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igerian police personnel on counter-insurgency operations in the North-East region have lamented the non-payment of their duty allowances in the last five months. Some of the affected officers told SaharaReporters on Monday that they were being owed various allowances.They accused the police authorities of abandoning them, adding that they were confused, depressed, destabilised and lessContinue reading "Nigerian Policemen On North-East Operation Lament Hunger, Non-Payment Of Five-Month Allowances Amid War With Boko Haram"

Amid the lingering controversy over the judgement of the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal, PEPT, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has said Nigeria currently stands on the precipice of uncertainty as the case moves to the Supreme Court. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 2023 Second Plenary Assembly of the CBCN in Abuja yesterday,Continue reading "PEPT verdict: Fate of Nigeria hangs in the balance — Catholic Bishops. Luminous Jannamike, Abuja"

Underdog Sean Strickland pulled off a stunning upset to defeat Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya and claim the UFC middleweight title at Sydney, Australia’s Qudos Bank Arena on Sunday. Strickland won by unanimous decision on the judges' scorecards after an enthralling five-round battle. Judges scored it 49-46 on all cards for Strickland. American Strickland taunted Adesanya inContinue reading "Nigerian-born Israel Adesanya Loses UFC Middleweight Title In Stunning Upset"

The police in Rivers State, south-south Nigeria say they have arrested six suspects in connection to the killing of the late Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ahoada Police Division, SP Bako Angbashim.The command in a statement issued by the Command's spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko, on Sunday, said the arrest was carried out during an operationContinue reading "Nigerian Police Arrest Six Suspects Over Divisional Officer’s Murder In Rivers"

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 alsoContinue 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 DailyContinue 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 statedContinue 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 YolaContinue 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 raidContinue reading "BREAKING: Gunmen kill Rivers DPO. By Dennis Naku"