Gunmen have killed a professor of law at Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun, Yinka Olomojobi, and abducted two others in the Iperu area of the state. Olomojobi was shot dead on Friday for allegedly refusing to be taken away by the suspected gunmen. While he was shot dead, two...
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has resumed the prosecution of all Boko Haram detainees in Kainji. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, disclosed this at the 2-day High-level African Counter-terrorism Summit in Abuja According to him, Nigeria is also gathering intelligence on the activities of Boko Haram...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kano State chapter, has urged the public to ignore the purported suspension of the national chairman of the party, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. The secretary of the party in the state, Alhaji Zakari Sarina, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in...
By NGUHER KENDRA ITYOACHIMIN From Bournemouth Easter, also called Resurrection Sunday is a Christian holiday commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his crucifixion and burial by the Romans. Christians who observe Easter...
A retired military officer, Mr Thomas Olawaye, on Monday prayed a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to grant his request for divorce to his wife of 52 years, Victoria on grounds that she was ill-tempered. Olawaye, the father of five, told the court that in spite...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Monday appreciated President Bola Tinubu for allowing enabling environment for the peaceful conduct of the Saturday’s governorship primary in the state. Aiyedatiwa stated this in his acceptance speech after he emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Nov. 16...
A financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has urged the Federal Government to dissipate more effort in arresting and prosecuting politicians accused of looting the treasury. Unegbu, a past president of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency...
Amidst protest over the conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Ondo State, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa was early on Monday morning declared winner. The Chairman of the party’s Primary Election Committee for Ondo State and Governor of Kogi, Usman Ododo said that Aiyedatiwa having satisfied...
The Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State says it has a clear chance of emerging victorious in the forthcoming local government election in the state. The party’s chairman in the state, Mr Sadiq Atayese, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan...
Bayelsa State Government has called for the recruitment of more indigenes of the state into the Federal Fire Service to meet its quota of employment. Governor Douye Diri, made the call during the inauguration of a Rapid Response Fire-fighting truck deployed to the state command of the Federal...
A 60-year old man, Malam Danjuma, popularly known as “Black”, his son, Ibrahim, 35, and Aminu Gaye, also 35, died in a pit toilet while trying to recover a cellphone. Abba Alasan, 28, was, however, rescued alive from the facility at Yar’Gwanda Village in Tsanyawa Local Government Area...
No fewer than 14 persons have died in a head-on coalition involving two Toyota buses on Sunday in Kogi State. Thirteen persons survived in the accident which occurred at Aloma community in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. An eyewitness told NAN that the accident involved a...
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State on Sunday protested at the party’s secretariat in Akure over alleged electoral irregularities in the ongoing governorship primary in the state. The Gov. Usman Ododo-led seven-member committee had declared the Saturday’s primary inconclusive. The committee said...
The legal tussle over the legality of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) bid to arraign former Kogi governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello over alleged N80.2billion fraud will begin on Monday at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the appellate court...
Former Military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon and his wife, Victoria, on Sunday celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with thanksgiving at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Maitama, Abuja. The couple exchanged vows on April 19, 1969, at the Anglican Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos, during Gowon’s...
The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) is set for initial rollout to the public by the end of May, a presidential aide has revealed. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. The News...
Lagos Central Senatorial District Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Hakeem Olalemi, has said the outcome of the party’s recent National Executive Council (NEC) meeting shows that the party is mature, strong and indivisible. Olalemi made the statement in an interview with the News Agency...
A Lawyer, Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, has advised EFCC not to act above the law in its efforts to arrest and prosecute former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, over alleged N80.2 billion fraud. Onokpasa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at a news conference on Sunday in...
The Ebiraland Youths Coalition has urged the Federal Government to ensure the embattled former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, is unharmed in his current face-off with the EFCC. The Coalition’s Coordinator, Mr Fache Onimisi-Moses, made the call in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday. Bello is being...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of 1 Division of the Nigeria Army eliminated several terrorists who ambushed them on Friday while on fighting patrol to Karaga Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. The Army’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who confirmed this in a statement on Sunday...