Gunmen on Wednesday evening killed Director General of the Science and Equipment Development Institute (SEDI), Enugu, Prof. Samuel Ndubisi. He was said to have been killed along Port- Harcourt Express Road Enugu with his police orderly. However, The Nation learnt his driver, who sustained gunshot injuries, had been taken to a hospital, where doctors are […]
Former military governor of Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (retd), has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has exhibited poor skills in managing the diversity in the country. In a statement entitled “Nigeria: Nation Challenged” and made available to the Tribune Online on Wednesday, Dangiwa said that “it is my long held belief that this […]
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has described the views of the Solicitor General of Alberta in Canada, Kelechi Amadi, regarding the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu as an “outrageously ignoramus opinion that is eccentric and weird”. Malami stated this on Wednesday in a statement that was issued by the […]
Enugu State Police command has arrested three suspects for their involvement in railway tracks and slippers vandalism. The police also recovered the operational lorries used by the suspects as well as the large pieces of the vandalized items. In a statement issued through the police public relations officer, Daniel Ndukwe, the state commissioner of police, […]
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Ugbo Iyiriaro, has been kidnapped along Benin – Abraka Road in Edo State, with the gunmen demanding N20 million ransom. It was gathered from security sources in Benin, the state capital, that the incident happened between Ugo and Ugboko in Orhionmwon Local Government Area […]
A member of the House of Representatives, Rimamnde Shawulu, Thursday called on the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP to resign from his position with immediate effect, for failing to stanch the flow of defections from the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The lawmaker urged Secondus to throw in the […]
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has warned members of the National Assembly against any move to amend the criminal code and make provision for sanctions against protests. HURIWA was reacting to a Bill sponsored by Honourable Chinedu Martins of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Imo State. The Bill is titled […]
A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital has sentenced a middle-aged woman, Mrs Toyin Olusa, to one year imprisonment for causing the death of her husband, Mr Adeyinka Olusa. The late Olusa who was a former auditor at the School of Health Technology, Akure who died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo […]
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have decorated the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya. He was also decorated with a new rank of Lieutenant General. The ceremony which was held on Wednesday before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting had in attendance, the Chief of Defence Staff, […]
Donald Trump, former US president, says he will take legal action against Facebook, Twitter and Google, months after the tech giants flagged his posts and sanctioned him. The former president is claiming that the companies wrongfully censored him. The 75-year-old politician will serve as the lead plaintiff in the class action lawsuit which also involves […]
