Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said his predecessor, former Governor, Rotimi Amaechi should not be walking free if Nigeria truly practices democracy. Wike said the shutdown of Rivers State Judiciary under Rotimi Amaechi’s administration as Governor of the state was a violation of the rights of the people of the state. The Governor said…
Yoruba One Voice (YOV) has accused, “a prominent Yoruba politician in Lagos,” of planning to disrupt the planned October 1 rally aimed at demanding for Yoruba Nation. Zacheaus Somorin, YOV Communications Director, said this in a statement on Monday. He noted that the coalition received intelligence that the powerful figure had issued directive to miscreants…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced two deaths and 126 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that more than 502, 545 samples have been tested by the agency since the outbreak of the…
Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has commended the decision of labour leaders to suspend their planned nationwide strike scheduled to have commenced on Monday. MBB reports that the NLC and TUC on Monday morning agreed to suspend the strike after an agreement was reached with the Federal Government. Labour had…
The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has said that Nigeria is at the brink of breaking up if nothing is done to avert it. Disclosing this at an interdenominational church service to commemorate Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary in Abuja, on Sunday. It’s only that kind of Nehemiah’s love that will…
The member representing Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Francis Waive has lamented the economic state of the country stressing that the economy is in “coma and needs urgent resuscitation.” Hon Waive who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC from Delta State, made…
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have abducted a Catholic priest in Delta state for the second time in four years Rev. Fr. Jude Onyebadi, the Parish Priest of Saint’s Peters & Paul, Issele Asagba, was said to have been monitored and kidnapped on his farm, at the weekend, where he went to inspect his farm, workers and pay…
Governor Babagana Zulum’s convoy came under a Boko Haram attack on Sunday, September 27, barely 48 hours after his convoy was attacked by insurgents on Friday, September 25. The attack on Sunday occurred along the Baga-Kukawa axis of Borno and it was gathered that troops of the Nigerian air force were mobilized immediately to the scene of the…
Three policemen who participated in the September 19 governorship election in Edo state and were returning to Lagos have died in a fatal accident that occurred on the Benin-Ore Expressway in Ondo State. The deceased were returning back to their base alongside some of their other colleagues when the vehicle they were traveling in got involved in…
Hawks have rescued 10 women from an alleged human trafficking ring and arrested five people in early morning raids in Rustenburg and Kuruman. Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi, who confirmed the development on Sunday, September 27, said the women are from Limpopo, Lesotho and Namibia and were trafficked to work in brothels in Rustenburg and…