Chief Kola Abiola, son of the self-acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has knocked the current set of leaders over the state of the country, saying this is not the democracy his late father and those who laid down their lives for the country died for. Abiola died in detention years challenging […]
One Udogwu Johnson, a passenger on Qatar Airways flight from GRU in Brazil, was on Friday arrested at the ‘D’ arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with nine wraps of cocaine weighing 300 grams in his pants. Also, an Uber driver and two other suspected traffickers have been arrested by operatives of […]
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has said the military no longer has excuses not to deliver in the war against insurgency. Ndume said this in a statement to mark this year’s Democracy Day. Last week, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) announced that President Muhammadu Buhari had submitted a supplementary budget of […]
SUPPORTERS of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, have flooded streets of the Federal Capital Territory, with his campaign posters. Several posters bearing colorful images of the former Lagos State governor were seen pasted in strategic locations within Abuja, on Sunday. Some of the areas include: highbrow Maitama District, Central […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma has pledged to probe the circumstances surrounding the death of some people during the period Imo state was gripped by insecurity. To this effect, the governor has promised to set up a Commission of Inquiry to look into the cases of killings occasioned by the recent security challenges. He dropped the hint […]
The late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua may be buried on July 9, 2021 on the premises of his church in Lagos State. Joshua died last week in Lagos State at the age of 57. A member of the family, who spoke on condition of anonymity on Sunday, said […]
Mujahid Asari Dokubo, former militant commander and head of the Biafra Customary Government (BCG), has described the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as a criminal. In a video he released on social media, Dokubo accused Kanu of using the “Biafran struggle” as a business venture. He alleged that Kanu has been diverting funds […]
A female member of St. Philip Anglican Church Parish, Ohii in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State has been abducted. The female member, identified as Mrs Ikenna Onwuoroaka, was abducted on Sunday inside the church. The incident happened around 7.45 am when the kidnappers stormed the church and took the woman away to […]
A police officer was killed on Sunday during an attack by gunmen on Ini divisional police station in Odoro Ikpe, Akwa Ibom state. The gunmen were said to have attacked the police station in the early hours of Sunday. According to NAN, they arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on the officers, killing one of […]
Benjamin Netanyahu has been removed as Israel’s prime minister after 12 years in power. The country’s parliament on Sunday voted for a new coalition government which will be led by Naftali Bennett, head of right-wing party Yamina. To bring Netanyahu’s rule to an end, it took a rotational agreement and an alliance between left-wing, centrist […]
