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The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the seven-year jail sentence handed down to Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party. In its ruling on Thursday, the court held that Okon Abang, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, exhibited bias in the case of the former PDP spokesman. The […]
The Defence headquarters (DHQ) says there is no cause to worry over the safety of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina state. John Enenche, Coordinator of Defence media operations, said this during an interview on Wednesday morning. The president was in the state on a private visit to Daura, his hometown, when gunmen attacked and abducted over […]
Nigerian artists Stanley Omah Dibia known as Omah Lay and Temilade Openyi popularly known as Tems arrested in Uganda have been released. This was revealed in a tweet on Tuesday by the Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa. The artists were arrested in Uganda following a concert at Speke Resort in […]
The Delta State government on Tuesday handed starter packs to four hundred and sixty women from the 25 local government areas of Delta State who completed their training under the Women Empowerment and Skills Acquisition Programme (WESAP) in Asaba. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa speaking at the event congratulated the beneficiaries of the programme and urged them […]
The abduction of hundreds of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara’s students, has been described as a slap on President Muhammadu Buhari’s face. Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III’s led Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), says the boldness of the bandits to carry out the abduction on the day Mr. President arrived Katsina State […]
The West African Examinations Council has approved the barring of students involved in examination malpractice from taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination. This was contained in a press release issued after the 70th Meeting of the Examination Committee of WAEC, which is the highest decision making organ of the council on examination-related matters. […]
The Boko Haram terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in Kankara,Katsina state according to the report of AFP . Abubakar Shekau a factional leader of the terrorist group was said to have claimed responsibility for the abduction in a voice message on Tuesday. “I am Abubakar Shekau and […]
Dr. Obadiah Mailafia,the former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria has asked the Nigerian Army to stop making ‘reassuring noises’ and do everything possible to secure the release of the schoolboys abducted last Friday from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Speaking in an interview on Monday, the former CBN deputy governor described […]
Residents of Emede community in Isoko South local government area of Delta state have cried out that over thirty-five people are missing in the community. This is after armed attackers from Igbide raided Emede on Tuesday and Wednesday razing down houses killing about five persons. Mr. Omrys Ofo, the chairman of Emede Progressive Union, Abuja […]
Following the decision of four of the six Chairmanship aspirants to throw their weight behind the aspiration of Hon. Justice Iyasere, the incumbent Vice Chairman of Udu Local Government Council, the Udu Elders and Leaders have resolved to endorse his candidature, urging Governor Okowa and the State leadership of the party to listen to […]
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