At least four police officers are feared dead after unknown gunmen attacked them at a checkpoint at Obeagu Uno Amechi along Awkunanaw–Agbani Road in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State at about 3:45 pm on Saturday, February 12. Eyewitnesses claim the gunmen stormed the checkpoint and opened fire on the security agents. Confirming the…
An Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, has been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of Codeine syrup into the country through the land border between Nigeria and Niger Republic in Sokoto state. A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of…
Nigeria’s number one man, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of two personal aides for the First Lady, Aisha. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, announced this in a statement on Saturday. According to the statement, A’isha Rimi will serve as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Legal Matters Office of the First Lady. Buhari…
Renowned Muslim scholar; Sheikh Ahmad Gumi whose Kaduna home was gutted by fire, has appealed to the concerned authorities to educate the public on the use of fire prevention appliances and extinguishers. He told journalists that it was part of a female school in his house that was affected, the physics Lab precisely where computers…
Alhaji Hassan Danbaba, grandson of late Premier of the defunct Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, is dead. Danbaba passed away on Saturday at the 44 Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna after a brief illness. The deceased held influential traditional titles including the Magajin Garin Sokoto before his demise. He was 50 years of age. His…
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, in a drastic move on Saturday, approved the appointment of former lawmaker, Muhammad Zorro, as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy, Office of the First Lady. This is as the President temporarily redeployed three aides of the first lady to the office of the Secretary…
Nigerian clergyman, Pastor Fred Okoro is the younger brother of the late Madam Grace Okoro of Igbara village, Umunnato Edda community, Ebonyi State, whose corpse went missing from a mortuary in the area in December and has not been found till date. In this interview with EDWARD NNACHI, the cleric bares his mind on the…
In what will come across as a really shocking development, a man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing six of his family members with kitchen knives as they slept in their Philadelphia home early Friday. According to New York Post, the police found the six injured people, ranging in age from 26 to 46, when…
A mortuary at the Agagbe Community in Gwer-west Local Government Area of Benue State has been gutted by fire. It was learnt that the inferno, which occurred on Friday evening, led to the burning of bodies deposited at the morgue beyond recognition. A resident of the community, Mr Ikyur, who spoke with our correspondent,…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday directed his Chief of Staff and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to ensure that all Ministers and Heads of Agencies include young people with the requisite skills and experience in all boards and committees of the Federal Government. According to a statement by Special Adviser to…