The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has on Monday, May 10, 2021, issued a press statement over the recent attacks on its stations and the subsequent killings of officers in Akwa Ibom State. In the statement signed by SP Odiko MacDoN, Police Public Relations Officer with reference number: AZ:5300/AIS/PPRD/VOL.6/26 on behalf of the Commissioner Of Police,…
Benue State governor, Dr Samuel Ortom, on Friday lambasted his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai, for describing him as a failed governor. Ortom said Gov El-Rufai who is a religious bigot and a supporter of terrorists has no moral right to accuse him of failure. Governor Ortom was reacting to an uncomplimentary statement reportedly made…
Hoodlums suspected to be bandits have attacked a Mosque in Kwata, Jibia Local Government Area of Kastina State. They abducted over 40 worshippers during the attack. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 12am on Monday morning during the Laylatul Qadr prayer. The Laylatul Qadr prayer which is the Night of Decree or…
CALLY AIR RECRUITMENT The Cross River State Government in conjunction with the operators of the Cally Air is recruiting suitably qualified Nigerians for the commencement of operations of the airline. Cally Air is an airline primed for a paradigm shift in the aviation industry. According to a press release with reference number: Our Ref: GO/PRESS/012/VOL.I/268,…
Two Chibok girls, Joy Bishira and Lydia Pogu who escaped Boko Haram captivity have graduated from a United States university. Just like the other 276 girls, Bishira and Pogu’s story is defiance against cruelty. The two Chibok teenage girls were captured in 2014 and escaped Boko Haram captivity by leaping from a moving vehicle that…
A 54-year-old Cameroonian refugee, Samuel Ojong who was part of the over 200 persons sponsored and trained by the Community Refugee Relief Initiative, CRRI, has disclosed that he had no choice but to learn a new trade in a bid to feed his family and pay his bills since getting another job in Nigeria was…
By Ovat Abeng Following the current security situation in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari is set to address young Nigerians on the second week of June, 2021. Comrade Odu Olisaemeka Onyeka, South East Zonal Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the Anambra state capital on Sunday, during a…
By Ovat Abeng Onitsha residents are currently in fear as a truck fully loaded with cartons of live bullets fell into a ditch and spilled its content all around the street in the commercial city of Anambra state. Paradise News gathered that the incident occurred at Awka Road on Sunday morning as early worshipers were…
EKURI COMMUNITY C/o The Clan Head, New Ekuri, Akamkpa LGA, Cross River State, Nigeria. Email: ekuriclan@yahoo.com 4th May, 2021. His Excellency, The President of Nigeria, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Your Excellency Sir, Ongoing Second Superhighway threatens Ekuri Community Forest: A Clarion Call to Halt Road Construction and Logging of Ekuri Forest. Background: We write to…
By Ademola Orunbon The need to boost food security, job creation and industrialisation, through an established agricultural agenda, to the reviving of Ogun State economy has been reaffirmed. Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina who made this known while receiving Award of Excellence presented to him by delegates from Ogun State Chambers of Commerce, Industry,…
