Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on Nigerians to place their love for the country above financial gain, expressing concern over the growing trend of mass migration, particularly among skilled professionals. Akpabio made the remarks on Tuesday, October 8, during a session on the floor of the Senate while addressing a motion to tackle…
Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has blamed Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for the ongoing political unrest in the state. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Wike accused Fubara of inciting violence by proceeding with local government elections despite legal concerns. “No person who believes in peace and stability of…
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Maitama, Abuja, has discharged and acquitted the former senator who represented Kogi West district in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye, of the charges brought before him before the court by the Federal Government. Melaye was arraigned before the court…
President Bola Tinubu says a time will come when Nigerians will thank him for all the tough policies and decisions his administration is currently taking. President Tinubu stated this during the South-West Assembly of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos on Saturday, October 5.The event was attended by…
The 30-year-old man who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa, Adamawa, and said he won’t come down until President Bola Ahmed Tinubu resigns has been admitted to the Yola Psychiatric Hospital for mental examination. Recall that last Friday morning, September 27, Abdullahi Mohammed, from Taraba State, climbed the high-tension electricity…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Alhaji Bako Bala, has been killed by unknown gunmen. According to a post on the official Facebook page of the Special Adviser to the Kebbi Governor on Television and Radio, Alhaji Zaidu Bala Kofa Sabuwa, the armed men…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summons against immediate past Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, to attend court and answer to a fresh 16-count charge pending against him. Bello is to attend court on October 24 in response to the summons and for his arraignment along with two other…
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has granted former Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, bail to the tune of 150 million Naira and two Sureties in like sum. The two sureties must be residents in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with their house addresses verified by the registrar…
The Niger state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) said it has so far rescued 150 out of about 300 passengers involved in a boat mishap in Gabjibo community of Mokwa Local Government Area of the state. The Director -General of NSEMA, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, made this known in a statement in Minna on Wednesday,October 2.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, and a former Permanent Secretary of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja for fraud. Ishaku and Yero are…
