Category: Local

The retired Anglican Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala, has been declared missing. According to sources, Okpala and his driver whose name could not be obtained at press time, were last seen on Friday morning while traveling to Umuchu, Aguata Local Government Area (LGA), where Governor…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rejigged his list of nominees for the South East Development Commission (SEDC) board, replacing the initial chairman, Hon. Emeka Atuma, with Dr Emeka Nworgu. The president replaced all the three executive directors initially nominated and named two additional executive directors. The president also removed one of the board members, Donatus Eyinnah…

Ghanaians commenced voting on Saturday with frontrunners Vice President and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia and opposition ex-president John Mahama facing off in a closely fought race. Ghana’s struggling economy emerged as the dominant electoral issue after the West Africa gold and cacao producer went through a debt default, high inflation and negotiations for a…

The Chairman of Benue State Football Association (BSFA), Chief Paul Edeh, Esq, will on Saturday be conferred with the Honourary Doctorate Degree by the prestigious Benue State University (BSU). Chief Edeh who arrived the state capital on Friday was among top dignitaries who graced the Convocation Lecture, as part of events heralding the 22nd, 23rd…

Atsi Kefas, the sister of Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas, was reportedly shot by a police escort during an attack by gunmen on Thursday. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication specializing in the Lake Chad region, the incident occurred along Kente Road in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. Jumai, the governor’s mother,…

The Senate on Wednesday declared the seat of Governor Monday Okpebholo vacant. The Senate also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a bye-election to fill the vacancy. The seat of Okpebholo, who represented Edo Central Senatorial District, became vacant following his election and inauguration as the Governor of Edo State last month.…

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Senator, Barinada Mpigi, has commended the bold steps of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in tackling the challenges that inhibit road infrastructure development in Nigeria. This is as the committee has threatened to issue arrest warrant on Julius Berger officials if the company continues to shun its…

A fire caused by a nine-year-old boy (name withheld) while playing with matches has engulfed a 3-bedroom flat in Ilorin Kwara state capital . Blueprint gathered that the fire ignited from the matches had consumed a mattress before it escalated to other properties and the entire building. The spokesperson of the Kwara State Fire Service,…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of 19 senior Police officers and reduced the ranks of 19 others over acts of misconduct. PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, who made this known in a press statement, Friday in Abuja, listed the dismissed officers as 10 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs)…

Opposition leaders Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi have reflected on their experiences from the 2023 presidential election and are now focusing on coming together to challenge the current administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which they believe has not effectively met the needs of the people, according to Paul Ibe. Ibe, who serves as…

The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday lost his move to get the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court to grant him bail. Justice Maryann struck out Bello’s bail application on the ground that it was filed as of the time the former governor was yet to be taken into custody…

One of the chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and former Kaduna lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has reacted after seeing photo of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi wearing handcuffs inside the court. The picture surfaced online after DAILY TRUST reported that a Magistrate Court in Ekiti…

Folake Ani-Mumuney was asked to resign as First Bank’s global head of marketing and corporate communications by Femi Otedola, the chairman of the holding company, insiders have told TheCable. A top employee of the bank informed TheCable that Otedola was “seriously irked” when he learned that a whopping sum was spent on a send-off party…

Terrorists Wednesday planted another set of bomb explosives around Mai Lamba area along Dansadau-Gusau major road of Maru Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara state with many travellers reported dead. Residents in the area in a telephone interview with Blueprint said the bomb exploded and blasted a Gulf wagon vehicle conveying over 10 people who…

The Sultan of Sokoto, who is also the President-General Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), and co-chair of the Nigeria Inter Religious Council (NIREC), His Eminence Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has advised Nigerians not to relent in praying for the country in the face of the present challenges. Speaking Tuesday in Abuja during the 2024 fourth quarterly…

Strident opposition against the Tax Reform Bills by the 36 States Governors softened Monday night with supportive submissions made to some of their provisions by Nasarawa state Governor Abdullahi Sule during the Town Hall conversations on the bills, aired live by Channels Television. At the three-hour discourse on the bills monitored by Blueprint, prominent Nigerians like former…

The 2024 Zuma International Film Festival (ZIFF) in Abuja launched with unparalleled glamour on December 1st, marking the highly anticipated premiere of Mai Martaba. As Nigeria’s official submission for the 2025 Academy Awards (Oscars), the film has already generated significant local and international buzz, solidifying its place as a landmark achievement in Nigerian cinema. The…

Justice Mojisola Dada of a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja,  Tuesday ordered arrest of the former managing director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Lawal Kuru,  over his absence in court for arraignment. He was to be arraigned   over alleged N76 billion fraud. The court had scheduled Tuesday for Kuru’s arraignment along…

The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martins Amaewhule, has launched an investigation into the October 7 violent attacks that resulted in the burning of several local government secretariats and the loss of lives. This probe follows the submission of a report by a seven-member Judicial Commission of Inquiry established by Governor Siminalayi…