BREAKING Bandits write nine Zamfara communities, announce day of attack, demand ransoms
Bandits terrorising Gando forest in the Bukkuyum local government area of Zamfara State have written letters to nine communities asking them to pay their levies or face deadly attacks. This is coming a few weeks after bandits embarked on mass killings of no fewer than 200 people in Bukkuyum and Anka local government areas. In […]
Convention: APC govs insists on February, pass confidence vote on Buni’s CECPC
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have maintained that the party’s national convention should be held in February 2022. The governors did not mention the date for the event in February. According to them, the party’s National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee will announce the exact date for the convention. The […]
Kill anyone that attacks prisons, Aregbesola orders prison officers
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has on Monday directed prison officers to shoot dead anyone that attempts to attack any prison in the country. According to him, attacks on prisons in the country will no longer be tolerated, adding that attacks on the correctional centres were embarrassing to the country. The Minister spoke while inspecting […]
N378.9bn worth duplicate project inserted in Nigeria 2022 budget, says BudgIT
BudgIT, a data-driven Nigerian civic organisation has claimed that 460 duplicated projects, amounting to N378.9 billion, were inserted in Nigeria’s 2022 budget. The civic-tech organisation said that the projects in question were inflated projects amounting to billions of naira directly linked to the State House and the Presidency. They include a N20.8 billion request by […]
Zamfara Residents Shut Government House, Protest Over N200million Ransoms Paid To Bandits
Residents of Nahuche Community in the Bungudu local government area of Zamfara state have taken to the streets to protest against the rate of bandits’ killings and kidnappings in parts of the state. The protesters on Sunday expressed their anger over the incessant attacks on their community by suspected bandits. The protesters, who carried placards […]
2023: My victory is certain with the masses, Tinubu says
The National Leader of All Progressives Congress and a presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, has expressed confidence in winning the coming presidential election in 2023. He said with the “strong support” of the masses, winning the election is not negotiable. The APC leader spoke when he visited a former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja in his Ibadan resident. He said […]
Politics has taken backstage, we’re back, Alaibe as he settles rift with Diri
The long time rift between Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, and former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe, appears to have become a thing of the past. This is as Diri and Alaibe, who have been having a running political battle that escalated during the last governorship election […]
BREAKING Bandits Abduct Another Traditional Ruler In Plateau State
Gunmen have kidnapped the Da Gwom Rwei of Vwang District in the Jos-South Local Government Area of Plateau State, HRH. Da Gyang Balak Gut. It was gathered that the monarch was abducted on Sunday night a few meters from the gate of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru in Jos.Read Also: NDLEA […]
Lagos to partially close Marine Bridge for routine Maintenance
Lagos State government has announced that there will be a partial closure of the Marine Bridge to allow the Federal Government to carry out routine maintenance works on the bridge. The bridge will be closed from Monday, January 17 to Saturday, April 2, 2022, traffic outbound Apapa will be diverted to give way for contraflow […]
Two Katsina Local Governments Still Under Bandits Constant Attacks — Governor Masari
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has complained of the constant bandits’ attack on Faskari and Kankara local government areas of the state. He attributed the attacks to the proximity of the local government areas to the forests of the neighbouring states of Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger and up to Kebbi. However, he stated that there […]