UPDATED: Gunshots as Imo speaker suspends minority leader, five other lawmakers

Imo-State-House-of-Assembly Imo State House of Assembly. Web image There was uproar at the Imo State House of Assembly Complex in Owerri, the state capital, on Thursday afternoon, after the speaker,…

Bandits kill two immigration officials in Katsina

Bandits in the early hours of Thursday killed two officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). They carried out the attack around 12:05 am at Kadobe village in Jibia Local…

EXTRA: Man in court for allegedly giving wife abortion drug as pain killer

The police in Ilorin on Thursday arraigned one Nurudeen Osioyemi for allegedly giving his wife, Balikis Aliyu, an unknown drug as pain killer, which later led to the miscarriage of…

BREAKING: Magu dropped as PSC promotes 24 CPS, 35 DCPs, 52 ACPs

..Confirms three DIGs The Police Service Commission has confirmed the acting appointments of three Deputy Inspectors General of Police. This was contained in a press release signed by the commission’s…

Lauretta Onochie: I’m Being Attacked Because I Follow Due Process

The Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, says she is not partisan but follow due process in all she does. She stated this in an opening…

Kaduna Baptist students’ kidnappers reject nine bags of rice offered by school

The gunmen who invaded Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi in Kaduna State, have rejected nine bags of rice as well as other food items offered by the school. The Vice-Principal…

The partitioning of Nigeria ahead of 2023

By Frederick Nwabufo Avarice and prejudice drove European conquistadors to carve up much of Africa like cake. With the gradual end of the transatlantic slave trade spurred by the industrial…

Federal Government Cries Out Over N37bn Debt Owed By Airlines

The Federal Government has raised concerns over a 37 billion naira debt owed by airlines. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika told a media conference today that the airline debt…

BREAKING: Uche Ogbuagu, 5 others suspended from Imo assembly

The Imo State House of Assembly Speaker has suspended six active lawmakers for reasons yet to be known, Crimefacts.news reports. Crimefacts gathered that Uche Ogbuagu, member representing Ikeduru state constituency…

BREAKING: Boko Haram Insurgents Attack Yobe Community

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have attacked Katarko village a distance of 18 kilometers away from Damaturu the Yobe State capital. Eyewitnesses told Channels Television that the attackers drove into the…

FIRS orders banks to freeze MultiChoice accounts

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has appointed some commercial banks as agents to recover N1.8 trillion from accounts of Messrs MultiChoice Nigeria Limited (MCN) And MultiChoice Africa (MCA). This…

Airlines must refund 100% airfares to passengers after two-hour delay –FG

Airline operators in the country must refund the full cost of travel tickets to passengers after a two-hour delay, the Federal Government has said. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made…

[BREAKING] Alleged Fraud: Court Grants Bail To Ex-JAMB Registrar Professor Ojerinde

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Adedibu Ojerinde. The bail…

BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu will be released soon, lawyer assures

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has assured he would be released soon. He said there was no strong allegations to…

BREAKING: Senate panel begins screening of Lauretta Onochie as INEC commissioner nominee

The senate committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the screening of Lauretta Onochie, a presidential aide. Onochie was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari as an INEC commissioner.…