Category : Breaking

Bandits have killed the lawmaker representing Shinkafi Constituency in the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Muhammad Ahmad. The Director-General, Press and Public Affairs, of the Assembly, Malam Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura made this known to newsmen in Gusau. Jafaru-Kaura said that the gunmen also kidnapped the lawmaker’s son and driver. He said the incident occurred on Tuesday […]Read More

Niger Delta Avengers, the militant group that almost crippled Nigeria’s economy during the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari, says it is back. Buhari was barely a year in office when the militant group started attacking oil installations, forcing Nigeria into recession. The attacks cut oil production from a peak of 2.2 million barrels per […]Read More

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday struck out a suit seeking to stop the appointment of 18 new Justices for the Court of Appeal. Justice Ekwo threw out the case on the grounds that it lacked merit in law and in substance. Delivering judgment in the public interest suit, […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari would depart the country on Friday for London, the United Kingdom (UK), for a scheduled medical follow-up. In a brief statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President is expected back in the country in the second week of next month. ““President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed […]Read More

Police in Lagos on Thursday paraded a 21-year-old student of UNILAG, Chidinma for alleged murder of the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, confirmed Chidinma is an undergraduate student of the University of Lagos, adding that she had confessed to […]Read More

Ex-Chairman, House of Reps probe panel on oil subsidy regime, Farouk Lawal has bagged a 7-year jail term for receiving a $3 million bribe from oil magnate Femi Otedola. Justice Angela Otaluka of FCT High Court at Apo found the former lawmaker guilty on all three count charges the ICPC preferred against him. The Judge […]Read More

Kemisola Ogunniyi, the #EndSARS protester who gave birth to a baby in the prison recently, has regained freedom temporarily. She was freed on Tuesday afternoon from the Surulere Prison in Ondo West Local Government following an order by an Ondo State High Court Judge, Justice Omolara Adejumo.The judge earlier granted her a N10 million bail […]Read More

Some protesters, on Monday morning, blocked the Umaru Yar’Adua Way leading to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The protesters who were displaying banners with the inscription, #BuhariMustGo, stormed the area at about 5:30am. According to reports, the protesters made bonfires on the ever-busy road, making it difficult for civil […]Read More

A medical doctor has been shot dead in Salka village, Magama Local Government Area of Niger State. It was gathered that the victim was attacked in his clinic by bandits numbering about five. Neighbours in the town said one of the killers entered the clinic and demanded to see the doctor whom he took to […]Read More

Abubakar Garba Idris, a senior Protection Assistant with the United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) who was abducted by The Islamic State of West African Province(ISWAP) on Maiduguri/Damaturu highway has regained freedom After more than five months of hostage. Humanitarian sources informed Reporters that Idris who is popularly known as Alooma is at the […]Read More

A mysterious fire has engulfed the Federal Secretariat complex along Okpanam Road in Asaba, Delta State capital.At the moment, the raging inferno seems to have overwhelmed the fire fighting machinery stationed at the complex. Even the state fire service is not up to the task of putting out the fire. But our correspondent learnt that […]Read More