Some unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted two Chinese working with a glass and aluminum company in Benin, the Edo State capital. It was gathered that the police orderly attached to the victims was also killed during the operation that took place on Wednesday at the Utesi community along the Benin-Auchi Road, where the company is … Read more
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has revealed that the commission’s statistics of arrests, arraignment, and convictions has revealed that more youths are involved in criminal activities recently. He said this on Thursday while delivering a lecture at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation campground in … Read more
No fewer than 40 houses including a Secondary School were destroyed by torrential rain in Dandi Local Government Area of Kebbi, on Thursday, the council boss Alhaji Garba Salihu has said. Salihu told the newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the incident happened on Monday when heavy rain with strong wind blew up the houses and … Read more
National Agency for Food and Drugs Adminstration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted 21 containers of spoilt frozen fish at Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fish is among items banned … Read more
The Northern Governors’ Forum has urged all stakeholders, especially in the North, to remain calm and be democratic in expressing their views about the suspended Ruga settlement project by the federal government. The forum chairman and governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, made the appeal in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr … Read more
Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West, on Thursday, picked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, nomination form to contest Kogi governorship election. Melaye picked the form at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja. In a post shared by PDP on its verified Twitter page, it said Melaye picked nomination and expression of interest forms. Alongside a … Read more
The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) of the Buhari government says it is working on an alternative approach towards the fight against corruption by using non conviction based assets forfeiture regime. PACAC Executive Secretary, Prof. Sadiq Radda, disclosed this while speaking at an Anti-corruption Agencies Strengthening Initiative Project meeting and launch organised by Centre … Read more
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says the Saudi Arabian authorities has simplified visa processing for 2019 hajj season through its e-visa. The head of Public Affairs Division of NAHCON, Fatima Usara, said this in a statement in Abuja. Usara said the introduction of the new system of processing and obtaining e-Visa does not … Read more
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) and the Action Peoples Party (APP) have approached an Abuja Federal High Court, to order the vacation from office political appointees of President Muhammadu Buhari, who are yet to be re-appointed. Among presidential aides the coalition is seeking their sack include: Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari; Secretary … Read more
The National Assembly, on Thursday, pledged to intervene over the continued detention of the leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, by the Department of State Services (DSS). Zakzaky is being held by the DSS, while facing charges for culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, and disruption of public peace. The House Leader, Ado Doguwa, … Read more
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has threatened fire over the ultimatum issued by what it called a faceless coalition of Northern Youths over the controversial Ruga settlement. It was reported that the youths had given the Federal Government 30 days to implement Ruga across the 36 States and the FCT. But reacting, the OYC, … Read more
Three people have been confirmed dead, and 11 injured when a commercial bus plunged into Ogun River, otherwise known as Ososa River, on the Ijebu-Ode/Sagamu Expressway in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The accident, which involved a yellow Mazda E220 commercial bus, occurred on Thursday at 10:32 am reportedly due to alleged mechanical fault. The Ogun State … Read more
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Darius Ishaku, governor of Taraba state has signed into law, anti kidnapping act which provides capital punishment for offenders. The governor appended his signature on Wednesday in Jalingo after the state Assembly passed the act after its third reading. Taraba state has experienced several high-profile kidnappings in recent times. Hosea Ibi, a state lawmaker from … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the security chiefs in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The meeting which lasted for over three hours ended with the assurance that the armed forces will work harder to secure the country and Nigerians. Speaking to journalists, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said the meeting … Read more
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday named Alhassan Doguwa, Peter Akpatason and Tahir Monguno as the leader of the house, Deputy Leader and Chief Whip, respectively. There have been controversies over who should occupy available positions since the emergence of Femi Gbajabiamila as speaker of the Green chamber.
An FCT High Court Maitama on Thursday adjourned until Nov. 19 and Nov. 20 for trial of the Sen. Dino Malaye in alleged falsehood filed against him. The judge, Justice Olasumbo Goodluck, adjourned after the second prosecution witness finished giving his evidence. Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, is charged with … Read more
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, challenging and seeking to restrain the Benue state government form implementing the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Establishment Law passed by the State House of Assembly. The Benue state government had passed into law the … Read more
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has recommended the sealing of companies and hospitality firms over unpaid consumption taxes, shutting 14 firms during tax law enforcement on Wednesday. The LIRS Director of Legal Services, Mr Seyi Alade, disclosed this during the state-wide enforcement that two enforcement teams had been mobilised by the service. He … Read more
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the death of two people and 30 vehicles burnt in the Ijegun, Lagos pipeline explosion. The spokesperson for the agency said the total loss would be determined at the end of the ongoing firefighting operation. He explained that the explosion occurred when security agencies intercepted the vandals … Read more