Justices Olusiyi, Olowosegun into top judicial offices

    The senator representing Kogi-West Senatorial District, Sen. Smart Adeyemi has expressed gratitude to Kogi state governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello over the appointments of Honourable Justice H. A. Olusuyi as the Acting Chief Judge of the state and Honourable Justice Bayo Olowosegun as the President of the Kogi State Customary Court of Appeal.  Sen. Adeyemi in…