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Wednesday 08 January 2025 Task force meets as police, Amotekun tighten S’West boundaries over bandits influx Tax reform: Northern elders, gov maintain opposition as senators lobby Threat to life: Atiku, LP carpet Tinubu, APC lampoons Obi Cabal in Tinubu’s goverment more dangerous than Buhari’s – Dalung Stampede: Ooni’s ex-queen, others allege illegal detention, Oyo opposes bail […]
Claim An X user, @biafra_daily shared a video showing men in Nigerian Army uniform caught for killing “a person ”and claimed it was a recent incident. Verdict This claim is MISLEADING. FACTWATCH Nigeria traced this video to the TikTok account that shared it online first and discovered that the video was first published on 17 November 2024. […]
A State High Court sitting in Enugu has issued an interim injunction restraining apex Igbo socio-political group Ohanaeze Ndigbo from entertaining the candidacy of former Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, as an aspirant or contestant in the January 10 election to the office of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. This followed a motion filed […]
A high court in Ibadan has fixed Tuesday, January 13, 2025, to rule on the bail applications filed by Naomi Silekunola, ex-wife of Ooni of Ife, Oriyomi Hamzat, CEO Of Agidigbo FM, and Fasasi Abdullahi. Abdullahi serves as the principal of Islamic High School, the site of the stampede incident in Ibadan. The trio are […]
Former Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, says the cabals around President Bola Tinubu are more dangerous than the clique around former President Muhammadu Buhari. The former minister was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday. Dalung, who was a minister during Buhari’s administration, said Buhari was a stranger in his government […]
The Nigeria Customs Service has said that it received 573,519 applications in the just-concluded 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, barely a week after the portal was opened. The applicant seeking jobs for the available positions surpasses the 3,927 vacancies to be filled by the service. Last week, Finance Minister Olawale Edun announced that the Federal Government had […]
Felix Morka, National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last election, of misleading the public. Obi had raised the alarm that Morka threatened him over his New Year message to President Bola Tinubu. Conquering the clouds on a journey […]
Some retired military personnel on Tuesday staged a protest at the entrance to the ministry of finance in Abuja over unpaid entitlements. The group blockaded the entrance to the ministry with canopies and chairs and hung placards demanding the immediate settlement of their pending benefits. The protest comes on the heels of a previous action […]
The Nigerian Police Force have announced the arrest of 751 suspects for cybercrime-related fraud in the year 2024. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi who reeled out the score card explains that 14 convictions have been secured during the period under review with 508 cases. Adejobi also explains that a total of $840, 000 […]
At least 46 people, including women and children, were reportedly kidnapped during a raid on Gana town in Zamfara state. According to Reuters, residents said the attack occurred around 10pm on Sunday. Dozens of gunmen on motorbikes reportedly attacked the town while shooting sporadically and setting fire to several homes and businesses. The incident comes […]
