The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari presides over a meeting of the Council of State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting which commenced at 10 am saw the attendance of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, Boss Mustapha; National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno and the…
An unidentified man was reported to have fallen into a soakaway and died at Oredo Primary Health Centre in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, yesterday, during registration for free medical care. The state government had organized the free medical care for residents of the state, in collaboration with the Association of Nigerian Physicians…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA said its increased war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse of drugs across the federation had resulted in the conviction and sentence of no less than Six Hundred and Seventy-Seven (677) traffickers, who have bagged different terms of imprisonment between January and March 2022. The agency added that…
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has expressed concern about how bandits are gradually returning to Zamfara, alleging that big and respected politicians are sponsors of the terrorists. He also alleged that some residents of the state allowed themselves to be used by bandits, as informants. The governor questioned some powerful politicians in the state who…
Olisa Metuh, a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned the anti-graft agency, EFCC, to desist from playing politics with his supposed arraignment by the agency. Metuh via a statement dished out by his Special Assistant, xsa Ebiloma Abdullahi, reminded the EFCC that Justice Okon Abang’s judgment against Chief Metuh…
CP Abiodun Alabi, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, has initiated immediate, appropriate disciplinary measures against a Police officer pictured smoking weed in the Ijora area of the state. The Spokesperson of the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin on Tuesday, via a statement, identified the officer as an Assistant Superintendent of Police ASP, Babatunde Adebayo, serving…
More than 80 fake drugs manufactured in China and India being transported into Nigeria by fraudulent importers were intercepted, authorities in the country said Tuesday. The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Christiana Adeyeye, speaking at a news briefing in Lagos claimed that the agency under her…
The Northern Elders Forum on Tuesday told the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, to vacate the seat of authority immediately. According to the forum, the President has failed in his duty to provide security, and therefore has ‘nothing new to offer’ Nigerians. The forum voiced out via a statement issued by forum’s Spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed,…
A young man, Taofeek Gbolagade, in the early hours of Tuesday, beat his pregnant wife, to stupor over her failure to prepare Ramadan meal for him. The incident was said to have occurred around 4a.m at their residence in Ogbere housing estate in Ibadan, Oyo State. An eyewitness testified that “This man always beats his…
The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies not to forgive those behind the recent killings in Plateau state. In a statement released by his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, he said that the president has ordered security agencies to collaborate with the government of the state, to restore normalcy in the affected areas and…
A coordinated operation of troops of 271 Nigeria Air Force Detachment in Birnin Gwari, and troops of the Nigerian Army FOB in Gwaska, have hindered a ‘huge’ amount of ransom meant to enable the freedom of some captives in the custody of bandits in Kaduna State, arresting some security operatives in the process. The couriers…
The upper legislative chamber in Nigeria, the Senate has passed a bill to establish the Federal University of Technology, Auchi, Edo State. The passage of the bill yesterday was a consequent of its re-commital to the Committee of the Whole. Recall that the motion for re-commital was sponsored by Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, All Progressives Congress,…
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has declared Friday, April 15 and Monday, April 18 as public holidays to mark the Christians’ Easter celebrations This announcement was contained in a statement signed by Shuaib Belgore, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry. Aregbesola admonished Christians to learn the attributes of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love,…
The mourning family of the late Mrs. Patience Komone, a Warri, Delta State-based pepper seller, who was allegedly butchered by ritual killers at agrarian Umeh community in the state, July 27, last year, has lamented that some corrupt elements within the police force are hell-bent on extorting money from the poor members of the family…
Nigeria’s antigraft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it’ll on May 30 re-arraign former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, on allegations bordering on N400 million fraud. Metuh is expected to be re-arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja. It was gathered…
Residents of Labarana rice mills area in Birnin Kebbi on Monday woke up to the news of the merciless killing of a 25-year-old housewife Sadiyya Idris and her 4-year-old daughter. The deceased father, Malam Idris while addressing government officials who paid the family a condolence visit said, “when I and my relatives came we saw…
