EXTRA: Policeman stabs colleague to death with dagger in Bayelsa The Bayelsa State Police Command said an off-duty police officer identified as Sergeant Akpoboloukeme has stabbed his colleague to death with a dagger knife over a minor misunderstanding. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the command’s spokesman, Asinim Butswat. Butswat gave […]
Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, says it is surprising that many Nigerians don’t know that the president doesn’t have the power to sack police officers. Fashola said this on Friday while speaking on the topic, ‘What can the president do for me?’ at the Yoruba Tennis Club annual lecture which held in Lagos. […]
Commissioner of Police and Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, has assured the people of Anambra State that the security set up ahead of the governorship election is intact. “The entire security arrangement that we’ve already put in place remains intact,” Mr Mba said on Friday when he made an appearance on Channels TV’s Politics […]
Christopher Musa, theatre commander of operation Hadin Kai, says 17,000 insurgents have now surrendered to troops. Musa disclosed this on Friday during a courtesy visit to the management of North East Development Commission (NEDC). The development weeks after Bernard Onyeuko, acting director of defence information, disclosed that over 1,000 insurgents, including two bomb experts and […]
The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor, has revealed that he was embarrassed that the Nigerian Army did not foresee the August attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna by bandits. The revelation came on Friday when he spoke on Radio Now 95.3FM’s programme, Urgent Conversations. Irabor stated that the NDA was […]
Preparations for the highly anticipated Anambra Governorship election, are now in top gear as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials in the state. Photos bellow:
Despite the suspension of the sit-at-home order in the south-east by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), residents of Awka, capital of Anambra state, are still in fear. The proscribed group had threatened to lock down the region from November 5 to protest the detention of Nnamdi Kanu, its leader. Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesperson, in […]
An educationist, Dr. Oluwatosin Adebayo has on Friday called for the scrapping of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) entrance examination for prospective students seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Adebayo described JAMB as “a way of defrauding the masses” and an obstacle to tertiary education of millions of Nigerians. Adebayo is the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied claims on social media that its staff took a selfie with Cubana Club boss, Obinna Iyiegbu, while he was in custody. The EFCC said this in a statement on Friday titled, ‘Obi Cubana Did not Take Photo with EFCC Staff’ which was signed by its Spokesman, Wilson […]
The Ndigbo Conservative Forum (NCF), has raised alarm over plot by the the All Progressives Congress (APC) Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to exterminate Ndigbo in NIgeria. The group in a statement signed by Dede Uzor A Uzor, the President, called on international human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch […]
