The Police in Rivers early on Saturday arrested notorious criminal, “Bobosky’who was said to be famous for Kidnapping,robbery and killing of innocent people along the Tai-Gokana axis of Ogoni land. Bobosky was arrested in Korokoro Tai by the police in Sakpenwa while attending the wake of a burial Programme Eye […]
Month: September 2020
Court reserves ruling in case challenging Mailafia’s invitation by the police
A High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State Capital,has reserved ruling on the case filed by Obadiah Mailafia, former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria challenging the invitation by the police on a matter being investigated by a sister Organisation the Department of State Security,DSS ,as well as […]
Gana’s killing: Ortom asks Military to release gang members in custody
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom,has urged the military to release 40 repentant militias in its custody. The governor has also called for the release of official vehicles purportedly confiscated by the military. Ortom made this known while briefing newsmen after a five- hour State Security Council meeting in Government House, […]
Youths in Benue ask Suswam to retract remarks on GANA
Youths of Sankera, three of the seven local government areas comprising the Senatorial district of Gabriel Suswam, have asked the Senator to withdraw his statement on notorious gang leader,Terwase Akwara a.k.a Gana ,with an apology. The Youths under the umbrella, Sankera Youth Forum ( SYF) whose communites were worst affected […]
INEC says Ondo election will go ahead despite inferno on card readers
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said that the fire incident that destroyed card readers in Ondo State would not affect the governorship election in the state slated for October 10 .2020. INEC Chairman,Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu disclosed this in Abuja on Friday during an interactive session with stakeholders and […]
Air transport workers to shut down Arik Air over change of name
Workers in the Aviation Sector under the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria,(ATSSSAN) are shutting down operations at the corporate headquarters of Arik Air in Lagos,over plans to change its name to Nigeria Eagle. Report has it that the workers,both […]
Former Sokoto governor Wamako, loses 23 year-old daughter to child birth
Miss Sadiya Magatakarda Wamakko,23 year old daughter of former governor of Sokoto State , Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko died on Thursday at the Usnanu DanFodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, following complications arising from childbirth Her funeral prayer led by Chief Imam of Sultan Bello Juma’at Mosque,Sokoto,Liman Malami Shehu Akwara was […]
Cholera strikes Shekau’s Boko Haram camp,over 150 feared dead
No fewer than 150 Boko Haram terrorists and family members belonging to Abubakar Shekau’s camp in the Sambisa forest have died from an outbreak of Cholera Current matters gathered that the condition of over 500 others is critical and in need of urgent medical attention. It was further learnt that […]
Removal of subsidy is in the interest of the common man – Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylvia says the challenges in the oil sector occasioned by falling prices and low earnings were part of the reasons for removal of subsidy on Petrolatum Products Sylva who spoke to reporters in Abuja on Thursday disclosed that last year oil sold […]
Travellers on Abuja-Kaduna Highway shot,NTA staff seriously injured
The Abuja-Kaduna Highway has once again become the preserve of criminal gangs as incessant cases of Kidnapping and killing appear to go on unhindered. Scores of bandits on Wednesday blocked the highway from both sides and unleashed mayhem on innocent travellers. It was learnt that the armed men opened fire […]