Gunmen on Monday morning attacked the Owerri Correctional Prison in the Imo State capital and freed over 1500 inmates, The PUNCH has learnt. The attackers also razed the ...
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Obasanjo, Sheikh Gumi recommend special courts for banditry after closed-door meeting
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a prominent religious leader in the North, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have recommended special courts to try bandits and kidnappers promptly.
Read More »Bloody Easter: Bandits kill 5 in Kaduna as troops find decomposing body
No fewer than five persons were killed by bandits yesterday, just as two others were injured in Chikun and Jema’a Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna State.
Read More »Ebonyi massacre: Fed Govt will investigate killings, says Osibanjo
Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, on Sunday, assured the people of Ebonyi State that Federal Government will ensure diligent investigation into the killings in Egedegede Community in Ishielu local government area as well
Read More »Ex-governors, ministers, senators own 130 Dubai assets
More than 130 choice assets have been bought with looted funds in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), by some ex-governors, ministers and senators.
Read More »Cause of Alpha jet crash to be known soon – NAF chief
The Chief of Air Staff (COAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has stated that the events of the past few days involving the crash of an Alpha-Jet aircraft should inspire and spur Nigerian Air Force pilots, technicians and ground troops
Read More »Immigration to issue passports in all 774 LGAs, says Minister
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has stated that Nigerian passports would be issued in each of the 774 local government areas in the country to reduce the problem of getting it.
Read More »South-West PDP Congress: Zonal Caretaker Committee begs NWC, others over Gov. Makinde
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) South West Zonal Caretaker Committee has apologised to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) over the alleged threat and insult by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over the Zonal
Read More »Police arrest four suspected kidnappers in Delta
Two days after one Mr William Aduwoma was rescued from the clutches of kidnappers at a bush in the Arhade community, Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, the police in the state command have arrested four persons
Read More »Shun politics of acrimony – Buhari advises Oshiomhole at 69
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday advised a former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to eschew politics of division and acrimony among others as he is getting close to
Read More »Nigeria in state of emergency, Buhari pampers terrorists – Bakare, Kukah
Two prominent clerics, Reverend Father Matthew Kukah and Pastor Tunde Bakare, have advised President Muhammadu Buhari, over the high level of insecurity in Nigeria, warning that the country is rapidly descending into anarchy.
Read More »Ortom: We want to severe links with Arewa — Middle Belt Forum
The Middle Belt Forum on Sunday faulted the recent attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State by alleged Fulani armed bandits, describing it as “a declaration of war.”
Read More »I wish my husband could read tributes of those he criticised – Odumakin’s widow
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has reacted to the outpouring of tributes in honour of her late husband.
Read More »Oil rally pushes Nigeria’s revenue above budget estimate
The upturn in the price of the international oil benchmark, Brent crude, has pushed Nigeria’s oil revenue above the estimate in the 2021 budget.
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