Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has been urged by President Muhammadu Buhari to continue to be as patriotic to Nigeria as he has always been. President Buhari commended Gbajabiamila for changing the public’s perception of the relationship between the legislative branch and the executive branch while urging him to continue serving the nation in any way …
Joel Mudaiwa Abel, a former political advisor and country delegate to Uganda, said on Saturday that the general election of 2023 is far from realistic given the numerous crimes Nigerians have committed. According to him, some insurgents and bandits could seize control of some states, making it difficult for the poor majority to exercise their right to vote. Educator Joel …
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has requested that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, extend the period for voter registration. Keyamo, who announced this on Friday via his Twitter account, claimed that the new voters would be split between the ruling party, the main opposition, and the others. The registration period for voters should be …
In the Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in the United Kingdom yesterday, allegations of child trafficking, potential modern slavery, and organ harvesting were levelled against Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a former vice president of the senate. Ekweremadu is married to Beatrice Nwanneka, and the couple denies all of the charges. The United Kingdom’s Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court denied them both bail. The lawmaker and …
In separate attacks on two Local Government Areas of Benue State, at least five people—two policemen, a university lecturer, and two others—have been killed. According to our correspondent, the three others were shot dead at Jootar in the Ukum LGA, a border town between Benue and Taraba states, while the two policemen were killed in Yelewata of Guma LGA, a …
A multibillion-naira cornflakes plant has been opened by NASCO Group Nigeria in Jos, the capital of the Plateau State. NASCO added that the new facility’s technology is state-of-the-art and among the best in the world. In Jos, the capital of Plateau State, where NASCO Foods is located, Governor Simon Lalong made the following remarks during the plant’s commissioning: “NASCO has …
Sanusi Halilu Kaura, a lecturer at the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in Zamfara who also serves as the institution’s student affairs officer, was abducted; his abductors killed him after receiving a five million naira ransom payment. After being held captive for five weeks, Sanusi Halilu was killed. Sanusi Halilu Kaura, a lecturer at the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in Zamfara who also …
Anthony Usihe, a generator engineer, was trapped in a diesel reservoir on BUK Road at Kofar Dan Agundi in Kano Municipal Local Government Area of Kano State and died as a result. Anthony was 37 years old. Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, a spokesman for the Kano State Fire Service, described the incident by saying that a rescue team was dispatched to …
Francis Atuche, a former managing director of the now-defunct Bank PHB Plc, was found guilty of fraud totaling N25.7 billion by the Court of Appeal, which met in Lagos yesterday. In addition, the court upheld Ugo Anyanwu’s conviction for participating in Atuche’s crime and serving as his co-defendant. Justice Lateefat Okunnu’s decision from the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, was …
The murder of a traditional leader, Chief Francis Kolubo, and the chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC), Samuel Oburo, by unidentified gunmen has caused palpable tension in the Kalaba community in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State. The killing of the Paramount ruler and the CDC chairman was reportedly attributed to the community’s ongoing chieftaincy dispute and the …
Seven people, including a lawyer and a doctor, were taken hostage by gunmen on the Geregu-Ajaokuta road in Kogi State. On Tuesday, around 2 PM, it was discovered that they had been kidnapped. On Wednesday in Lokoja, the State Police Command confirmed the incident. According to an eyewitness, the gunmen besieged the said road for hours while sporadically firing, abducting …
Princess Abigail Chinyere Amalaha, a publisher and a lauded journalist, has been named president of Nigeria’s United Towns Agency (UTA). A non-governmental organisation (NGO) with consultative status on the UN Economic and Social Council, the UTA is accredited by the UN (ECOSOC). Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, a UTA Board Member, said that Princess Amalaha’s appointment followed a rigorous selection process that …
A project expenditure refund to Yobe State and contracts across ministries totaling N52,203,698535 have been approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The week’s virtual FEC meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, was made public to State House Correspondents afterward. The revised cost for building the Yola-Hong-Mubi Road, which was set at N29,826,449,000, …
Former Anambra State legislator Nelson Achukwu has been beheaded by gunmen. Days after being abducted, his relatives discovered and recognised the physically challenged man’s headless body. The headless remains of the deceased Achukwu were discovered at the border between the Uke and Ukpor axis of the state, according to Mr. Tochukwu Ikenga, the police public relations officer. On June 9, …
In Orin-Ekiti and Ido/Osi local government areas on Wednesday, gunmen abducted Mr. Israel Bamisaye, a retired chief pharmacist with the Ekiti Ministry of Health. A seven-man gang is believed to have abducted Bamisaye from his farm, which was between Ero Dam and the Ekiti State farm settlement in the small town. This information was gathered with confidence. An unnamed local …
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that the Plateau State Commissioner of Lands, Survey, and Town Planning, Mr. Yakubu Dati, believes that the Governor of Plateau State, Hon. Simon Lalong, is the best candidate to be chosen among Christian aspirants. In a statement he gave to reporters on Tuesday, Dati noted that Lalong …
According to reports, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is looking into an All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives candidate from the Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency named Lanre A. Sanusi for possible fraud. According to reports, 4runner Limited, a logistics company, filed a petition against Sanusi, and he was subsequently arrested. With the help of two of his friends …
A security guard working for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was detained in Rivers State by Department of State Security (DSS) agents for allegedly extorting citizens. It was learned that the official was taken into custody for the alleged offence at the INEC office in the state’s Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. Geraldine Ekelemu, an INEC public affairs representative in …
14 suspects have been detained by the Ondo State Police Command for alleged acts of terrorism and other crimes in the state, including armed robbery, cultism, and theft. The state police public relations officer (PPRO), SP Funmilayo Odunlami, paraded the suspects yesterday at the command headquarters on Igbatoto Road, Akure, and said the arrests were a part of the command’s …
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization’s Lagos State chapter has denied rumours that it supported Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, ahead of the 2023 elections. The chapter’s president, Sunday Ossai, claimed that the untrue rumour that the Ohanaeze in Lagos had dumped Obi for Tinubu came straight from the pit …
