Category: News

Reading Time: < 1 minute  205 troops of The Nigerian Army have been sent for a contingent trip to The Gambia on a peacekeeping mission. This is just as it assured of Nigeria’s commitment to deploying quality peacekeepers as part of efforts to ensure global peace and security Speaking at the pre-deployment graduation ceremony…

Reading Time: 2 minutes   A dreaded criminal, has been arrested by the Police in Akwa Ibom State. He allegedly killed over 15 people in the state including a female corps member, Chinwendu Lovina Ezeh. The suspect, Malachi Uwem, 24, is said to be serial killer and leader of a notorious armed robbery gang, which…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteShehu Sani, former member of the Nigerian Senate has said President Muhammadu Buhari would have protested if the government of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan piled up debts like he has done. In an ongoing Twitter Spaces session, the Senator, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly, rated the government…

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Gunmen on Friday invaded a popular drinking joint in Anambra State, killed five persons in the process.   According to reports, the incident happened at Ụtọ Ndụ in Obiofia Village, under Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state The gunmen invaded the place at about 8:00pm and immediately…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmaechi, who is Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, visited the Oba of Lagos on Thursday. The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has told a presidential aspirant on the platform of  All Progressives Congress, Rotimi Amaechi, to “forget about morals” as he aims to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Akiolu said,…

Reading Time: 3 minutesData compiled that At least 49 spouses reportedly died between January 2021 and March 2022. The data showed that 35 women were killed by their husbands while wives killed their husbands on 14 different occasions From the cases compiled, 39 deaths were related to domestic violence while six killed their spouses…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMrs Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, the acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN said The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)  has been beefed up  security at the nation’s airports ahead of the Eid-el-Fitri celebration In her statement on Saturday Hope-ivbaze said: “As part of our preparations to ensure seamless facilitation of…

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Rauf Aregbesola, The Minister of Interior has said the federal government is planning to procure aircraft in the six zonal bases of the Federal Fire Service to combat large-scale fires requiring aerial attacks. He disclosed this on Friday while speaking at the decoration ceremony of the new Controller General of…

Reading Time: 2 minutesSome members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) narrowly escaped death on Thursday in Warri, Delta State as the coaster bus they boarded to Asaba for the passing out parade (POP) to complete their service year  exploded at a filling station. The incident occurred at a filling station close to…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt least one person was killed while many others were injured when policemen opened fire on members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shiites during annual Quds Day rally in Zaria, Kaduna State. Quds Day, which uses the Arabic name for Jerusalem, is a Palestinian solidarity…

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Femi Gbajabiamila, The Speaker of the House of Representatives has said political appointees who refuse to resign before contesting the forthcoming 2023 elections pose a risk to themselves and their parties. Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022, which was signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), provided…

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Nigerian artist Uche Edochie,  brother to Nollywood star, Yul Edochie, has spoken  about his family’s stance on the actor’s decision to marry a second wife.  Yul went public about his second marriage with colleague, Judy Austin, adding that she already had a son for him. Uche revealed  this on his…