• We fled into bush, ran to Enugu as Fulani attacked our communities – Residents• Igbo apex body demands strict enforcement of open grazing ban in South-East SUSPECTED Fulani herdsmen who unleashed mayhem in three communities; Obeagu, Egedegede, and Nkaleha on Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have reportedly fled the state, but not […]
Continue ReadingSoludo whereabouts unknown, three policemen killed as gunmen attack summit Tony Okafor, Awka Gunmen on Wednesday attacked a former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and killed three police orderlies attached to him.The incident reportedly happened in the professor’s home town, Isiofia, in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.An eyetwitnes said, “A couple […]
Continue ReadingTony Okafor A former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, said there was no truth in the claim that he demanded N7bn for installing the state governor, Willie Obiano.He wonderd how he could have left N75bn for the governor and turn around to ask him to give him N7bn out of it. The former […]
Continue ReadingKelvin Ekerete Tickets for the Nigeria versus Lesotho 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday were sold for as much as N15,000 despite a directive from the Lagos State Government that tickets were free and should not be sold, The PUNCH reports.The Confederation of African Football had allowed the […]
Continue Reading• Bandits attacked church on March 21, kidnapped five persons, says Hayab• Gunmen abduct Catholic priest, Oyo couple, six others in Kaduna, Niger• Buhari orders service chiefs to identify, take out sponsors of bandits The Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State chapter, has said no fewer than 100 residents of the state are in different […]
Continue ReadingPeter Dada The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a security guard working at the S.A. Filling Station in Ondo town, Abiodun Osuntimehin, for his alleged involvement in the robbery of the station.Abiodun was said to have mastermind the robbery attack on the station. A colleague of the suspect was said to have been killed […]
Continue ReadingSunday Aborisade The North-Central Zonal Caretaker Committee overseeing the activities of the Peoples Democratic Party in Niger State has reversed the suspension of a former governor of the state, Babangida Aliyu, from the party. The caretaker panel, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Suleiman Mohammed, Monday night, described the ex-governor’s suspension as fake news.The […]
Continue ReadingSunday Aborisade The Special Adviser to the President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Ola Awoniyi, said on Tuesday that his principal, Ahmad Lawan, never proposed an unlimited tenure for the office of the President of Nigeria. Awoniyi, in a statement in Abuja, said he was responding to a tweet which attributed a fabricated […]
Continue ReadingChidiebube Okeoma Elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Tuesday, said nobody can sack him from the Peoples Democratic Party. Iwuanyanwu, who said that he is a life member of the Board of Trustees of the PDP, said he had committed his time working for the success of the party. The elder statesman said his role […]
Continue ReadingJohnny Edward Super Eagles players in the English Premier League and the Championship will self-isolate for 10 days on their return to the United Kingdom, The PUNCH reports. The Eagles have in their ranks six players who would return to England after helping the national team qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup Of Nations billed […]
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