The Anambra State Government has consoled Ihiala people over the fire which destroyed their major market this afternoon, promising to lead the mobilization of the people in planning, designing and building a modern market in the town. In a message ...
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Man beat 16-year-old daughter to death in Adamawa after ex-wife revealed he wasn’t her biological father
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Mohammed Sale for allegedly killing his 16-year-old daughter, Aisha. The 42-year-old father of 9 was arrested after his daughter’s corpse was discovered in the bush in Mayo Belwa Local Government Area of ...
Read More »NAF denies paying bandits N20m to avoid shooting down Buhari’s plane
The Nigerian Air Force has denied a report by the Wall Street Journal that it paid N20m as ransom to bandits in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun seized from the Nigerian Army. The Wall Street Journal said in a report on Sunday that the ...
Read More »Hoodlums attack Oyo PDP leaders, cars vandalised, two chairmen emerge
At least 50 vehicles parked around the Jogor Centre, Ibadan, where the Mrs Mulikat Adeola-Akande-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party held its state congress on Saturday were vandalised by hoodlums. The hoodlums, in their scores, armed with sticks and ...
Read More »Pandora papers: EFCC invites Peter Obi for questioning
Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, whose secret and illegal offshore activities PREMIUM TIMES reported in the ongoing Pandora Papers series, has been summoned for questioning by the EFCC, Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency. It is the first known action by ...
Read More »Heal the wound of 1967 civil war on Igbos, Oluwo of Iwo tasks FG
The Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, has tasked the federal government of Nigeria under President Muhammed Buhari, to heal the wound of the damages inflicted on various ethnic groups most especially the Igbos by the 1967 civil war. Oba Akanbi ...
Read More »Fake police officer, soldier, corps member among 663 suspects arrested as NDLEA raids drug joints in Lagos
A fake police officer, a soldier as well as a youth corps member are among 663 drug traffickers and users arrested when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency raided notorious drug joints in Lagos, Abuja, Benue and other parts ...
Read More »Monday Ubani declares FG’s directive over compulsory vaccination for civil servants as illegal
The Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA-SPIDEL, Dr. Monday Ubani has said that he will not hesitate to drag the federal government to court if it goes ahead to enforce the directive on ...
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