The Anambra State Police Command has dismissed the claims that 21 soldiers were killed by gunmen in the state. There have been reports across social media since Tuesday saying that 21 soldiers who were on their way to Enugu State were rounded up and killed in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Monday evening. But while reacting […]
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested eight suspected cult members at the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said in Ado Ekiti today that the arrest yesterday followed the intervention of men from the Command’s Rapid Response Squad after receiving a distress call, reports Nigerian ...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party from suspending their national chairman, Ambassador Umar Illiya Damagum from office. After hearing M. O. Onyilokwu Esq., counsel for the Plaintiff/Applicant, who moved in terms of the motion paper, Justice Lifu granted an order that “The Defendants/Res...
•Taiwo Oyedele The chairman of the presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has said that there is a need to raise the value-added tax (VAT) rate. He said this on Monday while announcing that the VAT revenue-sharing formula would be reviewed, reports The Nation. Oyedele spoke at a policy exposure and […]
•Hadi Sirika The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama tomorrow. Sirika, who served under the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari, would be arraigned on a six-count a...
•Soldiers set fire on Okuama Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has announced the complete withdrawal of the military from the Okuama community in the state. The governor disclosed this during a press conference today at the Government House, in Asaba, implying that the displaced people of Okuama are now free to return to their [&helli...
•Kenyan doctors protesting with placards Kenya’s government has signed a deal with striking doctors, the health ministry announced today, after almost two months of industrial action that left thousands of patients struggling to find medical care. “After 56 days, @kmpdu signs agreement, ending nationwide doctors’ strike,” the ministry said on ...
The Nigerian military has pulled out of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. According to sources in neighbouring Akugbene and Okoloba communities in Bomadi Local Government Area, the soldiers pulled out of the embattled community, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, suddenly without any prior information to do so, reports...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to perish the thought of a forceful takeover of Rivers State. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, said this at an ongoing media briefing in Abuja. He was responding to calls by the Rivers State Chairman of the APC, Mr. […]
•The suspect The suspect arrested in connection with the murder of a lady, Glory Akpaku, in Delta State, Akpoveta School, has narrated how he allegedly killed the victim by stabbing her multiple times. According to an interrogation video shared on X.com by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, on Monday, the suspect [&...