Senator Orji Kalu says President Bola Tinubu is aware of the country’s fluttering economy, moves at night to feel the pulse of the people and is taking steps to address the challenges facing Nigeria. “The president himself knows that Nigerians are suffering and hungry. He is a street person; he knows the street very well,” […]
The Kenyan senate has voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. The lawmakers voted Thursday evening despite a plea from Paul Muite, Gachagua’s lawyer, to postpone the proceedings. According to Muite, Gachagua was hospitalised after falling very sick hours before the vote was set to hold. Amason Kingi, the senate speaker, said Gachagua had until […]
Irate students at the College of Health Sciences and Technology in Jega, Kebbi State, have set the residence of Provost Haruna Saidu-Sauwa on fire and vandalized his vehicle. The protest erupted over allegations that the college management extorted N23 million from students regarding index registration for 250 graduating students. According to a source within the […]
An explosion took place on Wednesday evening at a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station belonging to NIPCO Plc in Benin City, Edo State. FIJ learnt that a substandard CNG vehicle installation caused the explosion that occurred in the Aduwawa area of Benin City. Among the residents injured in the incident were a person who sustained eye injuries and another […]
Adejumo Lateef, a member of the Yoruba Nation agitators, has died while in custody, with 27 others arraigned at the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday.Officials from the Nigerian Correctional Service informed the court of Lateef’s death during the arraignment.Lateef, who was the 18th defendant, and his co-defendants are accused of invading the Oyo […]
Popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, has asked human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, and his son, Folarin, popularly known as Falz, to hold controversial media critic Martin Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, responsible for the defamatory content circulating on social media. The crossdresser clarified that he never gave Falana or his […]
The Nigerian Correctional Service has remained silent over the whereabouts of no fewer than 350 inmates who escaped from the Suleja and Maiduguri correctional facilities in 2024, following severe flooding and rainfall. Earlier in the year, on April 24, heavy rains caused the walls of the Suleja Medium Security Prison in Niger State to collapse, […]
The Imo State Police Command has commenced an orderly room trial against officers caught in a viral video extorting money in Owerri last Sunday. These officers, who have been in detention, are:1.Inspector Ibrahim Nainna The command assured that the results of the proceedings would be communicated in due course. In a similar development, the Commissioner […]
Wednesday 17 October 2024 NNPC still sole Dangote petrol buyer – Marketers Naira weakens to 1,705/$ at parallel market Naira weakens to 1,705/$ at parallel market NEMA deploys response team to Kogi as flood displaces 517 Power grid collapse inevitable – FG NCDC records 1,025 Lassa fever cases, 174 deaths Agbakoba writes N’Assembly, says EFCC […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba, has drawn the attention of the National Assembly to constitutional issues related to law enforcement agencies in Nigeria and factors inhibiting the Government’s objective of abolishing corruption as stated in Section 13 of the Constitution. In two separate letters to the Senate and House of Representatives, dated October […]
