A community leader from the Birnin Gwari Emirate Council in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Zubairu Abdulra’uf, has lamented how members of the communities paid N400m to bandits to enable them to go to their farms. This is just as he said the people of the emirate had resorted to defending…
In what came as a surprise to many on Thursday night, Joe Igbokwe, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, pulled down a Facebook post on two leading political figures in Nigeria. Igbokwe had posted that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, who lost the presidential ticket of the opposition party to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar…
A Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Edike Mboutidem Akpan, is currently enmeshed in alleged N26.7 million fraud scandal. Akpan, who has already been charged to the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Kwali, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), used a private…
A drama was staged at the Okpoko magistrate court in the Ogbaru Local Government Area, near Onitsha, Anambra State, on Thursday, when proceedings were disrupted as a lawyer, identified as Ogbachalu Goshen, appeared in court dressed in full priest robes, looking like a reverend.The court proceedings, presided by Her Worship CB Mbaegbu, were on until a…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, published the particulars of candidates for the 2023 general elections. The publication has been followed by animated discussions among Nigerians on social media on the academic credentials of some of the presidential candidates In the front burner of the discussions are questions around why the candidate of…
In what appears to be a direct reaction to being sidelined by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in the race for his running mate, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is said to be in the centre of a proposed alliance in the build-up to the 2023 general election….
A suspected thief who disguised as a woman was caught after he entered the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) solid rock Chapel in Lagos. The suspected was caught on Thursday morning, June 30 in Ojodu area of the state. The suspect was caught by a security guard on duty after he became suspicious of…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the release of the official details of David Nwamini to a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the order in a judgement delivered on Friday, directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), and…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, vowed that the terrorists behind the Ajata-Aboki massacre, in Shiroro council area of Niger State, will not go unpunished. The Nation had reported that terrorists attacked a mining site in Ajata-Aboki, Shiroro council area of Niger State on Wednesday, killing not less than 43 persons, including 30 soldiers, seven mobile…
Nigerian music star, Fireboy DML on Wednesday night broke down in tears over his latest global achievement. The singer who recently became TECNO SPARK Ambassador shed some tears after performing on stage with Grammy award winner, Ed Sheeran to their hit song ‘Peru’ The performance held at Wembley Stadium, London, which has about 90,000 capacity,…