The House of Representatives speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, says the military needs more funding because Nigeria is at war against many forms of insecurity. Gbajabiamila said this at a public hearing on a bill seeking to establish a special trust fund for the armed forces today May 17. According to Gbajabiamila, the widespread insecurity in the country…
Former Presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba has started off yet another controversy with his claim of cows having more economic value than the entire oil and gas reserve in the country. Garba who took to Twitter to lay out the claim, also disclosed that he supports Miyetti Allah’s directive for Fulani herdsmen to leave Southern…
Five notorious suspects involved in banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, and illegal possession of firearms have been arrested by the police in Zamfara. The suspects were paraded on Friday May 14 at the Police Headquarters in Gusau, the state capital. The state police spokesperson, Shehu Mohammed said the suspects were arrested as a result of…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has commended Governors from the Southern region of the country for issuing a ban on open grazing in the region. Speaking at the ‘Media Week and Communications Day 2021’ organised by the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi at the Holy Ghost Parish Hall on Thursday May 13, Ortom stated that those opposing…
The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has hinted at the possibility of the board postponing the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Prof Oloyede gave the hint during a virtual meeting with relevant stakeholders ahead of the examination today May 14. Prof Oloyede blamed the development on the difficulties…
Two suspected kidnappers have been arrested in Akoko area of Ondo state by security operatives including hunters. One of the two suspects was nabbed inside the forest in Ikaram Akunu axis while efforts were on to rescue two farmers who were kidnapped last week. He reportedly appeared as someone with mental disorder but…
Abdulfatai Buhari, the lawmaker representing Oyo North in the Senate has called for a good reason to initiate the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. Abdulfatai who said this when he paid a Sallah visit to former Governor Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo State, stated that impeaching a President has a process. He also cautioned against causing problems that could not…
Scottish actor, Kevin Guthrie, who played Abernathy in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, has been sentenced to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a vulnerable actress when she was unwell after a night out. The Glaswegian actor, 33, was found guilty last month of sexually assaulting the unidentified actress in September 2017, in what the…
A six-foot bronze crucifix worth £20,000 has been stolen from a church garden of remembrance in Newcastle. According to Daily Mail, thieves took the sculpture from a garden where mourners scattered the ashes of their loved ones outside All Saints Church in Gosforth, Newcastle. The crucifix, which was erected in the church’s remembrance garden in…
Native doctors in Ebonyi state have been warned against providing charms for criminals in the state. Spokesperson of the police command in the state, Loveth Odah issued the warning on Friday May 14, days after the decomposed bodies of two young men were found in a shallow grave inside Uduku-Igbudu forest in Agubia, Ikwo LGA of the…
