This is an optional category description
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have reportedly killed five persons including three policemen and kidnapped another in Enugu State. Sources said the incident occurred at about 10:40 pm near the block bus stop in the New Heaven area. The gunmen reportedly arrived in a Sienna bus and opened fire on the police patrol van … [Read more…]
NIGERIA Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has vowed to disrupt distribution of petroleum products in Rivers State if in seven days from Wednesday, relevant stakeholders fail to address alleged indiscriminate arrest and impounding of their trucks by security operatives and some local government authorities in the state. Port Harcourt Zonal Council of … [Read more…]
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has adjourned hearing in the 2023 governorship candidacy of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River to today. The matter is between Senator John Enoh, who is challenging the party’s candidate for the 2023 governorship elections and Senator Bassey Otu. Joined as defendants … [Read more…]
The Federal Government yesterday threatened to sanction foreign airlines selling tickets to Nigerians in dollars. It insisted that such a practice is a violation of Nigerian laws. Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said this while addressing State House correspondents after the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at … [Read more…]
The Egyptian Police have arrested the lead negotiator between bandits and the passengers kidnapped from the attacked Abuja-Kaduna train, Alhaji Tukur Mamu. The reporter gathered that Manu was arrested in Cairo, the Egyptian capital on Tuesday. The bandits’ negotiator was said to have been arrested in Egypt alongside his family members. Mamu was said on … [Read more…]
A renowned Islamic cleric in the South East, Sheikh Ibrahim Iyiorji, was shot dead on Sunday at his residence in Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, by gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). He died Monday night at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, to where he was … [Read more…]
…Enugu LP Chairman points fingers at PDP A worrisome political violence is creeping into Enugu State politics, ahead of the 2023 elections, with an attack by gunmen on Labour Party, LP’s members having a meeting in their party office in Awgu, headquarters of Awgu Council area. The gunmen were said to have stormed the venue … [Read more…]
Following another video on social media showing Nigerians who arrived in the UAE but were not let into the country, the Nigerian government has advised Nigerians going to the UAE to be honest with visa applications. “It is therefore instructive for prospective visa applicants to indicate clearly their visa preferences without any ambiguity and also … [Read more…]
A state High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Friday, discharged and acquitted a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, of over the N6.3 billion corruption charges levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court presided over by Justice Christy Dabup also discharged and acquitted a … [Read more…]
The National and States Assembly Election Petition Trial Tribunal sitting in High Court 4, Jos has nullified the election of Hon. Musa Avia Agah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Court held that Hon. Agah was not validly nominated by the PDP for the Bye-Election conducted on February 26, 2022. Chairman of the tribunal, … [Read more…]
National Chairman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi, has said the north would not support any candidate based on clannish sentiments or someone who seeks to exploit the region’s ethnic and religious diversity. National Chairman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi, has said the north would not support any candidate based … [Read more…]
Military operations to wipe out terrorists ravaging North East Nigeria have continued to yield positive results with the bombardment of another terrorist stronghold in Sambisa forest, Borno State. Forty-nine Boko Haram fighters – Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād – were said to have been killed in the process after two Super Tukano fighter aircraft belonging … [Read more…]