Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has directed the suspension of the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters and Rural Development over delay in payment of November salary of local government workers. This was passed on in a statement released by Dr Kenneth Igwe, Secretary to the State Government in Abakaliki on Friday…
Assassinated Katsina state Commissioner of Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir has been buried. The Commissioner was killed on Wednesday December 8, at his residence in Fatima Shema Estate, Katsina metropolis. Nasir’s body was interred at the Gidan Dawa cemetery after a funeral prayer led by the Chief Imam of Katsina GRA mosque, Dr Aminu Abdullahi Yammawa. …
Army commanders have been directed by Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Farouk Yahaya, to plan for increased security threats in 2022. Farouk gave the directive at the closing ceremony of the COAS Annual Conference in Abuja on Friday December 10. Noting that there is need to develop capacities for improved performances in 2022, the COAS added that…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has tackled Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, and Olorunimbe Mamora, minister of state for health, over their absence at a national summit on COVID-19 in Abuja, today December 6. Lawan in his speech at the event, expressed disappointment over non-attendance of a top official from the ministry after being told that…
An operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) and four civilians attached to the kitchen contractor working with the Conoil Plc located in Koluama 1 in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa state have been abducted by pirates. The victims were abducted while on their way to Koluama 1 with supplies…
Suspected hoodlums have killed a 28-year-old leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade. It was gathered that the assailants stabbed Kunle at his house in Ijeshatedo area of Surulere, trailed him to a hospital where he was receiving treatment and shot him multiple times.The victim’s brother, Kehinde, said…
A 65-year-old man has gone missing and his family members are asking for help to find him. Mr Moses Adebayo Ogunbayo left his home at Adebisi Ogunniyi Crescent, Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, at about 3pm on November 24, 2021. When he didn’t return home, his son, Olawale Ogunbayo, called his phone number on the same…
Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that the issue of pardoning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is premature. The AGF said this while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday December 1. According to him, the trials associated with Kanu have…
Bayelsa state police command has arraigned 12 women in court for allegedly plotting to stop the ongoing construction of the Yenagoa-Oporoma Road by the state government with juju (charms). The women who were accused of carrying out a demonstration demanding that the road should pass through their community to give residents a sense of belonging, have…
The Nigerian Police Force has been ordered to pay N15m fine to seven suspected members of Boko Haram who were unlawfully detained for three years without trial. The applicants, Ajiri Dungus, Gudja Giddah, Adam Mohammed, Wardi Dungus, Fanami Mustapha, Mohammed Abba and Makinka Dungus, were reportedly arrested inside a Maiduguri market were allegedly “dumped” at the detention…
