Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Presidential elections, has paid private visits to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido in their Abuja homes. The Informant247 gathered that the details of what was discussed during the visits are still shrouded in secrecy. However,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been restrained from sacking Umar Damagun as the party’s acting national chairman Justice Peter Lifu-led Federal High Court in Abuja on May 3 issued an ex parte restraining injunction against the party from nominating anybody to replace Damagum as acting national chairman of the PDP, pending the determination of…
American International School, Abuja, has refunded $760,000 paid as advanced school fees by a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for his children at the school, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed. According to Dele Oyewale, the spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, “The school has refunded the entire $ 760, 000 to the…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on Tuesday, depart Abuja for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on an official visit. According to Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesman, in a statement in Abuja, the visit is at the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte. As part of the…
Kwara NANS stakeholders, convened today in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, have unequivocally condemned the reprehensible attack on Comrade Ibrahim Abdulrazak Imam (Jeje) in Abuja on April 15th, 2024. In a press statement issued on April 18, 2024, the Kwara NANS Stakeholders stated that the brutal assault, orchestrated by Lucky Emonefe and Akinteye Babatunde…
Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) warrant to arrest the immediate governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The warrant was issued following an ex parte motion filed by the EFCC. Justice Emeka Nwite, in his ruling on the motion, also directed that the former governor be…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on Tuesday, depart Abuja for Dakar, Senegal, for the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Faye. In a statement by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect Bassirou Faye’, said the president, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of…
Road Doctor Engineering Limited, Adafat Integrated Services Limited and Goldenjist Engineering Limited were the companies used to ‘execute’ a road project in Kwali Council Area of the Federal Capital Territory that was never completed for 10 years, Beloved John reports. When the first construction company visited Bako village in 2015, the villagers were delighted as it was…
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State on Tuesday met President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as tension continues to mount over the killing of military officers and soldiers on a peace mission in Okuoma community in the state. The governor, while addressing a State House Correspondent after the meeting, said the situation is…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja after a two-day official visit to the State of Qatar on the invitation of the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The Informant247 gathered that the presidential jet conveying the President arrived around…
Dr Mariya Mahmoud, the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has said that the looting of a warehouse in the Gwagwa-Tasha area of the nation’s capital is beyond hunger but criminal. The minister, while stating this at the end of her assessment visit to Gwagwa-Tasha to ascertain the level of damage to…
The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja on Friday, directed the federal government to investigate, prosecute and punish the killers of the founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, and other journalists in the country. Giwa was killed through a letter bomb in his Lagos office on October 19, 1986. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment,…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) sealed Sahad Store, a popular supermarket in the Garki area of Abuja, twenty-four hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disclosed plans to tackle factors responsible for the food crisis. According to reports, the enforcement, led by FCCPC Acting Executive Vice Chairman Adamu Ahmed Abdullahi, said the supermarket…
A welcome breakfast has been hosted by the Federal Government for the Super Eagles at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja over their sumptuous performance at the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côted’Ivoire. The informant247 gathered that the team arrived in the capital city on Monday night, following their runner-up performance after losing…
No fewer than three persons, including a pastor, have been arrested by the operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command attached to the Rapid Response Squad 74 for child trafficking. The suspects are Pastor Simon Kado, his relative, Jesse Simon-Kado, and their driver, Muhammad Isah. According to reports, the suspects were busted on Friday…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Ahmed Tinubu will land in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, to watch the Super Eagles of Nigeria final against the Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations 2023 on Sunday. Patrice Motsepe, the President of CAF, revealed this at a media conference in Abidjan on…
In a bid to end insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the House of Representatives on Wednesday summoned Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and top security chiefs. The Informant247 gathered that the resolution of the House was a sequel to the adoption…
A “notorious kidnapper” terrorising the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has been neutralised by the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached with the Department of Force Intelligence-Tactical Teams (DFI-IRT). According to reports, the notorious bandit, named Isa Dei-Dei, was neutralised during a gun duel with security personnel who had combed the hideouts…
The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested its officers who abducted a businessman in Abuja and extorted N29.9m from him in January. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the force spokesperson, while confirming the development on Tuesday through his X (formerly Twitter) handle (@Princemoye1), said the force had taken significant steps toward ensuring justice prevailed in the case….
As Nigeria continued to witness the surge of insecurity, suspected gunmen on Sunday attacked some buses travelling from Kogi State to Abuja at the weekend and took the passengers hostage. According to reports, the Kogi State Police Command, led by Commissioner Bethrand Onuoha, has responded to the incident that occurred on Sunday by sending a…
