Aggrieved relatives of train passengers barricade Transportation ministry, deny staff entry Families of kidnapped victims of Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack on Monday besieged the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, preventing staff of the ministry from accessing their offices. The protest is coming 24 hours after a new video emerged showing the terrorists flogging the … [Read more…]
Buhari celebrates Amusan, Brume over World Athletics feats President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the winner of the women’s 100m hurdles gold at the World Athletics Championship 2022, Tobi Amusan, thanking her for promoting Nigeria’s image on the world stage. Amusan, on Sunday, in Oregon, USA became the first Nigerian to win a gold medal at … [Read more…]
Men of the Enugu State Police Command have shot a motorist, Christian Ogwuike, after he allegedly crushed a policeman at a checkpoint. It was gathered that Ogwuike was with his fiancée in a Lexus SUV when the incident happened on Thursday, July 21, 2022. At the Monkey Roundabout close to the Zonal Office of the … [Read more…]
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the first military governor of Gombe State under late General Sani Abacha, Group Captain Joseph Orji (Rtd.) has reaffirmed the position of Aninri Local Government Area in their choice of a governorship candidate in the State, stressing that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barr. Peter Mbah, … [Read more…]
PRESIDENTIAL candi date of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubukar, has fired a fresh salvo on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had claimed in a response to Atiku’s inter- view that it was the former vice president that offered him the running mate slot in 2007, … [Read more…]
THE Presidency, on Sunday, advanced reasons locations of terrorists cannot be bombed by the military, saying due consideration must be given to hostages in captivity of the criminals. Reacting to the threat by the terrorists to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency in a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President … [Read more…]
Organised Labour in the nation’s Electricity sector, has issued a strike notice to the Federal Government, rejecting the take-over of some Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, by banks among others. In a 14 day ultimatum to the Federal Government through the Ministers of Power, Labour and Employment among others, dated July 7, 2022, the Organised Labour … [Read more…]
Federal Ministry of Education has directed closure of Federal Government Colleges (FGCs) located in FCT and ordered immediate evacuation of students. It was gathered that the decision was as a result of rising insecurity and threat to the lives, security and wellbeing of the students therein. While some schools were asked for vacate latest on … [Read more…]
2023: PDP Guber standard-bearer, Mbah, lauds Enugu as most peaceful state in Nigeria; promises to redouble state’s economy if elected Dr Peter Mbah, the Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship flagbearer for the 2023 general elections has stated that Enugu State is the safest and most peaceful State to live in the country. Speaking … [Read more…]
Terrorists threaten to abduct Buhari; flog train victims in fresh video Few weeks after the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari was attacked in Katsina State, terrorists have threatened to abduct Nigeria’s number one citizen. The convoy of an advance team of the president was attacked on its way to Buhari’s hometown of Daura ahead of … [Read more…]
Atiku: Soon, Nigerians Will Know The Actual Truth – Wike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he will soon break his silence on the recent happenings in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The governor … [Read more…]
Atiku replies Tinubu, challenges APC candidate to grant ‘hour long’ interview The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to subject himself to a ‘long’ interview as he (Atiku) recently did. Atiku was responding to the statement by the Tinubu Campaign … [Read more…]