The Senate and its President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Monday told the Federal High Court in Abuja to resist the temptation of being dragged into the internal affairs of the legislature, particularly as regards a suit brought before it by the…
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MELAYE: KOGI GOVT DENIES SPEAR-HEADING RECALL
Following the botched recall of the senator representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye, many political appointees of Governor Yahaya Bello from the district have allegedly gone underground and deserted their offices. The governor was said to be seriously angry…
BENUE: 8 FEARED DEAD AFTER HERDSMEN INVASION
Eight persons were feared dead late Saturday night in a fresh attack on Agagbe community, Sengev, Gwer West local government area of Benue after an invasion by suspected herdsmen. It was gathered that the invaders also left scores injured while…
ANXIETY AS BOMB EXPLOSION ROCKS NWODO’S COUNTRY HOME
There was anxiety in Enugu yesterday, following the explosion of Improvised Explosive Device, IED, at the country home of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, at Ukehe, in Igbo Etiti Local Government Area of the state.…
FG DECLARES CROSS RIVER LG OPEN DEFECATION FREE
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has declared Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State open defecation free. Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Mr. Musa Ibrahim, said while declaring Bekwarra LGA an open defecation free…
CORPS MEMBER DIES IN KWARA NYSC CAMP
A corps member has been reported dead at the Kwara orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, which is ongoing at Yikpata, Edu Local government area of the state. The corps member identified as Miss Eva Iche Amadi,…
FRAUD: JONATHAN’S EX-AIDE FILES NO CASE SUBMISSION
A Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Dr. Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, has filed a no-case submission in response to the N5.1bn fraud charges filed against him by the Federal Government. Dudafa, through his lawyer, Mr. Adegboyega Oyewole…
KADUNA GOV’T CHARGES EL-ZAKZAKY, WIFE, TWO OTHERS FOR MURDER
The Kaduna State Government has charged the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, and two others with various offences including murder of a soldier. The allegedly murdered soldier,…
MOBILIZE AGAINST OLD PEOPLE- SOYINKA URGES NIGERIAN YOUTHS
The Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Thursday asked the youths to mobilize themselves and have representatives in government and stop bothering old people like himself. Soyinka gave the charge while speaking with journalists after he delivered a lecture to commemorate…
FULANI HERDSMEN: FISH OUT CRIMINALS – SULTAN MANDATES MIYETTI ALLLAH
Worried by the incedant clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in some parts of the country which has resulted in deaths and destruction of lives and properties, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, has given a…