• Candidate asks court to disqualify Ize-iyamu as PDP denies attack on Gani Audu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have met in Port Harcourt, Rivers State with a resolve to ensure electoral victory for Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Part of the resolution at the meeting, which was hosted by Rivers State governor, […]
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram camp in Borno, killing several terrorists in massive airstrikes on July 15. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Thursday, said the air raid took place at Ngwuri Gana along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa, says it has secured 67 convictions out of the 97 criminal cases recorded in the state in the past six months. The spokesman of the Corps, Mr Adamu Shehu, stated this in a statement in Dutse on Thursday. Shehu said the cases were recorded between […]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the country’s first artisanally- mined gold. “With the implementation of the PAGDMI scheme which will result in the set-up of accredited gold buying centres across key mining areas, artisanal miners and SMEs engaged in mining will be able to capture the value of their work,” Buhari said […]
Governor Godwin Obaseki’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, has said his boss has no reason to harass anyone. He said the claim by the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that some persons were being harassed to defect to Obaseki’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was mere propaganda. Osagie […]
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has warned security operatives not to harass or extort money from the public under the guise of enforcing compulsory use of face mask. The governor gave the warning on Wednesday when he donated masks to representatives of bankers, traders, transport operators, maritime workers and others at the Government House in […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a former Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Executive Director (ED), Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, to seven years imprisonment for laundering N1,541,408,666.00. Justice Ibrahim Buba convicted Agaba of the seven counts of conversion and criminal breach of trust filed against him by the Economic and […]
The six Southwest states – Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti – have agreed to reopen schools next month to enable Senior Secondary School 3 pupils to sit for the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). But the Federal Government on Wednesday reiterated its advisory that schools should remain shut and not […]
’It lacks power to retire’ Sani-Omolori to 151 others: stay put The controversy over tenure elongation of the Clerk of the National Assembly (CNA), Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Omolori, has ended with his retirement. The National Assembly Service Commission on Wednesday issued a statement in which it announced Sani-Omolori’s retirement with 151 others, including the Secretary of […]
•Bandits demand N20m ransom on bereaved wife •Governor warns Fulani leaders to tame subjects Salisu Maku, the kidnapped son of Mr. Usman Maku, who was kidnapped in Gudi, was found dead yesterday amid the funeral of his sister, Sahadatu, who was shot dead by kidnappers on Tuesday. With Salisu’s wife still in captivity, the bandits […]