A Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet involved in the anti-terror war against Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province has lost radar contact in Borno State. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Thursday, said the incident happened on Wednesday evening. The statement was titled, ‘Nigerian Air Force … [Read more…]
In the dead of night sometime early in October 2016, hundreds of security operatives stormed the homes of some judges in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Gombe, Kano, Enugu and Sokoto. It was something that had never happened before in the nation’s history. Raid a judge’s home? It was unheard of, and incredibly not only a home, … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned in strong terms the attempted coup in Niger Republic, saying “any illegal effort to depose a democratically elected government is not only despicable, but also unacceptable to democratic governments around the world.” According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba … [Read more…]
New York state lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday legalizing recreational marijuana, with Governor Andrew Cuomo saying he would sign it into law. New York will join 14 other US states and the District of Columbia in permitting cannabis use after the bill was backed by both state chambers, where Cuomo’s Democratic Party holds … [Read more…]
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has sued an online Newspaper, Peoples Gazette, over alleged defamatory publications. In the suit marked, HAB/36/2021, and filed before an Abakaliki High Court, Umahi and two other plaintiffs, Austin Umahi and Brass Engineering and Construction Nigeria Limited, said the paper’s ‘offending’ publications of January 29 and 30 2021, caused … [Read more…]
Four persons, including two senior staff in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, have been charged to court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons over their alleged involvement in human trafficking. The workers were the Chief Accountant on Grade Level 14, Innocent Bola-Audu, … [Read more…]
The agelong beef between the traditional ruler of Obingwu community in Orlu council of Imo, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya and former governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, reared its head again, aboard Air Peace flight to Abuja, yesterday. It was learnt that the monarch and former chairman of Imo State and South East Council of Traditional … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has received an invitation from US President Joe Biden to a virtual summit to galvanise efforts in tackling the climate crisis. President Biden also extended the invitation to four other African leaders and 35 others. The African leaders are Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Kenyan … [Read more…]
The Federal Government is yet to release the fund it promised Edo State for the hosting of the 2020 National Sports Festival with less than a week to its commencement. Musa Ebomhiana, a Project Manager in the Media and Communications Sub-Committee of the festival’s Local Organising Committee, disclosed this on Sunday in Benin. … [Read more…]
George Floyd must receive justice, his family said ahead of opening arguments Monday in the trial of the white police officer accused of killing the Black man, whose agonising death ignited protests against racism and police brutality across the United States and around the world. “I have a big hole right now in my … [Read more…]
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called on Nigerians to help President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to save the country and themselves. Atiku, in a series of tweets on Sunday, March 28, 2021, said this in his reaction to the recent Bloomberg’s report which says Nigeria is set to become the country with the highest … [Read more…]
Enugu: After outcry, bad roads receive attention. The Enugu State Commissioner for Works, Engr. Greg Nnaji has revealed that the state government has commenced the bi-annual repair of roads that were in bad shape in the state, in line with the government’s zero tolerance for potholes. Our correspondent had, on Friday March 26, 2021, … [Read more…]