The Abia state government has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to attack and kidnap prominent persons in the state. In a statement on Sunday, John Kalu, Abia commissioner of information, warned the alleged plotters whom he described as “renegade members of a non-state group” to desist from their planned action. He also advised […]
A joint team of Police has killed three suspected kidnappers and rescued wife of Benue Commissioner for Land and Survey Mrs. Ann Unenge. The operation, The Nation learnt, was carried out on Monday morning. Three of the kidnappers were said to have been gunned down and Mrs. Unenge was taken to police headquarters around 12: […]
The former chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC), Professor Attahiru Muhammad Jega has called on Nigerians not to vote for the All Progressives Congress ( APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) in the next election coming up in 2023. This he alleged, is because the two major political parties in the […]
Jude Okeke-led faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has expressed confidence in winning at the Appeal Court. The Okeke faction added that it has the hope of winning its case to upturn the Justice Okaa judgment before the Court of Appeal, Awka division. In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ikechukwu Chukwunyere, […]
The Federal High Court Abuja on Monday adjourned the suit brought by the 12 detained aides of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, to August 4. Justice Egwuatu granted the applicants’ lawyer, Pelumi Olagbenjesi, the leave to amend his processes to correct the names of the applicants. There was confusion in court regarding the […]
Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Sammie, has opened up about his relationship with a fellow housemate, Angel, stating that he wants the ‘ship’ to work. He made this known on Monday, day nine of the show, while speaking to some of the housemates about his concerns about the relationship. The housemates also chipped […]
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday, seized a phone belonging to a Vanguard Photojournalist, Mr Gbenga Olamikan, at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The DSS operatives confiscated the phone following Olamikan’s bid to take snapshots of the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, who were […]
The Zamfara State Government said it will enact laws to regulate social media against the spread of fake news in the state. Gov. Bello Matawalle disclosed this in Gusau on Sunday at the inauguration of the newly-elected state executives of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ). Matawalle represented by the State Commissioner of Information, […]
There are strong indications that Benin Republic will make the outcome of asylum application by Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, known this week, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent gathered that the bail application for Igboho was delayed by his lawyers because of his medical report and the expected outcome […]
Ali Kachalla, one of the bandit leaders operating in the north-west has, reportedly, been identified as the mastermind of the downing of the fighter jet of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in July. The fighter jet was returning from an air interdiction mission between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna states when it came under […]
