Gunmen have killed a Commissioner in the Kogi State Pension Board, Mr. Solomon Akeweje, and abducted the Chairman of Yagba West Local Government, Mr. Pius Kolawole.
Read More »Fifth columnists not IPOB responsible for attacks in southeast, says Abaribe
Senate Minority Leader Enyinnaya Abaribe has absolved the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other pro-Biafran agitators of culpability in the attacks on police facilities and killing of security operatives in the Southeast.
Read More »Coronavirus: Nigeria bans travellers from Brazil, India, Turkey
Nigeria announced on Sunday that it has banned passengers from Brazil, India, and Turkey as the countries battle the third wave of coronavirus with effect from May 4.
Read More »‘I have found myself praying that God should remove Buhari’ – PFN President
The National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed woefully.
Read More »Truck runs into market in Imo, kills 10 women following brake failure
A truck lost control in Imo on Saturday and ran into a market, killing at least 10 women.
Read More »Abductor Of Kankara school boys killed by rival gang
Four days after he renounced his earlier repentance and returned to the forest, Auwal Daudawa, best known for his role in the abduction of 300 schoolboys in Katsina state has been killed in a rival fight.
Read More »Shekau Appoints New ‘War Commander’ for Boko Haram, Kills Predecessor, Two Others
The factional leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has appointed Abu Muhammad as the new Amirul Jaysh “Commander of War, for the faction he is leading after killing the former Commander, Abu Fatimah.
Read More »UN experts call for release of Nigerian atheist detained in Kano a year ago
A panel of UN experts has called on Nigerian authorities to release a prominent humanist who was detained a year ago today.
Read More »Nigerian politicians own 800 properties worth $400m in London, Dubai – Chatham House Expert
Matthew Page, an associate fellow of Chatham House, London, U.K., says education and real estate sectors provide opportunities for Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) in Nigeria to launder money. Mathew Page, an associate fellow of Chatham House, London, has advised Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) investigators to focus on real estate and education sectors when tracking illicit …
Read More »Boko Haram hoist flag in Niger, take-over peoples’ wives – Governor
Boko Haram Hoist Flag in Niger, 50 Villages Deserted The presence of Boko Haram in Niger State has been confirmed in Kaure, Shiroro Local Government Area with the hoisting of their flag.
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