The Gusau Local Government’s Mada district’s residents have left their homes as a result of recent bandit attacks. When the bandits killed one local vigilante and kidnapped about seven people on Thursday, the most recent attacks in Mada and the nearby villages began. At around 5:00 pm on Friday, the same Mada Community came under attack once more by the …
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 …
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted down a motion to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to an amendment to the 2022 Electoral Act that would allow statutory delegates to attend political party congresses and conventions. As the countdown to the 2023 elections heats up, the failure of the assent has denied elected public officials the opportunity to …
Nigeria’s external reserves are expected to decline, according to the World Bank, because the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is expected to clear $1.7 billion in foreign exchange backlog and forward contracts to foreigners by the end of October 2022. The World Bank revealed this in a report called “Nigeria Development Update (June 2022): The Continuing Urgency of Business Unusual.” …
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested six members of a notorious cult group who had been on the command’s wanted list for their roles in a series of cult clashes in Shagamu and its environs that resulted in the deaths of at least four people. The arrest of the suspects was announced in a statement by the state Police …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will not be able to end voter registration on June 30, 2022, as scheduled by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) granted an order of interim injunction on Monday (SERAP). SERAP and 185 …
Segun Oni, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, claimed on Friday that some desperate politicians are already breaking the peace agreement signed before the National Peace Commission led by Gen Abdudalami Abubakar. Oni claimed that rather than following democratic principles in the June 18 Ekiti election, those he referred to as “oppressors” had allegedly used unlawful …
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that 204 Boko Haram terrorists and their family members have surrendered to troops in the country’s north-eastern region. According to reports, the figure was made public on Wednesday, June 15 when army headquarters gave an update on its recent operations via its official Twitter page. According to the army, the terrorists surrendered to troops deployed …
The Peoples Democratic Party slammed the ruling All Progressives Congress on Wednesday for claiming that if the election was free and fair, the ruling party would win with 43 million votes in the 2023 general election. Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the APC’s National Chairman, made the statement while receiving the Polish Ambassador to Nigeria, Joanna Tarnawska, in his office on Wednesday. …
Nigeria lost a $1.7 billion lawsuit against JP Morgan Chase, a US investment bank, on Tuesday over the transfer of proceeds from the 2011 sale of Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245. Nigeria claims JP Morgan was “grossly negligent” in transferring funds paid by Shell and Eni to an escrow account controlled by a former minister, Dan Etete, who was convicted …
Over 1.5 million people in Zamfara have received COVID-19 vaccines, according to Dr Tukur Sama’ila, the Executive Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Board (PHCB). Dr. Sama’ila made the announcement on Tuesday in Gusau at the board’s quarterly media engagement and sensitization meeting. The meeting was attended by representatives from the media, health partners, and executives from the state’s …
Five refineries suspected of producing and distributing adulterated fuel across Nigerian states have been discovered and destroyed. The illegal refineries were reportedly discovered in Delta State’s Delta South Local Government Area. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, stormed and dislodged the reported refineries in an operation led by the Commandant General’s Special Anti-Vandal Monitoring Unit (SAVMU). The security …
Three military officers participating in the Democracy Day Parade slumped in Eagle Square, Abuja, during the June 12 celebration, creating palpable tension. They were said to have passed out from exhaustion after standing in one spot for hours in the scorching sun. Some security and medical personnel rushed to the parade ground with stretchers, whisking the collapsed colleagues to the …
Nasarawa State Police have apprehended twenty-four suspected political thugs. Keffi Area Command officers apprehended them at Minki Suites on Keffi-Akwanga Road. Muyiwa Adejobi, a Force spokesman, said in a statement on Tuesday that the suspects were working for a 2023 aspirant. Adejobi revealed that he ran in the Nasarawa West Senatorial primaries. Read Also: Constitutional amendment, waste of time, Nigeria requires …
Two infamous bandits, Dullu and Dan Maigari, as well as 15 others, were killed in an attack by a notorious bandit, Bello Turji, on another bandit group based in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Tuesday morning saw a bloodbath between the two sides. According to a source, the recent brawl between the two infamous gangs was sparked by …
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, has sought the support of his opposition party’s rivals in order to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress in next year’s election. Atiku stated this on Wednesday after receiving the PDP’s Certificate of Return at Wadata Plaza in Abuja. The APC, not his co-aspirants in Sunday’s presidential …
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that the cost of certain food items has risen in the last year. According to the NBS Selected Food Price Watch Report for April 2022, which was released in Abuja on Thursday, this is the case. According to the report, the average price of 1kg of Beans (white, black eye, sold loose) increased …
Three Boko Haram terrorists were killed in an ambush near Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, by hunters assigned to Operation Hadin Kai. According to reports, on Monday night, the hunters apprehended insurgents on a looting mission in Wanori village in Borno State’s Konduga Local Government Area. The hunters ambushed the terrorists, killing two instantly while others escaped with bullet …
The continued retention of all executive officers of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) by a Federal High Court in Abuja has been declared ultra vires, unconstitutional, illegal, and a direct violation of the Electoral Act, 2010. The seat of the party’s holding officers (APM) was declared unconstitutional and void of due process by Judge Donatus Okorowo. On May 20, 2022, …
After a two-month suspension due to a terrorist attack on Kaduna International Airport, Azman Air has resumed flights to Kaduna. The airline touched down at the airport around noon on Monday, much to the delight of airport stakeholders, passengers, and the airport authority. The flight to Kaduna was cancelled on March 28 after the airport was attacked by terrorists who …
