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The FCT Police Command said it had rescued five of the people abducted in Abuja after a fierce gun duel. The victims were among many people kidnapped in Tunga Maje, a village near Zuba, an outskirts of Abuja on Thursday. The kidnappers were said to have stormed the village shooting sporadically in the wee hours…
Following the Supreme court judgement upholding the election of governor Yahaya Bello about 700 workers have been penciled down across the 21 local government areas to be sacked A source close to the local government commission says the lists consists of those earlier pardoned by the government during last controversial screening exercise The source said…
Payroll fraud: 80 civil servants sacked in Niger The Niger State Government has dismissed 80 civil servants for allegedly placing themselves on salaries above their current status. Hajiya Salamatu Abubakar, the state Head of Service, who disclosed this during a press conference in Minna, said that their dismissal was approved by the state Executive Council…
Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria and UN special envoy on crisis management, says for electronic voting is the only way to get to credible elections in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. Speaking on the presidential panel of The Osasu Show Symposium 2020, Jonathan said the outcome of elections should be decided by the ballots,…
He was a terror, but his killing on a day he was to embrace peace has raised eyebrows. The late Terwase Akwaza, popular known as Gana, graduated from being a bully to freedom fighter and ultimately a gang leader with a wide territory. By UJA EMMANUEL and SANNI ONOGU Terwase Akwaza, popular known as Gana in mind,…
A public servant, Mrs. Blessing Etim, on Thursday, prayed the Customary Court in Jikwoyi, to grant her divorce from her husband on grounds that he treats her like a piece of filthy rag. Etim, who resides in Nasarawa State, made the allegations in a divorce petition to the court. “I am exhausted in this marriage….
,Leaders and elites representing all the six states of the North Central territorial geopolitical zone, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday met in Abuja to form a new organisation, the North Central Peoples’ Forum (NCPF). The launch of the NCPF is part of efforts targeted at addressing the political challenges confronting the…
Senator representing Benue North-East senatorial district in the Senate, Gabriel Suswam has called for probe into the circumstances leading to the killing of a repentant Benue militia leader, Terwase Agwa-za alias Gana, on Tuesday by security forces in Benue State.In a press statement titled, “A Time to Heal”, issued yesterday and personally signed by the…
Rochas Okorocha, the Imo West Senator, on Saturday hinted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, may lose power at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure in 2023. Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State insisted that if nothing is done to address the leadership style of APC, the party may not survive after…
Ten days ahead to the Edo Governorship poll, another Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Ikpea on Wednesday resigned his position from the cabinet of Governor Godwin Obaseki. Until his resignation, Ikpea was the Commissioner for Minerals, Oil and Gas in the state. In the letter dated September 9 and addressed to the Governor, Ikpea cited reasons of…
