President Buhari will tonight Tuesday, July 13, host the 109 Senators of the National Assembly to a dinner at 8pm. The scheduled meeting between members of the upper chamber and President Buhari was conveyed in a letter received from the State House and read during plenary by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday. …
The immediate past deputy governor of Kaduna State, Arc. Bala Bantex, has died. Bantex who served in the first tenure of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, died in an Abuja hospital today Sunday, July 11. He was aged 64. Bantex was deputy governor to Governor Nasir El-Rufai between 2015 and 2019 when he resigned to contest for…
14 people have been kidnapped by bandits at Ungwan Matari within the Sabon Tasha, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits who invaded the community which is adjoining Gbagyi villa towards Romi River at about 11pm on Wednesday night, reportedly shot sporadically, broke down fences and windows in a bid to gain access into the…
Airline operators in the country have been directed by the federal government to refund the full cost of travel tickets to passengers after a two-hour delay. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika who gave the directive at the weekly State House briefing in Aso Villa, Abuja on Thursday July 8, also read some of the rights of aviation…
Fifteen pupils of the Army Day Secondary School, Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State were crushed to death by a petrol tanker today July 8. According to reports, the driver of the tanker laden with petroleum product was on top speed when he suddenly lost control and due to brake failure, ran over some of the…
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have rescued nine travellers who were kidnapped at Igieduma village along the Benin-Auchi Road on Sunday morning, July 4. Spokesperson of the command, Kotongs Bello, who disclosed this in a statement said their men swung into action upon receiving the distress call about the incident and engaged the…
Faith Academy, a secondary school owned by Living Faith Church Worldwide founded by Bishop David Oyedpo, came under attack in the early hours of Monday July 5. The attack at the school which is not far from another boarding school where many students were abducted in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, was foiled…
Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado has been suspended by the state house of assembly. Magaji was suspended for rejecting an accountant sent to the commission by the state’s Accountant General. This came after the lawmakers considered a petition from the Office of the Accountant General of the…
Pastor Daniel Olukoya, General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has been ordered by a United States district court in Maryland to pay $7,320 within 30 days to Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters. Olukoya had filed a lawsuit against Sowore in 2018 after a 2017 report of his church members in Maryland accusing him…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered an investigation into the killing of a 14-year-old girl in Ojota during the Oodua Republic Mega Rally on Saturday. Recall a young girl was found dead at the scene of the rally at Ojota with claims that she was killed by a stray bullet, a claim that…
