There is heavy security in Abuja with the presence of soldiers who have mounted various security checkpoint in and around the Federal Capital Territory. This is coming just as the 102 Guards Battalion came under attack late Thursday evening. Daily Sun gathered that Soldiers from the Guards Brigade, Army Headquarters Garrison, Defence Headquarters Garrison, Nigerian … [Read more…]
An unknown number of soldiers were said to have been killed on Thursday night by Boko Haram terrorists who stormed an Army checkpoint around Zuma Rock, the border between FCT and Niger State. Sources said the terrorists arrived Zuma Rock on the axis of Madalla and Suleija along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, at about 8.30p.m., and … [Read more…]
The immediate past Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, and a group, Incorporated Trustees of Rights for All International, have filed an originating summons before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order declaring Nwajiuba as the authentic Presidential candidate of the APC. The plaintiffs are also praying for the cancellation of the … [Read more…]
A Kano State High Court sitting at Audu Bako presided over by Justice Usman Na’abba has sentenced a school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko, to death by hanging for the kidnap and killing of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar. Isyaku Hashim, his conspirator, was also sentenced to death by hanging for concealment and kidnapping of the five- year-old. The … [Read more…]
The Federal Government says it will sanction Trust TV, a television owned by Media Trust Group, and the BBC over their stories on bandits in the North. In separate documentaries, Trust TV and BBC Africa Eye exposed the activities of the gangs making life difficult for Nigerians. Speaking with journalists on Thursday, Minister of Information … [Read more…]
President Muhamadu Buhari is currently chairing the third National Security Council (NSC) meeting within three weeks at the State House, Abuja. The NSC meeting at the Council Chambers is being attended by Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the National Security … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s oil production may have suffered further decline of not less than 22,000 barrel per day, as employees of Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria, APN, have downed tools over perceived anti-labour practices. Addax, owned by China’s Sinopec Group, has four Oil Mining Licences, OML 123, 124, 126 and 137, operating the assets in Production Sharing Contract … [Read more…]
The People’s Democratic Party caucus of the House of Representatives has backed their colleagues in the Senate over the call for the impeachment of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.). In a joint meeting on Thursday, the PDP lawmakers said the state of the country was appalling and therefore issued a six to eight … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party has made a bold move to woo former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Nicholas Felix, to join the PDP with the promise to ensure that he clinches the Edo State governorship ticket ahead of the 2024 election. The development is coming barely a month after the APC youngest … [Read more…]
The 36 states’ governors have called for the review of the National Water Resources Bill to accommodate all concerns of states. The governors decried the situation where the interest of states were not adequately addressed in the contentious water bill. Their position was contained in a communique issued at the end of the teleconference meeting … [Read more…]
The wind of insecurity blowing across the country, especially in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, gathered pace yesterday, sending panic through the whole of Abuja and its environs. This led to the shutting down of Veritas University, as the terrorists, who had written the Abuja Campus of the Nigerian Law School. also demanded ransom on … [Read more…]
Worried by worsening security situation, senators elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and other opposition parties, yesterday, threatened to commence an impeachment proceeding against President Muhammadu Buhari. They gave him six week to address the country’s security challenges or be impeached. No fewer than 18 of … [Read more…]