The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti State has urged residents of the state to go about their normal activities without any fear of threat to their lives or property. Reacting to a statement credited to the opposition People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) that people are no longer safe in the state under the present administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi, the …
The Yobe State Police Command has announced that family members of Elaine’s police officers who died during the battle with Boko Haram between 2013 and 2014 should come for the payment of deceased burial expenses which was released today by the police authorities. A statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Dungus, on Tuesday said, the affected families are …
Soldiers attached to Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State went wild on Saturday in Dengi in the Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State, shooting dead a polytechnic student, Muhammed Mado, and injuring three other relatives heading for a wedding. It was learnt that the soldiers placed an illegal checkpoint at Kyamsagi village and when Mado, a student of Abubakar …
There was palpable fear at Ota-Efun area, Osogbo on Tuesday morning as suspected thugs went on a rampage to revenge the death of their leader. It was gathered that one Ismail Daduro, popularly known as “Jumong” was said to have given up the ghost following a protracted strange illness. It was learnt that the deceased was taken to different places …
Gunmen have shot dead a councillorship candidate in the forthcoming local government elections, in Delta State, Mr. Elliot Offa. The gunmen also abducted two others who were with the deceased at the time of the incident. The incident occurred along the Jesse/Oben road, a boundary between Delta and Edo States, It was announced. It was learnt that the deceased and …
he Oyo State Commissioners for Justice and Attorney General, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo has been discharged from the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) Isolation Center at Yaba Lagos. He is currently at home, observing treatment in isolation for the next fourteen days. Making the disclosure in a statement, Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun on Tuesday recounted …
The framework of electricity generation, transmission and distribution reflects the subordination of the superstructure of the state to cronyism/state capitalism… The best solution is to take electricity off the exclusive into the residual list and let a thousand flowers blossom. Break up the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), and the national grid into eight to 10 independent zonal grids. Half …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has denied reports that its Chairman, retired Col. Muhammad Abdallah has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Jonah Achema, the spokesperson for NDLEA, made the clarifications during an interview with newsmen on Tuesday, in Abuja, I was stated. Achema, a Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN), said, however, that the tenure of Abdallah …
The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, mentioned on Sunday Nigeria has a scarcity of 277, 537 teachers on the primary level. Bobboyi, who disclosed this in an announcement issued by the fee’s Head of Public Relations and Protocol, Mr. David Apeh, mentioned the determine was the end result of a National Personnel Audit …
The Ekiti State Government has imposed a curfew from 8pm to 6am within the state. The federal government additionally banned all gatherings of greater than 20 people within the state till further notice The restrictions take impact from Monday, January eleven, 2021. Details later… Read also: #EndSARS: Fayemi imposes 24-hour curfew on Ekiti
20 people have been reportedly died while two others sustained serious injuries in a fatal auto accident at Tirwun village, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis along Bauchi-Maiduguri expressway. The accident occurred on Sunday between a Toyota 18-passenger bus in its way to Maiduguri from Jos and a Gulf taxi approaching Bauchi. The two vehicles, according to eyewitnesses were involved in …
A former Nigerian ambassador, George Obiozor, has been elected as the new President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. Mr Obiozor, a former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Israel and Cyprus, polled 304 votes to defeat his closest rival, Valentine Oparaocha, who polled 15 votes. The election took place at the Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri, capital …
The Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has dismissed the calls for sanctions on Nigeria by some members of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom. According to the centre, the move is laced with mischief and an agenda well-intentioned to cause international embarrassment to the Nigerian government. The CALSER made its stance known at a press conference on …
Two suspected ritualists arrested for allegedly killing and removing the vagina of a woman in Bauchi State have narrated their roles in the dastardly act. The duo confessed that they committed the heinous act for N500,000. The suspects, Abdulkadir Wada (19) and Adamu Abdulrauf (20), in an audio clip obtained by PRNigeria, said they were asked to bring the sexual …
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday threatened to shut down the Bonny-Bille-Nembe Jetty over violence in the area. Wike, according to a statement issued by his media aide, Kevin Ebiri, stated this at the commissioning of the remodeled Bonny-Bille-Nembe Jetty by the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal. READ ALSO: Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has pledged that nobody …
ONE of the suspects who allegedly took part in the cutting of the private parts of a six-year old girl for suspected ritual purposes in Bauchi State has said that he was charmed by his friend who is now at large to take part in the dastardly act. The incident was said to have occurred at about 7.20 pm on …
Today’s expected judgment of Abuja Federal High Court on alleged forgery and perjury case brought against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State by the APC and a member of the party, William Edobor, has thrown the camps of the governor and his party, the PDP as well as the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the September 19, …
A suspected den of kidnappers and ritual killers has been uncovered inside a tunnel in the Sari-Iganmu area of Lagos, along Orile-Badagry Expressway. Body parts as well as personal effects such as school uniforms, small-size socks, diapers among others, were reportedly found in the den. The tunnel is in front of Araromi Secondary School, a public school in the community. …
The chief of INRI Evangelical non secular church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has despatched a congratulatory message to the President-Elect of the US of America, Joe Biden on his affirmation by the US Congress because the duly elected President. The favored prophet in an announcement praised Joe Biden for his doggedness in guaranteeing that Democracy isn’t tampered with on the planet. …
Factional All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, loyal to Senator Magnus Abe, has warned that no one or group has a monopoly of violence. Performing chairman of the faction, Golden Ben-Chioma, gave the warning when he addressed journalists in Port Harcourt, on the latest assault of their supporters by armed males in Buguma, Asari-Toru Local Government Area of the …
