By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has expressed sadness over the death of a foremost traditional ruler in Ukwa-Ngwa land, the revered Eze Dr Bernard Enweremadu, (Ezeukwu 1, of Ngwaukwu). In a statement by his Media Adviser Uchenna Awom in Abuja on Sunday, Abaribe said his death has no doubt thrown the entire Ukwa-Ngwa nation into deep mourning, …
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….Tasks Lawan, Gbajabiamila to provide far-reaching legislative interventions that will help the executive arm in the search for peace By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – Former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki has bemoaned the worsening insecurity which has become the order of the day and fueling disunity and criminal activities in the country, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to take measures that …
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By Our Reporter Abuja – Remita, an electronic payment platform, says prospective candidates for the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) — first series for private students — can buy their registration Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) through any of its channels. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) recently announced the commencement of the sale of the General Certificate Examination (GCE) registration PINs, which …
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By Our Reporter Abuja (Precise Post) – The federal government has been urged to go after criminal herdsmen terrorising the South-West region. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) which made the call also cautioned South-West leaders to consider many Yoruba people living in the northern region of the country when issuing quit notices to northerners. This was contained in a statement by the director of the …
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By our Report Abuja (Precise Post) – A U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote “freedom of the seas”, the U.S. military said on Sunday, at a time when tensions between China and Taiwan have raised concern in Washington. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement the strike group entered the South China Sea …
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By Our Reporter Abuja (Precise Post) – American underdog Dustin Poirier shook up the world of mixed martial arts Sunday, beating up the legs of Irish superstar Conor McGregor before knocking him out at UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi. “I’m happy but I’m not surprised. I put in the work,” Poirier after the referee stepped in after 2min 32sec of the second round to save …
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BY Retson Tedheke The youth of any society are the engine of social transformation. But there is a caveat: When the youth are constructively engaged. However, when they face a bleak future, they could become dynamites that could bring to peril, a prevailing social order. Like other parts of Nigeria, the Niger Delta is naturally endowed with creative, energetic and socially mobile youths. Alas, disconnections …
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By Callistus Agwaza Jalingo (Precise Post) – Armed men on Sunday abducted the Chairman of Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State, Mr. Salihu Dovo and later killed him and disposed of his body in the bush. The Police Public Relations Officer DSP David Misal who confirmed the sad development to The Sun in a phone interview said that the armed men had stormed the …
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By Sylvanus Viashima Jalingo (Precise Post) – The pioneer Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly Mr Anthony Damburam is dead. Damburam is said to have died in his house in Jalingo on Saturday night. Damburam who served as local government Chairman of Lau local government and later as Commissioner of Information under Governor Darius Ishaku is said to have been ill for a …
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By Francis Etuko Abuja (Precise Post) – A California resident who was vaccinated against COVID-19 died just hours later — and authorities are trying to find out why. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office announced the death and the investigation Saturday in a Facebook post, but gave few details. The county, which is in the greater Sacramento area, was “recently notified” of the person’s death, the …
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By Our Reporter Washington (Precise Post) – The Justice Department revealed charges this week against a Texas man who allegedly stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and threatened on social media to kill U.S. Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Prosecutors asked a judge on Friday to keep the man, Garret Miller, in jail ahead of a court appearance, according to court records. They revealed five …
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…says Buhari has not done anything for us other than creating enemies for us. …..urges govt to address issues around land use By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore herdsmen group has called on the Federal Government to heed the call for the restructuring of the country to allow the Fulani go their way. The National Secretary of the group, …
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By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has approved the immediate dissolution of the State Executive Council. The Governor also recalled his Chief of Staff, Dr Anthony Agbazuere. “This recall takes immediate effect,” the statement said. Precise Post recalls that Agbazuere was suspended following a video which captured him spaying money on controversial prophet identified as Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere a.k.a. …
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By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – Foremost Nigerian political critic and a former aviation minister, Chief Olufemi Fani-Kayode has warned the Nigerian inspector general of police and the presidency against arresting the Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho, over a quit notice he issued to kidnappers and bandits operating in Ibarapa, Oyo State. Fani-Kayode who has been at the forefront of criticising the operation of …
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By Francis Etuko Abuja (Precise Post) – The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC to take responsibility for on-going challenges to our national unity having failed to fulfill the promises they made on restructuring such as devolution of power and true federalism. This is even as the main opposition party challenged APC …
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By Our Reporter Abuja (Precise Post) – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has called on the Federal Government to stop the attack on Fulanis in Ibarapa area of Oyo State now or it will instigate counter-attacks in the north. The ACF, in a statement on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, said the body received reports of an attack by Yoruba youths on …
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