Security agents were still at Jos custodial centre yesterday after gunmen attacked the facility on Sunday. The assailants were resisted by a combined team of armed custodial squad, police, troops and other agents, culminating in a heavy shootout. Nine escapee inmates were reportedly shot dead in the crossfire while 262 inmates escaped, the correctional centre […]
The federal government has accused the Eastern Security Network (ESN), an outfit of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of “beheading two police officers”. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, said this in a statement on Monday, adding that the attack occurred on Saturday. Two officers were said to have been attacked by gunmen […]
The incoming National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, says political parties need to educate Nigerians that eight more years of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) administration will lead to a breakup of the country. He said this Monday while receiving a delegation of the Coalition of United Political Party […]
HUMAN rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, on Monday, said that Lagos State has the constitutional and legal powers to set up a judicial panel of inquiry on any issue just as he tackled the Minister of State for Labour, Mr Festus Keyamo’s, SAN, for faulting the EndSARS Panel set up by the Lagos State […]
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a different dimension on Monday as youths in the party’s fold announced the dissolution of the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee led by Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, and inaugurated a new caretaker committee. The youths, under the aegis of the Progressive Youth Movement (PYM), […]
Suspected gunmen have attacked Mr Chinedu Awo, Lawmaker, representing Ohaukwu North constituency in Ebonyi State House of Assembly. Confirming the incident, the Spokesperson of the Police Command in the state, DSP Loveth Odah, told journalists in Abakaliki on Monday that two police personnel were also abducted during the attack. The policemen were in the company […]
A 91-year-old based in Akure, Pa Raphael Aina Okeowo, has declared that National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will emerge the next President. He said God reveals to him in a recent dream that Tinubu will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. He also explained why he wants God to take […]
Tragedy has struck residents of Kawon Maigari area of Kano metropolis as a 28-year-old woman, Hannatu Yahaya died some hours after her wedding ceremony. The deceased, Hannatu with her husband, Isyaka Yusuf tied the knot at Bulama mosque in Kano on Saturday morning and she died in the evening while preparation was on top gear […]
The Chief Executive Officer of microblogging platform Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has resigned. He announced his resignation on Monday, after 16 years of co-founding the social media company. “I resigned from Twitter,” he wrote and posted a screenshot of his resignation letter sent to Twitter. He also announced Parag Agrawal as his successor. EndSARS: Battle with […]
The Kaduna government says it will begin a transition to a four-day working week in the state from December 1. The state government says public servants, except those in schools and healthcare facilities, will “in the interim” be permitted to work from home for one day per week. Muyiwa Adekeye, special adviser to the governor […]
