Prince Uche Secondus, former Na­tional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may not return to his position following the ratification of Elder Yemi Akinwon­mi’s assumption of office as the act­ing national chairman of the party, Daily Independent has gathered. Justice O. Gbasam of the Rivers State High Court sitting …

The Federal Government has implemented a 7.5 per cent tax on imported Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas, as the cost of the commodity leap by over 100 per cent within a period of eight months. It was gathered on Sunday that the government implemented the VAT on LPG …

The Federal Government, on Sunday, expressed concern about the 21-day strike notice issued by the Nigerian Medical Association over the alleged failure of government to meet the demands of the striking resident doctors. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, while responding to an inquiry by one of our correspondents on …

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement signed with the union. The union is giving the government till month end (Tuesday) to reach out or …

  BLAST HORROR : A CHILD has been killed after Kabul was rocked by an explosion just hours after the UK’s final flight left Afghanistan. The blast erupted when a rocket hit a residential neighbourhood near the airport where desperate people are trying to flee the Taliban. An Afghan police chief …

A suspected internet fraudster, simply identified as Clinton, has been stabbed to death by his friends after he allegedly made N50 million in Delta State. The deceased’s death came after he celebrated his mother’s birthday in early August at Ovie Palace Road in Uvwie Local Government Area. He was in …

The Federal Government has postponed the Nigeria at 60 Jubilee Special Award ceremony, scheduled earlier to hold on Sept. 3. The Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, made this known in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Ifedayo Sayo, on Sunday in Abuja. Adebayo said that …

  Pep Guardiola has jumped to the defence of Mikel Arteta following Manchester City’s 5-0 thrashing of Arsenal. But not all Gunners supporters are happy with the Spaniard. Arsenal went into the game at the Etihad Stadium on the back of a 6-0 win against West Brom in the Carabao …

  LION ATTACK: California mom fights off a MOUNTAIN LION with her bare hands after she saw it dragging her five-year-old son across front lawn – before the big cat was shot and killed by a wildlife officer A California mother fought off a mountain lion with her bare hands after …

Hurricane Ida blasted at Category 4 on Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., lashing at Louisiana and knocking out power to all of New Orleans, Entergy can confirm. Entergy is New Orleans City Power Supplier. As a result of Hurricane Ida’s catastrophic intensity, …