Kano State Government has secured a court order for the closure of Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasir Kabara’s mosque and to stop him from further preaching. The order obtained from Mohammed Jibrin, chief magistrate Grade 1 court 12 at Gidan Murtala came after an oral application of Wada A. Wada from the office Of the state commissioner […]
South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung – hee withdrew her bid to lead the World Trade Organisation, leaving former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala as the only remaining candidate for the job, Bloomberg reports Friday. Yoo was said made the decision after discussions with the United States and other major nations, and took various […]
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit seeking an order compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate former Governor of Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari, for alleged misappropriation of N900 billion for lacking in merit. Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development (PAPS) […]
The Northern Governors Forum (NEF) has called for the stoppage of attacks on innocent Fulani herders in South-East, South-West and South-South states. The governors said innocent herders should not be vilified while those found wanting should be handed over to the law enforcement agencies. But governors in the South West, while responding to the call, […]
Osun State Governor , Mr Adegboyega Oyetola , has directed all council chairmen and other political office holders at Local Government Councils in the state to vacate offices . He made this known in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government , Prince Wole Oyebamiji , titled ‘ Important public notice ’ on […]
Ahead the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed its intention to expand access to polling units across the country. A source at the commission on Thursday, disclosed to Nigerian Tribune that the commission would commence its sensitisation of critical stakeholders on its reason to expand access to polling units, beginning […]
Members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday (Thursday) attacked Onicha Divisional Headquarters in Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. In a statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah, the hoodlums burnt the left wing of the division, including four patrol vehicles. According to the Statement: “Today […]
The leader of Al – Qaeda ’ s Yemeni affiliate has been under arrest for several months , according to a United Nations report released on Thursday, in what will be seen as a huge breakthrough in the fight against the global jihadist threat . The document said Khalid Batarfi, the leader of Al -Qaeda […]
MEMBERS of the Seven-Day Adventist Church in Azia, Anambra State, could not have expected the tragedy that took place in the church on Wednesday, February 3. Unknown gunman invaded the church while the mid-week service was going on and murdered husband, wife and daughter from one family in cold blood while the fourth person, sustained […]
Thursday’s decision by the Kano State government to ban controversial cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Sheikh Nasir Kabara, has generated apprehension in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Malam Mohammed Garba said the ban was because the state executive council found the cleric’s preaching incendiary. However, the cleric told Daily Trust that the ban was politically […]
