Scores of people have staged a protest in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, over the raid by the Department of State Services (DSS) on the home of Sunday Adeyemo, a Yoruba youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho. Igboho’s Ibadan home was raided on July 1, with two occupants killed. Although he escaped arrest by the […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, on Wednesday, said his men have sent many bandits to God to answer for their crimes. One of the major challenges confronting the nation presently is banditry. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, on Wednesday, said his men have sent many bandits to […]
Abdullahi Samari Abubakar, chairman of the caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, says disciplinary measures could be taken against Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture. On Saturday, Mohammed said he regrets supporting Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Kwara governor, during the 2019 gubernatorial poll. The minister said under Abdulrazaq, Kwara has gotten […]
The Senate has approved the Federal Government’s request for a $6.1 billion (N2.343 trillion) loan request. The Senate gave the approval on Wednesday after it considered a report from its Committee on Local and Foreign Debt which it earlier directed to work on the loan request. Presenting the report on the floor during plenary, the […]
The Police in Imo State have arrested a 37-year-old suspected fake lawyer identified as Mrs Princes Kate Nneoma Duruji of Akakims palace Orji, Owerri Imo State. The Commissioner of Police, Imo State, CP Abutu Yaro, disclosed this through a statement issued by Police Public Relation Officer, CSP Michael Abatham. He said that the arrest of […]
There is currently tension in Garka, a village in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, over a Boko Haram attack in a neighbouring village. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, hails from Garka. Residents of Garka are currently living in fear following the killing of at least 18 persons at neigbhouring […]
The Dominican Republic on Wednesday shuttered its border with Haiti after the assassination of the neighbouring country’s president, Jovenel Moise. The countries share a 380-kilometer (240-mile) border on the island of Hispaniola, and defense ministry spokesman Ceinett Sanchez told AFP its closure would be “immediate.” Dominican President Luis Abinader condemned the killing, saying on Twitter […]
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the National Assembly have thrown their weights behind the recent resolutions of the Southern governors. The governors had met in Lagos on Monday and demanded the inclusion of the electronic transfer of results in the 2010 Electoral Act amendment Bill 2021 and the inclusion of the state police […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that former minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun did not require National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate for appointment into political office in the country. The court also ruled that she was ineligible to participate in the scheme. Adeosun resigned in 2018 after she was accused of forging […]
Efforts at reconciling the aggrieved camps in the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress by the national leadership of the party may have hit the rocks. Indication emerged as certain chieftains of the party stormed the national secretariat to demand new leadership in Imo, Owerri State capital. The team led by former Imo […]
