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….after confessing to crime Chidinma Ojukwu, the 21-year-old student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has denied killing Usifo Ataga, Super TV CEO — a few weeks after claiming responsibility for his death. Chidinma had last month confessed to stabbing Ataga “twice on the neck side” while she was being paraded by the Lagos […]
Suspected Bandits on Sunday, kidnapped the Emir of Kajuru in Kaduna state,Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, and 10 others in Kajuru town of Kajuru Local Government Area. The Kaduna Stàte Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Sunday that the incident happened in the early […]
The immediate past deputy governor of Kaduna State, Hon. Yusuf Barnabas Bala, is dead. Bala, also known as Bantex, died in the early hours of Sunday. He was the deputy to Governor Nasir El-Rufai during his first term between 2015 and 2019. Bantex, a renowned Architect, was a former council chairman Kaura LGA of […]
Ejimakor said the letter specifically stated that Kanu will get “support and welfare” of the British authorities. The British High Commission in Nigeria has acknowledged the receipt of the letter written on behalf of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking its support as a British citizen, SaharaReporters has gathered. […]
Taiwo Taiwo, a judge at the court in Abuja had granted a declaration that Adeosun cannot be subjected to any penalty or forfeiture in relation to her occupation or assumption due to her NYSC certificate. A former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said the ruling of the Federal High Court that […]
The Bayelsa Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and other Related Offences has awarded N21 billion to victims of extra-judicial killings perpetrated by the police and other security operatives. Chairman of the Panel, rtd. Justice Young Ogola, disclosed this while submitting the report to Gov. Douye Diri in Yenagoa. Justice Ogola said […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday host members of Team Nigeria to the Tokyo Olympics at the Presidential Villa before the final batch of the contingent departs for the Games. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a brief send-forth ceremony for the first batch of […]
Gun-wielding bandits have robbed a popular supermarket, Uzorbest Super-market Limited, at Onu Asata Junction of Enugu metropolis carting away goods worth over N1 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the robbers carted away 18 bags of 50kg foreign and local rice, 10 bags of 10kg rice; 30 cartons of noodles and […]
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the Southern Governors Forum to zone the 2023 presidency to the South-East in the interest of fair play and justice. Spokesman for the Ohanaeze, Alex Ogbonnia, who said the group backed the southern governors’ position that the region should produce the president in 2023, said […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja directed the military, police and intelligence agencies to ensure safe and early release of all kidnapped victims. The president, who gave the directive in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, expressed serious concern over attacks on Kaduna and Niger States, largely targeted at students. While […]
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