Russia said on Saturday it would expel 23 British diplomats and close a British consulate following London’s “provocative” measures over the poisoning of a double agent that has triggered an escalating war of words. And it also said it would…
Day: March 17, 2018
INEC UNCOVERS FAKE REGISTRATION CENTRE IN KWARA
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has uncovered an illegal voter registration centre in Offa, Kwara State. INEC Administrative Secretary in Kwara, Mr Paul Atser, made this known in a statement in Ilorin on Friday. “It has come…
POLICE ASSAULTS OSUN PEACE CORPS COMMANDANT
A police sergeant, Mr. Oluwole Oke, has been accused of physically assaulting the Osun State Commandant, Peace Corps of Nigeria, Mr. Paul Ayinde, after confiscating the uniform of the corps member. The commandant told correspondents on the telephone on Friday…
BENUE HERDSMEN: KILLINGS OF INNOCENT SOULS ACROSS THE STATE MUST STOP, ADEBOYE PRAYS
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has visited Benue State where he prayed that God should bring an end to the continuous bloodshed occasioned by incessant attacks by herdsmen. He said the killings…
ELECTORAL ACT: BUHARI SHOULD NOT BE BLAMED FOR WITHOLDING ASSENT- YORUBA COUNCIL OF YOUTHS WORLDWIDE
A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide, says President Muhammadu Buhari should not be condemned for withholding his assent on the amended Electoral Act passed by the National Assembly. Mr Oladotun Hassan, the President of the group, made…
VANDALISM: MAN ELECTROCUTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO VANDALIZE TRANSFORMER
The body of a yet to be identified man was found dangling on top of a hanging transformer in Barnawa area of Kaduna State, early yesterday. The man was said to have been electrocuted while attempting to vandalize the transformer…
EKWEREMADU: DEMONIZING A DEMAGOGUE- SUFUYAN OJEIFO
Since emerging as deputy senate president in 2015, despite being a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ike Ekweremadu has been a subject of both subtle and brazen attacks by entrenched interests in the All Progressives Congress (APC).…
“MY CHILDREN ARE MORE RADICAL THAN ME” – SANUSI
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said one of his daughters wants to succeed him as the second most ranked Muslim leader in Nigeria. Sanusi revealed this in an interview with Financial Times. “My daughter wants to be…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS: KOGI DEATH TOLL INCREASES
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, inaugurate National Food Security Council with the aim of evolving sustainable solutions to protracted violence being unleashed on farmers by herders. This is as the death toll in the attacks by herdsmen on Oganenigwu in…
KANO HOSTS TOP DIGNITARIES AS DANGOTE GIVES DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE
In an unending season of high profile marriages involving the children of top politicians, successful businessmen and celebrities, it was a roll call of crème de la crème of eminent personalities, political office holders, captains of industries and diplomats, who…