Dan Egbogu, the Traditional Ruler of Okwuta Isieke Ibeku, in Umuahia north local Government area of Abia State, is dead. Ebgbo before his emergence as traditional ruler, was a lawmaker that represented the Umuahia East constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly and the immediate Past Chairman of the Abia State Local Government Service […] Ex-Abia lawmaker, Dan Egbogu is dead

Tribune Online Zoning will decide next Ondo governor —Okunomo, PDP aspirant Honourable

US prosecutors are investigating the son of the president of the Republic of Congo for alleged embezzlement of several million dollars from the publicly-owned National Society of Petroleum of Congo (SNPC), the NGO Global Witness said. In Miami, US federal prosecutors “have made arrangements to seize” a luxurious property belonging to Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso,Read

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Bulgarian President, Rumen Radev, called on Saturday for a resignation of the  “mafia-type” conservative government, which he blamed for ordering police raids on his offices this week. The Bulgarian president’s legal affairs and anti-corruption secretary and his security and defence advisor were detained for questioning on Thursday and their offices searched as part of twoRead

Manchester City’s Abu-Dhabi project and the future of UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP) rules face a pivotal day on Monday when the Court of Arbitration for Sport delivers its verdict on City’s appeal against a two-season ban from European competitions. The stakes could not be higher for the English side, who have always strongly deniedRead

Mali’s embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced the dissolution of the constitutional court on Saturday in an attempt to calm major civil unrest in the vulnerable African country. Mali’s constitutional court has been at the centre of controversy for months since it overturned provisional results for a parliamentary poll, triggering protests in several cities. TheseRead

United States President Donald Trump finally yielded to pressure and wore a face mask in public for the first time on Saturday as the US posted another daily record for coronavirus cases, while Disney World reopened in a state hit hard by the pandemic. White House experts leading the national fight against the contagion haveRead More The post

Tribune Online With Heir Apparent, it is a new dawn for Nigerian youths —Adebanwo

Tenino had become a ghost town, and small businesses were struggling to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic, so local officials revived an unconventional idea from the last century: printing the town’s own currency on thin planks of wood. “There was no trading, no selling, and the city streets were dead. They looked the same atRead More The

By Kennedy Mbele Oke Bayode-Thomas, 24, just bagged the highest award a young person can receive for social action and humanitarian efforts – The Diana Award for Young Heroes. The award was instituted in memory of the late Princess Diana of Wales and given out by the charity of the same name and has theRead More The post ‘My

By Kelechi Okoronkwo Arinze Chilo-Offiah is the Special Adviser, SME Development & Investment Promotion, and Head, SME Center, Enugu State. Since his appointment in 2019, he has worked to refocus the interest of the youths in the state, train and empower them to earn good living and impact the state economy. In this interview, Chilo-OffiahRead

By Victor ‘Tunde Oso On Tuesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, adjusted the value of the Naira to exchange to the dollar at N381, as part of the measures to unify the rate at the foreign exchange spot. In March, the CBN had adjusted the official exchange rate to N360/$ from N307/$ and abolishedRead More The post LOOMING

…declare armed herdsmen terrorist group now – Ortom urges FG By Peter Duru – Makurdi Two members of a gang of suspected armed herdsmen were late Friday night killed in a gun battle with troops of the joint military spike operation code-named Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, after they reportedly invaded Tse Chembe community in LogoRead

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA — THE federal government Saturday, received some consignments containing critical medical equipment donated by the Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS and the West African Health Organisation, WAHO. The equipment, given to the country through WAHO, is aimed to support Nigeria’s effort to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The donated itemsRead

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE Edo All Progressives, APC governorship candidate for the September 19 governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Saturday accused his counterpart in the Labour Party, LP Hon Isaiah Osifo of being a stooge for Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party. A statement issued by Ize-Iyamu’s Director of CommunicationRead

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday said that the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, must be made to answer for the alleged issue of corruption and violation of rules. The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja, saidRead More The

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Federal and State Governments of proliferation of universities in the country. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the National President of ASUU, expressed their concern at a Town Hall Meeting on Saturday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the town hall meeting was organisedRead More The