Ebonyi State births a football club to be known as Salt City Football Club, Abakalii, with a Management team inaugurated today by government
August 2021
Fear drives southeasterners indoors over IPOB order
Fear of IPOB drives southeasterners indoors today for the second time since the separatist group decreed a sit-at-home Mondays.
Kanu ordered suspension of sit-at-home Mondays
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu ordered suspension of sit-at-home Mondays, says Emma Powerful, spokesperson of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Soludo and Ozigbo in limbo, 3 months to Governorship polls
Two front-runners – Chukwuma Soludo and Valentine Ozigbo – remain in limbo three months to the 6 November Anambra Governorship elections.
Bandits free kidnapped Commissioner in Niger State
Bandits free kidnapped Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Niger State, Alhaji Muhammad Idris, his family announced in a statement.
IPOB suspends sit-at-home Mondays in South East
The separatist group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) bows to public pressure and suspends sit-at-home Mondays in the South East.
Nigeria shuts UK embassy over Covid-19 discovery
Nigeria shuts UK embassy – the High Commission – upon discovery that two embassy staff have contracted the Covid-19 virus disease.
816 die as cholera spreads to 22 States
A total of 816 Nigerians die from the recent cholera outbreak that has now spread to 22 States the NCDC announced today
107 Oyigbo detainees freed, reports NGO
An Onitsha-based NGO, Intercity reports that 107 Oyigbo detainees have been freed on the orders of a high court in Suleija, Niger State.
Government fixes tolling fees for proposed highway stations
Federal Government fixes tolling fees for its proposed new highway tolling stations, Works Minister Babatunde Fashola has announced.