Ahmad Gumi, a prominent Islamic cleric, has asked the federal government to use ”bad bandits” to fight the “ugly ones”. Speaking with The PUNCH, Gumi said many of the bandits are willing to dialogue with the federal government and ready to surrender themselves for use. The cleric said the government needs to be “proactive with […]
A housewife, Khadija Ahmad, has set her husband, Bashir Ahmad, on fire at Gaida quarters of Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State. She was said to have locked the room while her husband was inside and set it on fire. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening. Daily Trust gathered that the husband was in […]
The United States of America has called for the protection of the lives of journalists in Nigeria, saying that threats to journalists have been alarming. The US Consulate General Public Affairs Officer, Stephen Ibelli, said this while speaking through a Zoom meeting in Uyo during a media workshop on Investigative Health Care Reporting organised by […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has replied to President Muhammadu Buhari, over his tweets against Biafrans, which Twitter deleted, saying that the 1967 alleged genocide against Ndigbo can never be repeated in Biafra land successfully by anybody or government including his administration. IPOB urged President Buhari to stop threatening Ndigbo, saying that Ndigbo of […]
A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, turned the gun on himself after he shot dead a customs officer at Seme border on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred when the team leader was trying to retrieve the gun from Sulaiman following his strange […]
party lines and ethnic lines by virtue of my education and exposure. My choice to join APC is generating a lot of concern for the PDP occasioned by the fact that it came as a rude shock. And sincerely, it is indeed a rude shock because until I defected, I was a very strong member […]
Bede Eke, a member of the house of representatives from Imo state, has accused security agents of extrajudicial killings in his constituency. Speaking to journalists on Thursday, Eke alleged that the security operatives deployed in Imo following the death of Ahmed Gulak, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have been killing people. Both […]
Personnel of the Operation Puff Adder of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested 10 persons during a secret meeting organized by the members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in a private school in Okutukutu axis of Yenagoa, the state capital. It was gathered that the meeting was part of the plan […]
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, has faulted the calls for the zoning of the presidency ahead of the 2023 election. Speaking with journalists after a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, the governor said “rotational presidency” has outlived its usefulness. Rather than the zoning arrangement, the governor asked Nigerians to go for the “best […]
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, says corps members are part of the national defence policy of Nigeria and can be mobilised for war if need be. Ibrahim said this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme on Wednesday while reacting to moves to scrap the NYSC scheme which is compulsory […]
