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Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State in response to the Njuwa Lake tragedy which claimed it no fewer than fifteen lives has ordered the immediate all appropriate authorities to inspect and to ensure strict compliance to safety regulations associated with water ways to avert future reoccurrence of the Njuwa Lake experience. He has alsoContinueContinue reading “Fintiri, Rugange Community mourns victims of Njuwa Lake Boat Mishap. Stanley Mijah”

The North East Governors’ Forum has urged the military to kill insurgents that fail to surrender in the ongoing mass surrender by terrorists in the sub-region. The Chairman of the North East Governors’ Forum, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, made the call on Saturday in Maiduguri at the 8th meeting of the forum.According to DailyContinueContinue reading “Kill All Insurgents Who Refuse To Surrender – North-East Governors Forum Urges Nigerian Military”

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has lambasted the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), for granting access to the Tinubu Presidential Legal Team to have the Certified True Copy (CTC) copies of its judgment when the petitioners had not been served.Atiku, who statedContinueContinue reading “Justice Tsammani-Led Tribunal Must Explain Why It Released Certified Copy Of Ruling To Tinubu’s Legal Team Ahead Of Petitioners – Atiku Abubakar”

No fewer than 15  people have been reported dead when a boat conveying passengers capsized in Njuwa lake located in Yola south local government area of Adamawa state.Sources told Pioneer News correspondents that the passengers including children were being ferried across the popular traditional lake to Rugange village after attending to business concerns in YolaContinueContinue reading “15 feared dead in Boat Mishap In Adamawa .Stanley Mijah.”

Gunmen suspected to be cultists, on Friday evening, murdered a Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State, Bako Amgbanshin. The gunmen were said to have captured and dismembered Amgbanshin in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. The miscreants had laid an ambush for him while on an operation with other police officers to raidContinueContinue reading “BREAKING: Gunmen kill Rivers DPO. By Dennis Naku”

Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has vowed to appeal the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, that upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu.Obi, whose petition was dismissed by the court, warned that if care was not taken, sound electoral jurisprudence will disappear in the country.He stressed that litigants thatContinueContinue reading “Tribunal: If we’re not careful, our electoral jurisprudence will vanish – Peter Obi. Ikechukwu Nnochiri”

The President, immediately arriving India for the G-20 Summit, said this during an interactive session with Nigerian students studying in the South Asian country. This is contained in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, on Thursday, September 7, 2023. At the meeting, attended by a large contingent of NigerianContinueContinue reading “I was a brilliant student, Tinubu recalls days in Chicago university. Nurudeen Shotayo”

Atiku, who spoke at a press conference organised by the PDP on Thursday, September 7, 2023, said that he may have lost the battle at the PEPC on Wednesday, “but the war is well ahead of us.” The PDP candidate had challenged the President’s election on several grounds, including claims that the latter was not duly qualifiedContinueContinue reading “The war is well ahead of us, Atiku vows to fight on after tribunal defeat. Nurudeen Shotayo”

Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State has warned against any attempt by individuals, government officials, and groups to thwart the well-intended new educational policy of his administration to reposition the state on the petals of socio-economic growth and accelerated infrastructural development of the state.Speaking to a cream of Journalists during a Media dialogue held atContinueContinue reading “New Education Policy:Govt Will Not Spare Saboteurs. Stanley Mijah, Jalingo”

The Police in Lagos have ordered the arrest of a University of Lagos, UNILAG lecturer accused of raping a 20-year-old student of the institution. The arrest warrant was issued by the Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunmi through the state High Court and involved the Vice Chancellor of the university.The student, name withheld, said the incidentContinueContinue reading “Police arrest UNILAG lecturer accused of raping 20-yr-old student”