The First City Monument Bank (FCMB) branch located in the heart of Enugu was forced to suspend operations on Wednesday as a frantic search began for three of its female staff members who were abducted near the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC). According to eyewitness accounts, the three women, all front desk workers, […]
Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has dismissed a request filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) seeking a 14-day extended detention order for the suspended Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. The embattled CBN boss, arraigned on two-count charge of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, […]
Niger soldiers have announced the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum from office. Amadou Abdramane, a colonel-major, made the announcement in a televised address late Wednesday evening. “We, the defence and security forces… have decided to put an end to the regime of President Bazoum,” Abdramane said while being flanked by fellow soldiers. He added […]
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have beheaded 21 herders in the Kukawa axis of Borno State, in what looks like a deliberate target of herdsmen in the North East state. The herdsmen were killed on Tuesday because they allegedly trespassed some of terrorists’ hideouts with their cattle. A counter-insurgency expert in the […]
Nyesom Wike, former governor of Rivers; Gboyega Oyetola, immediate past governor of Osun; and Nasir el-Rufai, immediate past governor of Kaduna; have been reportedly included in the ministerial list of President Bola Tinubu. The Nation reports that the list was sent to Godswill Akpabio, the senate president, this morning. TheCable also understands that David […]
The Federal Government has told the Nigeria Labour Congress that it is legally restrained from embarking on planned nationwide strike against the hike in the price of petrol and the high cost of living in the country. The PUNCH reported on Wednesday that the NLC had given the government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse […]
Veteran singer and social activist, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy has declared his intention to walk naked on the street if the Labour Party candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, emerges victorious at the election petitions tribunal. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election […]
Finland-based Pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, has written to the European Union and the United States of America over alleged human rights abuses carried out by Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. Three people were killed on Wednesday when traders took to the streets to protest the sealing of their shops by the state government […]
The federal government has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC to shelve its planned strike scheduled to start next Wednesday, saying it was doing everything possible to address issues raised by the labour movement on the removal of fuel subsidy. The appeal came against the backdrop of the strike notice announced by the […]
Thursday 27 July 2023 National Assembly to unveil ministerial list today – Akpabio’s aide Tinubu pleads for more time as NLC issues strike notice Musa: Why I sell fuel at N580 per litre Daredevil daylight robbers return to Lagos streets I will walk naked if Obi wins at tribunal – Charly Boy Sit-at-home: Ekpa […]
