Buhari regime offers Nnamdi Kanu money, lands to forsake Biafran agitation
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said the Nigerian government is keeping its leader, Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) because he declined monetarily and land offers to make him forsake Biafra agitation. According to the group, some persons have promised to help President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to […]
Terrorists Kill 11 Top Task Force Officials, Others In Niger
No fewer than 11 top officials of the Joint Security Task Force were killed, while several other members were seriously injured by gunmen in Galadiman Kogo, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. An unconfirmed number of villagers were reportedly killed by the gunmen in the attack, as corpses littered some areas in the communities. […]
2023: APC rules out zoning, to allow both Northern, Southern presidential aspirants
There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress is in a dilemma over the zoning of the 2023 presidency. Although the party was looking southwards to pick its presidential candidate, there was a strong possibility that it could still throw the race open for both northern and southern aspirants. A chieftain of the ruling […]
Oyo State loses fourth traditional ruler in six weeks
Another traditional ruler in Oyo State, Oba Gabriel Adepoju, has joined his ancestors. The monarch, who was until his death the Oloko of Oko Ile, joined the ancestors on Sunday. Oko Ile is one of the towns in the Oriire Local Government Area of the state. The monarch joined his ancestors in the early hours […]
Gunmen attack Kwara polytechnic, shoot sporadically
Gunmen, suspected to be officers of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have on Saturday stormed the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Kwara State. It was learnt that the gunmen gained access into the school and shot sporadically. According to a video on social media, the gunmen were seen arriving at the school premises in […]
Bandits demand N24million as taxes from nine communities in Zamfara
Palpable tension has gripped Zamfara State residents as bandits mandated nine villages to pay N24million taxes or face another dastardly attack. The bandits’ letters demanding the tax had reached the affected communities through kidnap victims who recently regained freedom, where they warned the villagers not to hesitate in paying the money. The letters which carried […]
Nigerian Army soldier, two others arrested by police for robbery, car snatching
A soldier attached to the headquarters of Sector 2, Operation Hadin Kai, in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, alongside two others, has been arrested over criminal conspiracy, burglary and armed robbery. The state police command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, in a statement on Friday, noted that the suspects, Hassan Abdulhafiz, a 22-year-old soldier; […]
2023: PDP asks Atiku, Kwankwaso, others to run despite calls for southern President
Amid intense calls for power shift from the North to the South for the 2023 presidential election, the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, has said it will not stop aspirants of northern origin from contesting its presidential ticket. It said it would leave the ticket open for all aspirants irrespective of their states or […]
ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso over military coup
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Burkina Faso following a coup, but will not impose other sanctions, for the time being, a participant at a virtual summit said on Friday. ECOWAS is also calling for the new junta to release ousted president Roch Marc Christian Kabore and other officials detained during […]
Customs discovers N3.9b cocaine inside bus with religious books
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday said its men intercepted a bus conveying religious books which contained cocaine weighing 11.913 kilogrammes with a street value of N3.9 billion. In a statement by the spokesman of the command, Hussain Abdullahi, the command added that a sizeable amount of petroleum products […]
