President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday decorated the new Service Chiefs with their new ranks. The ceremony held on the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. In their new ranks, the Service Chiefs are now General Fortunate Irabor, Chief of Defense Staff; Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Marshal …
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR (born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian politician and army leader who served as President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. He was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 1999 to 2015 and again from 2018 onwards, and he is a Nigerian nationalist by ideology. Obasanjo was educated primarily in …
Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killing of one ‘Rufai Maikaji’, a deadly bandit terrorising the state, in an aerial interdiction conducted by the Nigerian troops. Maikaji’ and dozens of his fighters were neutralized around the fringes of Malul Forest in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna Central Senatorial District. The state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel …
Osun State House of Assembly yesterday approved the Amendment of Local Government Administration Bill 2021. The Nation recalls that in 2016, during the tenure of former governor Rauf Aregbesola, he signed the Local Government Administration No. 6 law of 2016 into legislation, which has been the practice to date. The bill, sponsored by Speaker Timothy Owoeye, sought to exchange the Local Government Administration …
Boko Haram terrorists have pulled out of the ancient town of Dikwa in Borno State after being in control for hours and killing 5 soldiers, army sources stated in Report. Dikwa town is about 90km from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and has experienced several assaults from the insurgents since the liberation of the town in 2016. It had earlier …
Following the verdict of the Federal High Court in Abuja which sacked the lawmaker representing Ibaji Constituency within the Kogi State House of Assembly, Atule Egbunu, the Independent National Electoral Fee, (INEC) on Monday, officially presented the Certificate of Return to Hon. Daniel Enefola Ojata of the Peoples Democratic Party. The presentation of the certificate of return was done by …
Manchester United striker, Edinson Cavani, has pledged to return to action for the club soon. The Uruguayan has been sidelined since Man United’s 1-1 draw against West Brom last month. The former Paris Saint-Germain star additionally missed Man United’s zero-zero draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. After the sport between Chelsea and Man United, Cavani posted on Instagram: …
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Military, Ali Ndume, has rejected the provision of blanket amnesty to bandits. Ndume stated it has the tendency to breed new forms of criminality in Nigeria. The Borno South senator spoke on Sunday Politics. According to Ndume, “I don’t think blanket amnesty is the solution because if you do that, another form of criminality may …
Controversial Islamic Scholar, Ahmad Gumi on Monday described the kidnapping of school children by bandits as lesser evil. Gumi said kidnapping school students was a lesser evil when compared to the ransacking of towns and killing of its residents. He made the remark while featuring on News Pidgin. The cleric additionally said that his conferences were yielding positive results as …
Ex-housemate of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija season II, Uriel Oputa, has lambasted those mocking Chioma over her undefined relationship with music superstar, Davido. Davido’s relationship with Chioma, recently caused a massive uproar on social media, after the singer stepped out holding another lady, American Instagram model, Mya Yafai. In a viral video, the singer was seen stepping out with the …
Nigerian music producer, Ayorinde Faboro popularly known as Dr Frabz is dead. The Producer passed away after he was shot in the United States on the weekend. Singer, Nikki Laoye, in a tribute via her Twitter account said she was shocked to hear the news of his sudden demise. “Oh my God!! My dear brother, Dr Frabz is gone. “That …
The Federal Government of Nigeria stated it has concluded plans to crash the price of petroleum products in the nation. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang disclosed this, weekend, during an interaction with journalists in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. Enang said the FG decided to integrate local (illegal) refiners …
Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor popularly known as Mama G has taken to her verified Instagram account to reveal how she was ‘dragged’ into the Nigerian film industry. The ace actress shared an old picture of herself and took to the caption section to hint that her colleagues, actors Chika Okpala also known as Chief Zebrudaya and the late Pete Eneh …
The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the nomination of Barr. Victor Chinemerem Muruako as Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission. The confirmation of the nominee followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Finance, Chaired by Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (APC, Lagos-West). It was reported that Chairman of the Committee and Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, immediately objected to …
A shocking revelation emerged on April 5, 2018, in Offa bloody bank robbery on Wednesday, when suspects told a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, how they killed about eleven persons in the robbery operation. The suspects, Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Azeez Salawu, and Niyi Ogundare, have been on trial since their arrest. Counsel to the prosecution, …
The Academic Staff Union of Secondary School, (ASUSS), has faulted the claims by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, (NUT), that some state governors that are not paying teachers’ salary are misleading and using some breakaway members of ASUSS to destabilize the 90-year-old union. ASUSS also refuted the position of NUT that, the Supreme Court in its judgement of January 15, …
An Ogba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered a DNA test to be conducted on Oluwafifehanmi, the daughter of Nollywood actress, Ronke Odusanya. The trial Magistrate, M. O. Tanimola, gave the order while ruling on an application brought before her court by Olanrewaju Saheed, the estranged lover of Odusanya. The daughter of the estranged couple was born in 2019. …
Nigerian singer, Chinedu Okoli, popularly known as “Flavour” has revealed that he was a virgin till 24. The father of three made this known in an interview with Ebuka on Bounce Radio. Flavour also recalled living with a man who had no TV, would not allow women in and also prohibited intake of alcohol. According to him, living with the …
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has ordered the immediate closure of all boarding schools in Rafi, Munya, Shiroro and Mariga Local Government Areas of the State. Bello took the decision following the abduction of some students of the Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, in Niger State. It was gathered that gunmen stormed the school in military uniform and kidnapped …
Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp, has confirmed that midfielder, Naby Keita, will take no part in the team’s squad to face RB Leipzig in the Champions League last-16 first-leg tie at Puskás Aréna in Hungary on Tuesday night due to lack of match fitness. Klopp, who disclosed this on Monday during his pre-match press conference, said Keita has returned to training …
