Troopers of 29 task force brigade of Operation Hadin Kai have reportedly arrested 13 Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) suspected logistics suppliers in Borno. Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said the suspects were arrested on Tuesday during a raid by the troops and the Civilian Joint Task […]
Pope Francis says richer countries need to see Africa beyond an opportunity for plundering. In a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday, the Pope condemned the “terrible forms of exploitation, unworthy of humanity” in the country. He asked rich countries to acknowledge the “catastrophic” injustices committed in the past, and […]
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has tackled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Lamido Sanusi over the latter’s alleged attempt to blame the former for a recent air strike in Nasarawa that left several herdsmen dead. Ortom spoke on Tuesday during the inauguration the Benue Sexual Assault Referral Centre, […]
The President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service to make the country’s border impenetrable to infiltrators ahead of the forthcoming election. This was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday. The Minister, Rauf Aregebesola, through his Media Adviser, Sola Fasure, conveyed Buhari’s […]
THE controversial factional leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Simon Ekpa, based in Finland, has been issuing threats that elections would not hold in the South East region unless the leader of IPoB, Mazi Nnamadi Kanu, being detained by the Federal Government despite court orders in his favour, is released. This is a […]
The Kano State Hisbah Board has concluded investigation on Malama Khadija Rano, who was alleged to have dissolved her marriage to marry her daughter’s suitor. This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Board, Alhaji Lawan Ibrahim on Tuesday in Kano. According to the statement, “presenting the report, chairman […]
A woman, Charity Upev and her Son, Tertsea, have been remanded in prison custody for killing their house maid, Fanen. Magistrate Roseline Iyorshe of Makurdi magistrate’s court in Benue State who remanded the accused on Tuesday refused to take their plea. The accused were charged for criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide by the police […]
.…CD/HURIDE To Show Solidarity Nigeria’s general election in which the president and political office holders will be elected in February 2023 and March this year’s general elections is under threat. Members of the Nigerian Police are allegedly threatening to boycott the all-important election following 6 months’ arrears of salary owed them. A competent source close […]
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, said yesterday it would deploy the instrumentality of the law to ensure that no ex-convict was allowed to contest the forthcoming presidential election. NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, noted that though some of the leading candidates in the impending presidential election had […]
the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have failed to name their preferred presidential candidate in January as promised by their leader, Governor Nyesom Wike in December, Daily Trust reports. Dubbed G-5, the governors; Wike, Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) have vowed to work against their party’s presidential […]
