Four days after he renounced his earlier repentance and returned to the forest, Auwal Daudawa, best known for his role in the abduction of 300 schoolboys in Katsina state has been killed in a rival fight. Reliable sources informed Daily Trust that Daudawa was shot dead Friday evening during a gun duel with a rival […]
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has said that the newly created security outfit in the southeast, Ebube Agu, is not against the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The governor stated this on Friday during the handing over of some vehicles to security agencies to aid their work of bringing safety to lives and property […]
Hundreds of Nigerians were killed in a series of violent attacks that occurred in different parts of the country in April, according to a report by SB Morgan (SBM) Intelligence. The report recorded killings in 31 states and the federal capital territory (FCT), and cited 160 instances of violent attacks from April 1 to 27. […]
Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday, lambasted the Presidency and the Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka, describing both as “blackmailers”. Fayose also said both the Presidency and the preacher don’t deserve the attention of Nigerians. “The Presidency and Father Mbaka are […]
Official Spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu has alleged that Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s call for the President’s resignation or impeachment is caused by his failure to secure Federal government contracts. Shehu made this known is a series of tweets, Friday, in reaction to Mbaka’s Wednesday sermon where he said the president was surprisingly […]
announced that plans have now been concluded for an open audition call for the Big Brother Naija Season 6 from Monday, May 3 till Sunday, May 16, 2021. In a statement sent to New Telegraph, interested participants are expected to record a two-minute video of themselves stating why they should be picked to be a […]
Three others including a pregnant woman were reportedly injured in the separate attacks on communities in Gwer-West local government area of Benue State. The latest attack is coming after seven people were reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen at IDP camp at Abegana near Makurdi early hours of Tuesday. In another attack the same Tuesday, a […]
The Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board has sacked four civil servants accused of committing rape, fraud and abortion in the line of duty. One of the dismissed civil servants was accused of committing rape in a health facility at Kurna Asabe area of the state, two others were accused of using staff information […]
The Federal Government has announced plans to commence increased payment of pension to retirees to reflect the new minimum wage. This follows the presidential approval for the implementation of the consequential adjustment to the pension benefits occasioned by the new minimum wage of 2019. The payment of the new pension to retirees will commence from […]
The Benue state government has expressed displeasure at a recent statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, concerning the comments of Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, on insecurity. Following a series of killings in the state, Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, had called for the urgent intervention of the federal government. Ortom had asked the president […]
