Kogi Police Command on Thursday confirmed that gunmen attacked Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s (PDP-Kogi Central) family residence in Obeiba Community in Okehi Local Government Area. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Miller Dantawaye, who confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday,...
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Senator Binos Yaroe, representing Adamawa South (Peoples Democratic Party PDP), has categorically said that he will not contest for governorship position in 2027. Yaroe disclose this in an interactive session with Journalists on Thursday in Yola. The senator insisted that he remained committed and loyal to PDP, adding that...
The Federal Government has said it plans to pay Power Generation Companies (GenCos) two trillion Naira out of the four trillion Naira debt owed them before the end of 2025. The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 6th Edition of the...
Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of Super TV CEO, Michael Ataga, on Thursday, narrated how she discovered his lifeless body in a Lekki short-let apartment on June 15, 2021. Ojukwu, a former 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, narrated this before a Lagos...
No fewer than 390 repentant Boko Haram members graduated from Federal Government’s De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme in Gombe State. Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said this during the graduation ceremony in Malam Sidi in Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State on Thursday. He said...
Google on Thursday opened applications for the 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Programme, a three-month initiative designed to support early stage startups using Artificial Intelligence to address Africa’s most pressing challenges. The Head of Startups Ecosystem, Africa, Google, Mr Folarin Aiyegbusi, said in a statement that across the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have executed two successful air missions, targeting terrorist strongholds in Sambisa general area and the Southern Tumbuns, Borno. Director, Public Relations and Information of The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, who disclosed this...
The Concerned PDP Youth of Gombe State has urged the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to step back from active political contest and pursue an advisory role in shaping the future of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Chairman of the group, Jamilu Adamu stated this at a press...
Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, on Thursday said the sector generated additional N700 billion revenue in 2024, reflecting a 70 per cent increase from what was collected in 2023. Adelabu said this during the 6th Edition of the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing Series in Abuja on Thursday. “It...
Scientists say that they have obtained strongest signs yet of the possibility of life in a distant solar system. The scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope said they detected in an alien planet’s atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of similar gases found on Earth. The two gases- dimethyl sulfide...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) visited Plateau on Thursday and condoled with Gov. Caleb Mutfwang over the recent attacks and killings in the state. Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara and Chairman of the forum led other governors on the visit. He said that the visit was to commiserate with...
The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Mr Christopher Maikalangu, has said his joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) is in the best interest of AMAC residents. Speaking during a rally on Thursday in Abuja, Maikalangu said that he joined the ruling party in order to continue delivering...
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr Kayode Opeifa, says the corporation is hopeful that the Federal Government will reconstruct Eastern Railway line before 2027. Opeifa disclosed this during his “Familiarisation Tour To The Eastern District, Enugu” on Thursday. Acknowledging that lack of reconstruction...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has said the troops of Operation Delta Safe have in the last one week discovered and deactivated no fewer than 42 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta region. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, made this known in a weekly report of...
Nigerian talk show host, Chude Jideonwo, has said he is set to unearth juicy tidbits about popular personalities in his first live talk concert which will be held in Lagos. Jideonwo disclosed this during a news conference on Thursday in Lagos. He said some of the personalities expected to...
The Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Anambra State, Chief Basil Ejidike says the Nov. 8 governorship election is a God-given chance to connect the state with the party at the centre. Ejidike, who doubles as the board chairman, National Root Corps Research Institute, Umudike, Abia, spoke in an interview...
Court frees boy who stood in front of Peter Obi’s convoy months after being framed for armed robbery
Court frees boy who stood in front of Peter Obi’s convoy months after being framed for armed robbery
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- A Magistrate Court in Apapa, Lagos State, has freed 17-year-old Quadri Alabi, who gained fame in 2023 for standing in front of Peter Obi’s convoy, after he was wrongfully accused of armed robbery. Quadri’s ordeal began when he was allegedly abducted by “Area Boys”...
Human rights lawyer and activist, Inibehe Effiong, on Thursday asked the Nigerian Police Force to pay ₦100 million as compensation to Alabi Quadri. Quadri is a 17-year-old minor who went viral ahead of the 2023 general elections for standing in front of the convoy of former Labour Party presidential...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Barely twenty four hours after the herdsmen had attacked Otobi in Otukpo local government area of Benue state, about three communities in the same local government were again attacked by suspected armed herdsmen. The affected communities include: Emichi, Okpomaju and Odudaje in Otukpo...
The Federal Government has clarified on the ongoing six-lane Lagos-Badagry Road project in relation to the proposed Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. According to Kesha, Nigeria’s...