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Determined to wipe out terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals terrorising the peace of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Nigerian armed forces and counterparts from the police, Department of State Services (DSS), Civil Defence and other security agencies have embarked on raids of hotspots within and outside the FCT. The raids, which have been … [Read more…]
Apart from the constitutional infraction, the list of the nominees has been challenged on the ground that some of them are card-carrying members of the ruling party.” Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to compromise the 2023 general elections with his controversial list of nominees to serve as INEC members … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s secret police SSS has cautioned against unguarded utterances about the arrest and investigation of the Kaduna train hostage negotiator, Tukur Mamu. State Security Service spokesman Peter Afunanya stated in Abuja that the warning became necessary following overzealous comments by some sections of the public on issues relating to the arrest and investigation of Mr … [Read more…]
THREE police escorts in the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South senatorial zone were feared dead when he was attacked at Enugwu Ukwu in Njikoka local government area of the state on Sunday. A highly placed source, who spoke on condition of anonymity told the reporter that the senator after escaping the near … [Read more…]
Princes William and Harry, and their wives Kate and Meghan, have met crowds in Windsor. They collected floral tributes and spoke to some of those who had gathered to pay their respects. The Queen’s funeral will be held in Westminster Abbey on Monday 19 September. She will lie in state for four days beforehand and … [Read more…]
Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to either release Tukur Mamu or charge him to court. Citing the law, Gumi said anybody arrested over an alleged crime needs to be taken to court within 24 hours. Mamu was arrested at Cairo International Airport on his way … [Read more…]
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says if elected president of Nigeria, he will pull Nigeria out of the Commonwealth if Nigerians are not allowed to travel to the UK and other Commonwealth nations without needing a visa. According to him, Queen Elizabeth’s death should usher in a new order … [Read more…]
MEMBERS of the Ogun State House of Assembly, again, yesterday, suspended their sitting following the sudden disappearance of the Assembly Mace. The Mace, which is the staff of authority of the state’s legislative arm, was allegedly stolen to prevent the lawmakers from achieving their aims of impeaching the embattled Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo when the House … [Read more…]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, yesterday, alleged that it has uncovered the perpetrators and sponsors of insecurity in Imo State and South East, warning them to refrain from their heinous activities, or it will come after them. IPOB alleged that the Senator Hope Uzodimma-led Imo State government is totally bereft of information, just as … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has restated his resolve to ensure that the education sector in the ‘New Nigeria’ receives the robust funding it needs to productively transform the nation. This resolution was made in his Message to mark the International Literacy Day 2022. He maintained his unwavering belief in … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has spent the sum of N21billion on the mapping of the country into enumeration areas ahead of the 2023 census. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this at a breakfast meeting with partners on the 2023 population and housing census, yesterday, in Abuja. Osinbajo, represented by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, said the government … [Read more…]
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu has pledged to ratify the multi-sectoral strategic plan of action on nutrition aimed at curbing stunting and malnutrition in the state in line with the adoption of the National Policy on Food and Nutrition and domestication of the National Strategic Plan of Action on Nutrition by his administration. Ugwuanyi made … [Read more…]