Professor Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel Prize winner, has described the incessant attacks and killings by the killer herdsmen in many parts of Nigeria as a declaration of war on the country. Soyinka made the position known in a statement released…
Year: 2018
IPOB RAISES ALARM OVER UNLEASHED TERROR
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has raised alarm over an alleged collaboration between Abia State and the Federal government to continue to unleash terror through harassment and intimidation against the people of Afaraukwu, Ibeku Umuahia,the home town of its…
WORLD CUP: 500 SUPPORTERS FOR SUPER EAGLES
Sam Ikpea, the National Chairman of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC), has said the body has stepped up moves to guarantee massive support for the Super Eagles at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia. Ikpea told our correspondent…
400 BOKO HARAM SUSPECTS REMANDED IN DSS CUSTODY
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday, gave the Department of State Service, the order to retain 400 Boko Haram suspects in its custody for 90 days. The suspects are to be kept at a detention camp at Kainji,…
GOV. BELLO TRYING TO REDUCE KOGI STATE’S MONTHLY SALARY BILL- MELAYE
Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi), Chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT, yesterday, said Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State lied on the claim that he took N10 billion to offset salary arrears. Melaye, in a statement issued at the…
2019 POLL- INEC RELEASES TIMETABLE FOR GENERAL ELECTION
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the 2019 general elections timetable and schedule of activities. High wire politics and horse trading will now take centre stage in the national affairs of the country as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on…
FG APPROVES N280.1M CASH TO FORMER PRESIDENTS AND HEAD OF STATE
The Buhari led Federal Government has approved N280.1m cash payments to former Presidents and Heads of State in 2017 to buy cars. Out of the money, N40m had already been released, but final releases would tally at “100 per cent.”…
POLICE IG RELOCATING TO BENUE
President Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately relocate to Benue State to prevent further loss of lives and forestall the crisis in the state from escalating and spreading. Force spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood stated…
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President Muhammadu Buhari had a meeting with Rwandese envoys and Governor of Benue Samuel Otton at the State House today.
APC UNVEILS POWER PLAN
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has spoken on the preparedness of the party to take over power in the South East and South South geo-political zones in 2019. Chief Odigie-Oyegun made this…