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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has confirmed that an agent of the Department of State Services attached to him shot and killed Ifeanyi Okereke, a newspapers vendor in Abuja. The Nigeria Police Force had denied that its officer shot the vendor. Gbajabiamila, in his second statement on Friday, identified the…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has disclosed that the Federal Government has agreed to pay an additional N15 billion as revitalisation fund of public universities. The minister disclosed this on Friday in Abuja as the government makes efforts to reach the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. According…
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has responded to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, made him (Umahi) what he is today. Governor Umahi told Arise TV that he had contributed so much in the making of PDP, serving as a peacemaker and negotiator, insisting that he made…
A Mobile Policeman has been killed and seven others kidnapped in recent bandits attacks in Mariga and Rafi Local Government Areas of Niger State. Another policeman was injured in the encounter in Mariga local government area. It was learnt that the mobile policemen were on a daily patrol in Mariga town cattle market when the…
By Abubakar Imam( Late) On a day like this 19 November,1970 exactly 50 years ago we lost a great icon and seasoned administrator, Alhaji Isah Koto, father of HRM The Ohimege Igu of Koton Karfe Kingdom,Alhaji Abdulrasaq Gambo Isah Koto In his memoir,late Dr Abubakar Imam described late Isah Koto as an epitomy of trust…
*Throng train stations “Transporters threaten strike over highway insecurity *Sack service chiefs now – Northern elders *Troops launch manhunt for bandits Commercial drivers plying the Abuja – Kaduna highway on Wednesday lamented low patronage as passengers throng to railway stations because of uncertainty occasioned by kidnapping and banditry. Daily Trust reports that there is a spate…
The main opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has raised concern over N4.6 billion allegedly disbursed to private accounts of some directors by the then Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who is Minister of Power, between September and December. National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted eight passengers of a commercial bus between Okhuessan and Emu in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State. The bandits also reportedly of the Toyota Hiace bus. robbed all the occupants It was gathered that the hoodlums had emerged from a nearby bush within the…
David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, says Nyesom Wike, his Rivers counterpart, is a “dictator” who “remote-controls” the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Umahi stated this in reaction to Wike’s comment that he left the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC) because of his 2023 presidential ambition. Wike, on Tuesday, while reacting to the Umahi’s defection…
Former President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has rolled out a comprehensive list of recommendations on how President Muhammadu Buhari can tackle the issue of insecurity in the country. Saraki called on Buhari to tap into Nigeria’s brightest and most experienced minds in order to curb the rising cases of insecurity, especially in…
