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An Assistant Director, Administration in the State House, Ms. Dagan Laetitia Naankang, was on Monday night murdered in her Abuja apartment by unknown gunmen. The deceased, who hailed from Plateau State, according to a statement by Deputy Director, Information, Mr. Attah Esa, worked in her State House office on Monday till 8pm, only to be […]

Hearing on the application filed by former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, against the declaration of Hope Uzodinma as winner of the March 9, 2019 governorship election was, on Tuesday, adjourned to March 2 by the Supreme Court following a request by Ihedioha’s lead counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), for a short adjournment to enable […]

From the jaws of celebration, Bayelsans snatched a crisis that forced President Muhammadu Buhari to abruptly cancel a planned a visit to the Bayelsa State capital, Yenagoa to inaugurate the new corporate headquarters of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Last Friday’s visit, which would have coincided with the aborted swearing-in of David […]

The Abia police command on Friday deployed several detachments of its operatives in strategic locations in Umuahia, the Abia capital, to provide security at the burial of the parents of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that there was heavy security […]

Over 1500 Nigerians are reported to be standard in Accra, Ghana because there were no adequate arrangements to airlift them from Accra to Lagos, after Dubai-based mega carrier, Emirates Airlines stopped flight operations to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos until the airport’s Instrument Landing System (ILS) is fixed.   ILS is a navigational aid […]

Following the increase in pipeline vandalism, crude oil theft and the consequent revenue loss for the country, environmental activist and former National Secretary, Ijaw Youth Council, Bristol-Alagbariya Emmanuel, has accused officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the military and politician of complicity.   He explained that reports blaming host communities solely for these […]

It is no longer news that Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba State has joined the league of governors that run their states’ affairs from either the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) or overseas. Ishaku was last seen in the state on December 22, 2019, few days after presentation of the 2020 appropriation bill to the […]

As at the time of filing this report, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was still waiting for the order by the Supreme Court that the certificate of return issued to David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Bayelsa State governor-elect be withdrawn immediately and a new return be issued to the candidate […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cautioned that members of the group would retaliate should security agencies exhibit any traces of brutality during the burial of the late Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and his wife, Ugoeze Sally Mmeme at Afaraukwu in Umuahia, Abia State today, Friday, February 14, 2020.   “We the global family […]

The Northern Youth Coalition (NYC) has admonished President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office before Nigeria becomes another Somalia. Lamenting what it described as the worsening security situation in the country similar to what obtained under former President Goodluck Jonathan, the NYC said, it is becoming increasingly evident that Buhari has run out of ideas […]

In apparent reaction to recent clamors by Nigerians, including the National Assembly, for the removal of the service chiefs, for their failure to stem the tide of terror attacks and rising insecurity in the country, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, yesterday dismissed the calls for their ouster, saying it will not […]

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, yesterday engaged in a public shouting match; trading pointed jabs over the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to publicly declare his assets. The unsavory exchange occurred at the formal launch of […]