Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to carry out “crushing attacks” against arch-foe Israel if it retaliates for a missile attack by the Islamic republic on Tuesday. “If the Zionist regime reacts to Iranian operations, it will face crushing attacks,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement carried by the Fars news agency. The […]
President Joe Biden ordered the US military on Tuesday to “aid Israel’s defence” and shoot down Iranian missiles targeting Israel, the White House said. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee in next month’s US presidential election, are both monitoring Iran’s attack on Israel from the White House situation room, it said. “President […]
The National Examinations Council, NECO, says its candidates would henceforth pay the sum of N50,000 as a fee for the reprinting of certificates. NECO Registrar, Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this in a statement in Minna, Niger State. “The N50,000 fee for certificate reprints is subject to periodic review, he emphasised. The council further said requests for […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag carrier Emirates flight landed at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Tuesday. This is coming two years after the suspension of operation by the airline over several issues including unresolved trapped funds belonging to the airline. However, the flight EK 783 which touched down at the old […]
Some armed assailants on Monday night set the country home of Senator Frank Ibezim ablaze. Ibezim who is the immediate past senator for Imo North ( Okigwe zone) hails from Nsu in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. A video clip circulating online shows Ibezim’s house gutted in fire with a voice […]
The Kano state police command has arrested five members of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), the group championing the planned October 1 protest in Kano. However, virtually all shops in some parts of the state capital were closed in anticipation of the protest, as the owners’ intentions were to safeguard lives and property in […]
Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said he joined politics solely to serve the people, not to seek money or steal public funds. He stated during a Hausa program aired on Freedom Radio station in Kaduna on Tuesday morning. El-Rufai emphasized that he was content with what he had even before becoming governor. […]
A police inspector attached to the Police Mobile Force (PMF), 41 Division, Damaturu in Yobe State, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a suspected drug dealer to death over a N200 bribe. The incident happened at CMC Area, Zango, Damaturu, where the inspector, Mohammed Bulama, and the deceased Abdulmalik Pompomari, fought. Multiple sources in the […]
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has affirmed the suspension of three of its personnel over the bribery allegation against Idris Okuneye, a popular crossdresser known as Bobrisky. BACKGROUND Martins Otse, aka VeryDarkMan, had shared an audio in which Bobrisky purportedly claimed that she bribed some officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with […]
Police officers on Tuesday fired teargas at protesters during the “Fearless In October” protest over bad governance in Abuja, Nigeria. The protesters had gathered at the Utako area in Abuja, the country’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), waving the Nigerian Green-White-Green flag and banners with various inscriptions such as “EndBadGovernance”, “DiasporaVoting”, “EndHighLivingCosts”, amongst others but were […]
