Two Injured As Explosion Rocks Mile 3 Market In Port Harcourt
An explosion has rocked part of the popular Mile three market in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, injuring two persons. The incident is reported to have occurred around 6:30 am on Monday leaving some people injured. Confirming the report, the Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers State, Nnamdi Omoni said “a locally fabricated dynamite, […]
‘Fake News’: Police Says Nigerian Activist Sowore Was Not Shot In Abuja
The Police Command of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) has debunked claims that Omoyele Sowore a former presidential candidate and activist was shot by a female Assistant Commissioner of Police’ at the Unity Fountain, describing it as “false and fake news”. Reports had emerged Monday with Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters claiming he was […]
China Allows Couples To Have Three Children
China has announced that it will allow each couple to have up to three children, marking the end of a strict two-child policy. According to state media outlet Xinhua, the change was approved by President Xi Jinping in a politburo meeting. It comes after a once-in-a-decade census showed that China’s population grew at its slowest […]
Police Shot Nigerian Activist Sowore , Senior Lawyer Falana Says
Prominent Nigerian activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been shot by the police in the nation’s capital Abuja on Monday. Human Rights lawyer Femi Falana confirmed the incident to ARISE News over the phone. “Yes it is true, that’s the information reaching me. He (Sowore) was shot by the police,” Falana a […]
Biafra Day: Resident Comply With The Sit-at-home Order
Streets in Umuahia the Abia State capital are practically empty and deserted as residents remain indoors in total compliance with the sit-at-home order given by the leadership of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB to mark this year’s Biafra Day. Contrary to previous years when the exercise recorded partial compliance in the Umuahia where the […]
Senate Probe NNPC Over Non-remittance Of 10 Years Stamp Duty
The Senate has commenced a wide-scale probe into the alleged non-remittance of the one percent stamp duty on contracts awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation from 2010 to 2020. The Committee on Finance, which is currently probing the internal revenue generation of all the ministries, departments, and agencies of government, has therefore summoned the […]
Anxiety In South-East As IPoB Stay-at-home Order Takes Effect
Tension is mounting in the five states of the South-East zone of the country as the sit-at-home order issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), takes effect today. IPoB which is led by Nnamdi Kanu had issued the no-movement directive to mark what it termed the Biafra Day, a reference to May 30, […]
The Surging Cost Of Servicing Debt Reflect On FG’s Revenue Profile – PwC
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has it that the rising cost of servicing debt continues to reflect on the Federal Government’s revenue profile. This report was titled ‘Nigeria Economic Alert: Assessing the 2021 FGN Budget.’ According to this report, the Federal Government keeps spending a huge amount of its revenue to service debt, and the debt-to-revenue ratio in […]
Resident Doctors Threaten To Resume Its Suspended Nationwide Strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors has threatened to resume its suspended nationwide strike. The association, which suspended its strike on April 10, 2021, has given both federal and state governments two weeks to address issues edging on the welfare of its members across the country or face another industrial confrontation. It expressed concern particularly […]
Ex-‘Tarzan’ Actor Among 7 Plane Crash Victims In Tennessee
Investigators on Sunday continued searching for the bodies of seven people believed killed in the crash a day earlier of a small jet into a Tennessee lake, including an actor who portrayed Tarzan in a 1990s television series. Rutherford County Fire Rescue Capt. John Ingle said in a statement Sunday that recovery efforts were ongoing […]
