Nigeria records six COVID-19 deaths in single day as cases hit over 250,000
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 123 cases of COVID-19 and six deaths in a single day, bringing the total cases to over 250,000. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 123 new cases of COVID-19. According to the agency’s update for January 20, the new cases were recorded in 12 states. A breakdown of the […]
Police arrest seven kidnappers informants in Abuja community
A joint security force at Rafindaji community in Abaji Area Council of Abuja has reportedly arrested seven suspected informants of Kidnappers. Rafindaji shares a boundary with the Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State and they are only separated by River Gurara. It was gathered that kidnappers abducted four farmers and killed two vigilantes in […]
2023: Tinubu gets Niger gov’s endorsement, donates N50m to banditry victims in state
Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and 2023 presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday donated the sum of N50 million to families of victims of the recent killings by bandits on communities in Niger State this month alone. He made the donation when he visited the state, decrying the security situation in the country […]
Army denies report it massacred 1,150 South-East residents
The Nigerian Army has debunked a report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, which accused it of killing no fewer than 1,150 South-East residents. In the report released on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, the group said the residents were massacred between October 2020 and December 2021 by security agencies deployed […]
Buhari inaugurates flyover where Boko Haram almost killed him in 2014
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the 800-metre long flyover in Kawo, Kaduna State, recounting how he narrowly escaped a targeted bomb attack in the vicinity in 2014. Reminiscing on the unfortunate incident, which claimed the lives of many innocent Nigerians, the president said he remains grateful to God for sparing his life on that […]
INC applies to join as defendant in suit seeking S’East exit from Nigeria
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to join it as a defendant in the suit seeking the exit of the South-East from Nigeria. The suit was filed by four Northern elders. Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’i, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam. INC’s application to be joined as a […]
Abdusalami to Buhari: Don’t increase fuel price
A former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to drop the alleged plan by his government to increase the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol to N302 per litre. He said that the government going ahead with such a plan will amount to making […]
Ortom signs amended Benue State Grazing Bill into law
Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Amendment Bill 2017, has been signed into law by Governor Samuel Ortom. The bill was passed last Tuesday by the state House of Assembly after the lawmakers took time to consider the report of its Standing Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources clause by clause. Ortom had […]
National assembly to probe missing 178,459 arms from Nigerian Police
The House of Representatives has started the probe as stated in the 2019 report of the Auditor General of the Federation, the alleged missing 178,459 arms and ammunition in the Nigerian Police Force. This followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by the Deputy Minority Leader, Rep. Toby Okechukwu. It was earlier reported that […]
Tinubu not as old as being portrayed, we’re both young guys —Sani
A former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, says that the All Progressives Congress leader and 2023 presidential aspirant, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, also known as Jagaban, is not as old as people portray him. Senator Sani describes himself and Tinubu as being “both young guys and age mates.” The senator, who posted a photo of him […]