The Federal Government has expressed displeasure over the lingering crisis between the people of Ukelle in Yala local government area of Cross River State and Igbeagu community in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State. Speaking with the acting governor of the state, Prof. Ivarra Esu on Monday, the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has formally served a warrant for the release of former National Security Agency, NSA, Sambo Dasuki on the Director-General, DG, of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mamman Daura and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The court had on July 2 granted […]
Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar will lead Commonwealth Observer Group to the forthcoming general elections in Pakistan, scheduled for 25 July. The team to be deployed by the Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, comprises persons drawn from across the regions of the Commonwealth, with backgrounds in law, election administration, diplomacy, human rights, civil society, […]
The former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who is also a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant has promised to end insurgency within a short time if elected President in 2019. Atiku, who made the promise while addressing PDP supporters at the Forshams Hall, Maiduguri, the Botno State capital, said: “Nigeria ended its civil war in […]
Tsohon Dan majalisar dokokin tarayya Nijeriya mai wakiltar karamar hukumar Kaduna ta Arewa Alhaji Shehu Usman Bawa wanda aka fi sani da suna Shehu ABG, ya sanar da ficewar sa daga jam’iyyar APC, jam’iyyar da ya kasance cikin jiga jigan da suka kafa ta a jihar Kaduna. Shehu ABG ya bayyana haka ne a […]
Shugaba Muhammad Buhari ya turawa majalisar tarayya karin kasafin kudin 2018 wanda a ciki ya nuna cewa an tanadi Naira Bilyan 242.4 don daukar nauyin wasu hukumomin gwamnati guda shida wadanda za su gudanar da zaben 2019. A cikin wasikar da ya aikawa Majalisa a yau wanda kuma Shugaban Majalisar Dattawa, Sanata Bukola Saraki ya […]
The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has placed a N10 million bounty on the assailants of four policemen killed in Sabongida Ora, Owan West Local Government Area of the state on July 14. This was announced by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, after an emergency security […]
The Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, on Monday said over 44 people lost their lives while 20 others were still missing, following the Sunday flood disaster in Jibia Local Government Area of the state. Mr Masari, who stated this after inspecting the affected areas in the local government, said more than 500 houses were destroyed […]
Muhammad Shehu, the Permanent Secretary, Kebbi Ministry of Agriculture, has said that the state produced 3.6 million tonnes of rice out of the 5.7 million tonnes of the nation’s annual requirement. Mr Shehu made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. “Kebbi State produces 3.6 million tonnes […]
Irate youths in Jalingo on Monday injured the Taraba Commissioner of Police, David Akinremi. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, David Misal, who confirmed the attack to journalists in Jalingo, saying the commissioner had gone to the Tudunwada area of the metropolis with a team of officers to restore normalcy following reports of youths unrest. ”He […]
