Sunday 25 February 2024 Labour mum as FG says planned protest violation of court order How anger-driven parents shun protocols, attack teachers for punishing pupils NDLEA falsely accused me of drug trafficking – Logistics manager ECOWAS Lifts Some Sanctions On Niger, Mali, Guinea Tinubu To Visit Qatar As Planned Despite Snub Claims, Says FG […]
Some bandits were said to have invaded the Gidan Busa in Doka ward of Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing two residents and abducting 16 on Friday night. A source who spoke on condition or anonymity said five people sustained gunshot wounds and are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed medical facility […]
Suspected bandits have allegedly killed one out of the seven person including a pregnant woman held captive at Kuduru community near Bwari area council in the Federal Capital Territory ((FCT). The victim, Olayinka Ogunyemi, was reportedly killed on Friday by the abductors after members of the families of the hostages failed to pay the […]
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have again targeted critical infrastructure in Yobe State, bringing down two Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) towers in Kasaisa Village, along Kasaisa-Damaturu-Gujba road. The attack which occurred on Friday morning had resulted has plunged the state capital and its environs into darkness. The incident was the second in three months, […]
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday, called for the suspension of economic sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea by ECOWAS. Speaking at the Extra-ordinary Summit of ECOWAS in Abuja, President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the organization, stated that: “Everything we did […]
Convener of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said it was time to go back to the drawing board as systems have proven to be failing in the country. Abdullahi spoke at the presentation and launching of the book “Court and Politics” authored by Dr. Umar Ardo, in Abuja, where he […]
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has asked the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its proposed nationwide protest. In a letter addressed to the counsel for the NLC, Femi Falana, the AGF said there is a subsisting order restraining the union from embarking on any industrial […]
Former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, says the failure of security agencies to stamp out kidnapping and banditry exposes collusion between criminals and security agents. The lawmaker, who has been representing Abia South Senatorial District since 2007 in the National Assembly, spoke on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande aired on Channels Television on Friday. […]
General view of elegates interacting, during the extraordinary session of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government in Abuja, Nigeria on February 24, 2024. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift some sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and […]
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Polish archbishop accused of covering up the sexual abuse of minors, a Vatican statement said on Saturday. Andrzej Dziega, the 71-year-old archbishop of Szczecin, in northwest Poland, will “take his retirement”, said the statement from the apostolic nuncio or diplomatic envoy representing the Holy See. Polish […]
