Ambassador Babagana Kingibe has been appointed as Special Envoy with Cabinet Rank Status to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region by President Muhammadu Buhari. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha announced on Monday May 31. Kinigbe’s tasks include monitoring developments in Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region, and aid reconciliation…
Former Presidential aide and author, Reno Omokri has condemned President Buhari’s decision to travel to Ghana for a meeting with ECOWAS leaders to find a solution for peace to be returned to Mali after its second coup in nine months. According to Reno, President Buhari is supposed to tackle the issue of insecurity in the…
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams has slammed the Nigeria Police Force for attacking the Convener of Revolution Now, Omoyele Sowore, during a protest at the Unity Fountain in Abuja on Monday. He slammed this police for disrupting a peaceful protest in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi. Adams…
Thirteen persons including a police officer have been killed after armed bandits attacked Beri town in the Bobi district of Niger state. According to a statement released by the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, the attack left several people injured. The agency added that the bandits also attacked Unguwan Malam Bako in Kotonkoro district and abducted an…
Head of the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management (Faculty of Agriculture) in Taraba state university, Umar Buba has been abducted by gunmen from the staff quarters of the institution in Jalingo, Taraba state capital. Professor Vincent Ado-Tenebe who is the Vice-Chancellor of the university said the lecturer was kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday, May…
Former African Action Congress, AAC, Presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore has been shot by Nigerian police at Unity Fountain Abuja. He was allegedly shot directly on his right leg by a woman ACP and he’s currently being taken by comrades for treatment. They are still looking for a hospital where he can be…
A tragic plane crash has claimed the life of US actor, Joe Lara, best known for starring in the American TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, alongside six other passengers in the state of Tennessee. Their Cessna C501 plane plunged into Percy Priest Lake near the town of Smyrna shortly after taking off from Smyrna…
A section of the palace of the Emir of Zurmi in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State has been set ablaze by residents who stormed the palace to protest against the worsening insecurity in the community. Premium Times reports that the protesters, who were mostly from vulnerable rural communities in the area, converged on…
A 31-year-old teacher, John Omondi, has been arrested by Police officials in Butaleja District in eastern Uganda for allegedly impregnating and eloping with his 16-year-old student. The suspect, allegedly eloped with one of his students at Mabale Primary School in Butaleja Sub-county in January this year, before he got her pregnant. His arrest came after…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have tied the knot in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral. The 56-year-old Johnson and Symonds, 33, got married at London’s main Roman Catholic church in central London on Saturday afternoon, May 29, in front of their family and friends. A Downing Street spokeswoman…