Nigeria’s recent dwindling economic fortunes which plunged the country into pervasive hardship and massive suffering of the less privileged across the country due to the removal of fuel subsidies and increasing inflation has called for the urgent need from the patriotic and well-meaning Nigerians, those who are well-to-do to dole out from their Rhombus andContinue reading "Lawmaker distributes food items to constituents amid the hardship. Our Correspondent"
Youths Lynch Nigerian Man Over Alleged Theft Of Manhood In Abuja Community
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the command’s headquarters on Wednesday. One Alhaji Tijani Yakubu has been reportedly lynched by irate youths on allegation of causing the disappearance of the male organ of one Emmanuel Danladi in Kabusa village, in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. The FCT Commissioner ofContinue reading "Youths Lynch Nigerian Man Over Alleged Theft Of Manhood In Abuja Community"
Student Dies After Receiving Over 130 Strokes Of The Cane From Kaduna School Principal, VP
The principal of the school, Mohammed Ibrahim, vice principal Nura Alfatiqa and one other staff member simply identified as Musa, reportedly brutalised the 16-year-old boy to death for being absent from school. Marwanu Nuhu Sambo, a student of Al-Azhar Academy in Zaria, Kaduna state, has died after he was given 130 strokes of the caneContinue reading "Student Dies After Receiving Over 130 Strokes Of The Cane From Kaduna School Principal, VP"
Ex-EFCC Chair Bawa Released After 134 Days In DSS Detention
The detained former Chairman of Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been released by the Department of State Services. Bawa was released on Wednesday, 134 days after he was detained at the facility of Nigeria's secret police, DSS, without trial. Bawa was arrested and detained by the DSSContinue reading "Ex-EFCC Chair Bawa Released After 134 Days In DSS Detention"
President Tinubu I Know Is No Longer The One In Seat Of Power – Arewa National Leader, Yerima Says
Yerima said those of them who were pro-democracy activists in the trenches with the president to enthrone the nation’s fledgling democracy now have reservations about him. The National Leader of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Shettima Yerima, has said that the President Bola Tinubu he knows as a “pro-democracy activist” is no longer theContinue reading "President Tinubu I Know Is No Longer The One In Seat Of Power – Arewa National Leader, Yerima Says"
BANDITS INVADE KADUNA MOSQUE, KILL IMAM
Some bandits in the early hours of Tuesday invaded a mosque at the Sabon Layi, Kakangi ward in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing the Imam and one worshipper identified as Kabir, with two others sustaining various degrees of injuries. Two other worshippers who sustained serious injuries from the attack were identified as Continue reading "BANDITS INVADE KADUNA MOSQUE, KILL IMAM"
Nigeria Anti-Corruption Body, EFCC Chairman Orders Personnel To Declare Assets
According to the spokesperson for the anti-corruption body, Dele Oyewale, in a statement released on Tuesday, Olukoyede said he had declared his assets and that there was no reason for others not to do so. The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, has directed the agency’s personnel to declare theirContinue reading "Nigeria Anti-Corruption Body, EFCC Chairman Orders Personnel To Declare Assets"
Benue House Of Assembly Gives Governor Alia Three Days To Appoint Security Adviser Over Fatal Bank Robbery
Otukpo in Benue State, was on Friday attacked, as heavily armed robbers stormed the ancient city and attacked commercial banks, where at least 19 persons were reported dead and many others sustained serious injuries. A seventy-two-hour ultimatum has been given to Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia by the State House of Assembly to appoint aContinue reading "Benue House Of Assembly Gives Governor Alia Three Days To Appoint Security Adviser Over Fatal Bank Robbery"
Tension In Nasarawa State University As Gunmen Kidnap Senior Lecturer
Adokwe, a lecturer in the Faculty of Administration at the university and a Deputy Director, Gender Studies, of the school, was abducted on Sunday night by the gunmen from her residence in Angwan Jaba in Keffi. There is confusion presently at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) community after some unknown gunmen kidnapped one ofContinue reading "Tension In Nasarawa State University As Gunmen Kidnap Senior Lecturer"
Parliamentary Staff Set To Shut Down National, State Assemblies
The union demanded that state governors should commence immediate implementation of financial autonomy for State Assemblies. Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have declared their intentions to embark on a nationwide strike on Wednesday, October 25 2023, if their demands are not addressed by the expiration of a 21-day ultimatum it issuedContinue reading "Parliamentary Staff Set To Shut Down National, State Assemblies"
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