On Wednesday evening, a commercial driver, simply identified as Bello, was killed by terrorists during an ambush along the Katsina/Jibia highway in Katsina State. Babangida Kachile, 56, and Halimat Shuaibu, 50, were kidnapped by the attackers. According to a source, the victims were on their way home when they were ambushed by terrorists at Kadobe village. According to the source, …
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo chapter in the United Kingdom has distanced itself from a recent comment made by its chieftain, Prof. Joe Ukamenem, about Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Kanu’s house in the United Kingdom, according to Ukemenam, is worth £10 million. In an interview with Sun Newspapers, he stated that Kanu had no traceable …
Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, has warned those he calls purveyors of a calumny campaign to stop their evil plots against the education family, declaring that the campaign will fail. The commissioner was responding to an anonymous post that was widely circulated on social media and raised allegations that ministry officials were taxing some …
In this interview with ABIODUN NEJO, Raphael Adeyanju, Publicity Secretary of the Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party, says the PDP’s stakeholders in the state are only interested in returning the party to its members and strengthening it so that it can win future elections. Your party lost the governorship election on June 18th. What was the cause and what was …
The federal government has signed an agreement with Israeli and Japanese companies to assemble and manufacture environmentally friendly, green, electric, and smart automobiles by 2023. On Thursday, the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) announced a collaboration with Israeli, Japanese, and Nigerian companies in Abuja. According to Michael Freeman, Israel’s ambassador to Nigeria, the partnership, which combines Israeli, …
Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to approve a board of directors for the Niger Delta Development Commission rather than a single administrator (NDDC). The stakeholders made the appeal in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Ogbakiri Yanga, on Thursday in Yenagoa, under the auspices of the Niger Delta Movement for Development (NDMD). …
The Parents Teachers’ Association of Nigeria has debunked the statement that it will contribute 10, 000 naira each for Nigerian students, for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end the 6 months strike. Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, the National President of the association, in a statement, distanced the group from the claim. He explained that the PTA was not …
Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church said Nigerians will face more hardship because the government is in debt that cannot be paid off in the next six years. The cleric made the statement through his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin. In his “fresh prophetic warnings,” Ayodele stated that people will begin to protest economic hardship because things will …
The Peter Obi Support Network has reacted to the meeting between former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Naija News had earlier reported that the trio met in London on Thursday and the meeting had in attendance some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party …
Electricity distribution companies, DisCos, said they had succeeded in creating over 32, 000 jobs since privatisation. In a statement signed by the Executive Director, Research & Advocacy, the Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors, ANED, Barr. Sunday Oduntan, on Wednesday, the DisCos they had created 32,573 as against 23,515 at privatisation The explanations became necessary following the recent takeover of some …
Accord Party has announced a former Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Bello Bala Maru, as the running mate to Accord’s presidential candidate, Prof. Christopher Imumolen. This was contained in a press statement on Thursday where the party maintained that they arrived at the choice of Maru after due consultations and realisation of his powerful political clout in the northern …
Heavily armed security personnel of the Nigeria Police Force have reportedly arrested the leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Borno State. Reports reaching Naija News at the moment revealed that the personnel on Thursday (today), stormed and took over the party’s secretariat in Maiduguri, the state capital. Information about the event is still sketchy at the moment. …
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, joined the entire Muslim Ummah in celebrating with the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, as he turns 66 on August 24, 2022. The President’s message was contained in a statement signed late Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The statement is titled ‘President …
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have arrested 11 undergraduates of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma over alleged criminal conspiracy, cultism and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms. The Force Public Relations, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said the suspects were arrested in July at different locations in Epkoma following …
Heavyweight Deontay Wilder believes that Anthony Joshua’s lack of confidence played a major role during his rematch defeat to Oleksandr Usyk on Sunday morning. Pundits have commented that Joshua delivered an improved performance in Saudi Arabia following his loss to Usyk last year but it wasn’t enough as the Ukrainian retained his heavyweight titles via split decision. Wilder, who is …
A lawyer, Igwe Ifeoma, has been arraigned before Chief Magistrate P.E Nwaka sitting at the Magistrate’s Court, Yaba, Lagos State, on Wednesday, on charges bordering on child trafficking, assault of an 11-year-old girl, Esther Onwa. Ifeoma is facing six counts of conspiracy to traffic a child, child trafficking, inhuman treatment, unlawful assault, and inflicting bodily injuries. The charges read in …
Victor Oye, National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, has urged all party members in Nigeria and the Diaspora to pray fervently for the Anambra State House of Assembly, pleading for God’s mercy to stop the hand of death that has killed two of its members in three months. On Wednesday, it was reported that House Majority Leader Nnamdi …
A Sharia Court judge in Kaduna, Salisu Abubakar-Tureta, on Wednesday offered to pay N100,000 dowry to assist one Salisu Salele to marry his heartthrob Bilkisu Lawal. He told Mr Salele to go and think about the offer and appraise the court about his decision on Sept. 6, the adjourned date of his case. Ms Bilikisu’s mother, Rayila Lawal, had dragged …
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed speculations that it intends to collapse its structure with other political parties. National chairman of the NNPP Rufai Alkali, in an interview with newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday, refuted reports that the party’s presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso was in talks with All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer Bola Tinubu. Alkali said the party …
The Rabiu Kwankwaso-led New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, says it is not oblivious of the strength of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) but is building structures to swing surprises. The National Chairman of the Party, Prof. Rufai Alkali, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. …
