Court Orders Police To Pay N50m To Family Of Slained Journalist, Alex Ogbu A Nigerian court has ruled that the Nigeria Police Force must pay a sum of N50 million to the family of Comrade Alex Ogbu, the journalist who was tragically killed three years ago. Ogbu, a journalist, trade […]
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Terrorists Burn 11 Villagers To Death In Plateau
Terrorists Burn 11 Villagers To Death In Plateau At least, eleven villagers were, on Tuesday night, burnt to death by suspected terrorists who attacked Chisu village in Mangu Local Government of Plateau State. The victims reportedly ran to a house in the village for safety after they heard sporadic gunshots […]
Flood Sacks Communities In Ogun
Flood Sacks Communities In Ogun Residents of communities in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, are lamenting their plight after being forced out of their homes by floods. The communities include Oke-Aro, Matogbun, Olambe, Keredolu, Igbaotun, Araromi Oke-Odo and Adio-Alausa. The victims, while lamenting over the development, said the […]
Cross River Govt. Announces Total Ban On Commercial Motorcyclists In Calabar Metropolis
Cross River Govt. Announces Total Ban On Commercial Motorcyclists In Calabar Metropolis The Cross River State Government has announced a total ban on the activities of all commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders within Calabar metropolis. Governor Bassey Edet Otu announced the ban in a press release signed by his […]
Embattled Godwin Emefiele Challenges His Detention By The DSS
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has approached the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, to challenge his detention by the Department of State Services (DSS). Emefiele is praying for the court to enforce his right to liberty and freedom of movement, as […]
Sokoto State Governor Pays Unscheduled Visit To the Sokoto Specialist Hospital.
The Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmad Aliyu, has paid an unscheduled visit to the Sokoto Specialist Hospital to ascertain the quality of services provided by the outfit. This was disclosed by Malam Abubakar Bawa, the Press Secretary to the governor, in a statement on Monday in Sokoto. Bawa said that […]
EFCC Takes Former Governor Samuel Ortom Into Custody For Questioning.
Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has been taken into the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ortom was invited for questioning by the anti-graft agency for alleged misappropriation of funds, a month after leaving office. According to report, the ex-Benue governor arrived at the Abuja office […]
President Bola Tinubu Empowers Vice President Kashim Shettima To Oversee The Activities of NEMA
President Bola Tinubu has approved the return of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to the Office of the Vice President for supervision, in compliance with their various establishment acts. The president also approved the return of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to the Office of the Vice […]
Five killed, at least 91 wounded in Israeli raid on Jenin camp.
Mourners were laying their loved ones to rest hours after Israeli forces killed five Palestinians and wounded at least 91 during a large-scale incursion into the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp. The raid began early Monday, with Israeli soldiers, backed by helicopters, storming the camp, firing live ammunition, stun […]
Give Africans Visa On Arrival To Aid Trade, Dangote Urges African Countries
Billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote has encouraged African countries to be deliberate in liberalising integration and allow for easy entry and exit of Africans. The Dangote Group CEO, who spoke on Sunday at the 30th Afreximbank Annual Meetings held in Accra, Ghana, stated that if the continent was committed to boosting […]