Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State was reported to have fallen off while alighting from his official car last Friday and injured his left foot, in a statement from the Kogi State Government House, Lokoja, said on Tuesday. The statement…
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DINO MELAYE, 4 OTHERS TO BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT
Dino Melaye and the four suspects rearrested by the Police after they escaped from custody will be arraigned for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi on May 10, the Police…
NPRN CALLS ON BUHARI TO ORDER INVESTIGATION INTO GHOST POLICE OFFICERS’ SCANDAL
The Network of Police Reforms in Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation into the more than 80,000 ghost officers discovered in the police payroll. In a statement on Tuesday, the group said such investigation would…
RAPE: BAYELSA POLICE ARRESTS TWO TAXI DRIVERS
The Bayelsa Police command on Monday said it arrested two taxicab operators who allegedly raped a female dancer who boarded their taxi on Easter day in Yenagoa. Asinim Butswat, spokesperson of the Command confirmed the arrest of the two suspects…
SARAKI REFUTES CLAIMS OF PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST IN 2019
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Monday said news making the rounds that he will contest the 2019 presidential election is unfounded. Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Saraki said, “the report is false. If it is true…
BUHARI MOURNS THE PASSING AWAY OF WINNIE MANDELA
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday described the passing away of South-African anti-apartheid icon, Mrs. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as a huge loss to Africa of a courageous woman. The President said she was a woman of uncommon determination, steadfastness and perseverance who held…
NIGERIANS HAVE SEEN THROUGH THEIR DECEIT- FAYOSE BERATES BUHARI LED FG
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Peter Fayose has said President Muhammadu Buhari was presiding over the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria and protecting looters of the country’s commonwealth, adding that; “Nigerians have seen through their deceit and will…
FARMERS/HERDSMEN CLASHES HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BREAKING THE COUNTRY – UDUAGHAN
Nigeria’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, and Yusuf Ali, SAN, said, weekend, that incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen were inimical to the survival of Nigeria. While Gambari…
LOOTERS LlST: JONATHAN’S SPOKESMAN COUNTERS LAI MOHAMMED
Reno Omokri, a spokesperson for former President Goodluck Jonathan, has launched a blistering attack on the Nigerian government and the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, over two lists of alleged looters released by the administration. Mr. Mohammed had on Sunday…
POLICE REARRESTS SUSPECT LINKED TO DINO MELAYE
Kabiru Seidu a.k.a Osama, the last of the suspected criminals linked to Dino Melaye, a Senator representing Kogi West was allegedly planned and coordinated their escape from Police cell with the aid of some Nigeria Police officers at the Special…