Tag: national

No fewer than three bloodthirsty bandits have been gunned down by Nigerian soldiers at the Mai-Iddo village in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. About four farmers, including a woman, were rescued during the gun battle between the security operatives and the assailants. The bandits, according to Daily Trust, abducted two farmers at Mai-Iddo…

.. Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) say they are finding it difficult to feed due to the high cost of food items. The residents also lamented further increase in transportation fares following the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. According to them, the…

A 70-year-old man, Mr Stephen Irobunda has escaped being lynched in Ohokobe Ndume, Umuahia North LGA of Abia State for allegedly killing a young man, Mr Bright Odizuru. The victim, Odizuru, was shot dead on Saturday by the suspect during an altercation between the aged man and some youths in the community. Community sources told…

.. The Federal Ministry of Education has voided the appointment of Prof Bernard Odoh as the vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Odoh, a former governorship candidate in Ebonyi State during the 2023 general elections, emerged the seventh substantive VC of UNIZIK on Tuesday following his announcement by the Governing Council of the…

A media aide to former governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Lere Olayinka, has suggested that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar should make sacrifices and support Peter Obi for the presidency in 2027. Olayinka was responding to an X user, Mfaarees, that Obi should accept the Vice Presidential slot to…

.. The Pensioners Association of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, (BOUESTI) on Sunday expressed deep sorrow over the failure of the university management to pay their gratuities. The association said in a statement signed by the chairman, Kola Ajaja, and secretary, Tunde Olowe, that its members are owed 31 years…

The Adamawa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has started an offensive against non-journalist private and commercial drivers allegedly using the union’s stickers to deceive law enforcement agents. The union said in a communique on its meeting during the weekend in Yola that such drivers place the stickers on their windscreens and…

.. The Kano State Fire Service has recovered the body of an unidentified man from a well in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. The incident was confirmed in a statement by spokesman for the Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, According to the statement, the incident came to light around 4:15 p.m. when the…

A human rights defender, Chidiebube Okeoma, has taken home a set of twin boys seized by a medical doctor for the inability of their mother to offset the medical bill after she was delivered of the babies on May 4, 2024. Okeoma, in a statement in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Saturday, said that…

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State, Aminu Usman has lamented that the All Progressives Congress, APC, seeing the Zamfara State Independent Electoral Commission, ZASIEC to court was dragging the state backwards democratically. Addressing newsmen in Gusau, Usman said the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has empowered every state…

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has condemned in its entirety the arraignment for treason of children and minors who allegedly participated in the recent nationwide #EndGadGovernance protests. The Commission stated that the arrest, detention and arraignment of the minors by the Nigeria Police on charges of treason and attempting to overthrow a legitimate government…

A police operative attached to Otuocha Area Command, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State has shot dead a youth in the area. It was gathered that the youth had a disagreement with the policemen at a checkpoint over N100, during which one of them quickly pulled the trigger and shot him dead. A…

.. Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has responded to what he said have been inquiries from Nigerians about what he would have done differently as president if he had won the 2023 presidential election. In context, Atiku contested the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), losing to President…

Ahead of the forthcoming off-cycle November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State has urged the Ebira community, resident in Ondo State to vote for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Ododo made the appeal on Saturday while leading the gathering of Ebira indigenes in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of…

.. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), weekend, described the Eastern Security Network as living up to expectations in safeguarding the territorial integrity of Igboland. According to IPOB, the operatives of ESN “are on top of the job in the defence of the length and breadth of Biafraland from the ravages of killer herdsmen…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has listed what he would have done differently if he was the President of Nigeria. Atiku said his disclosure became necessary as he was frequently inundated with inquiries by Nigerians about what he would do differently if he were at the helm of affairs of the country. In a post…

Enyimba FM On Fire .. A devastating fire attack on Saturday evening has led to the temporary closure of three prominent radio stations in Aba, Enyimba 94.3FM, Legend 98.3FM, and Rose 101.9FM. According to a press release on Sunday, by the Management Enyimba TV and Radio Ltd, The fire began around 9:30 p.m., threatening…

The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested a Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, truck driver, Afeez Adegbola, for allegedly diverting 10,000 litres of petrol belonging to the company. The state commandant of the corps, Mr Igbalawole Sotiyo, disclosed this while parading the suspect and his two…

.. The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) has lifted the trading suspension on Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp) after completing its share reconstruction, which adjusted the company’s issued share capital. This follows an earlier market bulletin from October 10, 2024, announcing the temporary suspension to prepare for this restructuring process. As part of the reconstruction, the entire…

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has urged unity and harmony within the Southwest chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to deepen and widen the electoral fortunes of the party. Speaking at the commissioning of the South West Secretariat of the party at Ibadan, named after the late zonal Vice Chairman, Soji Adagunodo, Governor Adeleke…