Daily Archives: January 26, 2021
BREAKING: Buhari sacks service chiefs, appoints replacements
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the service chiefs in the country with immediate effect. He also appointed new hands to take over the batons of ...
Read More »Top Employers Institute certifies Olam as 2020 Employer of Choice in Africa
Olam, a leading food and agribusiness conglomerate, has emerged as an employer of choice in the African region for 2020. The agri-business firm, which has ...
Read More »Katsina gunrunner admits selling over 20 AK-47 rifles to bandits
A notorious gunrunner, Haruna Yusuf of Sawarya village in Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Monday admitted before police authorities that he sold 20 AK-47 rifles to bandits terrorising communities in the state
Read More »Herders’ registration begins in Ondo as NGF, Miyetti Allah back Akeredolu’s order
The Ondo State Government on Monday said it had started registering herdsmen in the state with the aim of ejecting unregistered herders from the state’s forest reserves.
Read More »I’ve raped 50 women, robbed 100 houses – Ondo serial rapist
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, aka Operation Amotekun, has arrested a 46-year-old man, Shina Adaramola, for alleged theft in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Read More »Court drops case against four #EndSARS protesters
A court in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Monday, discharged four out of six protesters arrested in November for demonstrating outside the National Assembly.
Read More »Nigeria can’t afford to delay passage of PIB for economic reasons – Lawan
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has said that any further delay in the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will result in economic losses for Nigeria.
Read More »Herdsmen: We can’t live like slaves in our land — Yoruba activist, Igboho
A Yoruba activist, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Igboho has disclosed that Yorubas cannot live like slaves in their own land as he pledged to resist the criminal activities of herdsmen across the region.
Read More »Nigeria records four cases of UK COVID variant
Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said Nigeria recorded four cases of COVID-19, B117 variant strain, first reported in the UK.
Read More »COVID-19: FG extends eased lockdown by one month
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday announced the extension of phase three of the eased lockdown by one month.
Read More »South-West governors ban open grazing
Governors of the South-West on Monday agreed to ban all forms of open grazing in the region, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said.
Read More »Relocate to school premises or face sack – Kano govt tells principals
Kano State Government on Monday ordered all principals of boarding schools in the state to relocate to the school premises or lose their jobs.
Read More »El-Zakzaky’s lawyers demand wife’s COVID-19 treatment in hospital
The trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria otherwise known as ‘Shi’ites’, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and wife, Zeenat began at the Kaduna State High Court on Monday.`
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