The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has dismissed a report that the wreckage of its missing Alpha Jet aircraft has been found in Bama, Borno State. The viral report which was captioned, ‘Wreckage of missing NAF Alpha Jet 475 found in Bama’, claimed that the missing aircraft, as well as the body of one of the…
Gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded Kabangha community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State and shot two persons dead. It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday night, April 4. One of the victims identified as Nwinee was shot in his bed and he died on the spot. The other person, an…
The Inspector-General of Police Muhammed Adamu has given police officers an order to crush IPOB and ESN. An order has been given to security operatives to crush members of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB). The Inspector-General of Police Muhammed Adamu gave the order when he visited the burnt Imo Police Command headquarters…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians that the US has placed all alcohol-based hand sanitisers, manufactured in neighbouring Mexico, on its watch list. The information is contained in a public alert signed by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, and issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Judiciary workers Tuesday morning shut down the Supreme Court in Abuja, in line with their threat to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike to press for financial autonomy for the judicial arm of government. The development came as a defiance to the last-minute appeal by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to the workers to shelve…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s supporters were paid £75 bribe to protest at the Abuja house in London. Buhari’s supporters stormed the area on Monday with placards in support of President Buhari. The rally is sequel to an anti-Buhari protest led by Omokri at the…
The Kano State Government has said it is impossible for it to pay workers their full consolidated wages for March. The government, through its commissioner of Information, Malam Muhammad Garba in a release on Tuesday, said this is because of the drop in federal allocation for the period. “The drop in federal allocation for…
Two children identified as Suraiya, 7, and Habib, 9, were burnt to death after a mysterious fire gutted a house at the Anguwar Dawaki area of Suleja, Niger state. It was gathered the father of the two children, Alhassan Jibirin Yanji, who sustained various degrees of burns in an attempt to rescue them, was still…
A Lagos-based pastor, Frederick Aramuwa has been found dead after being kidnapped while traveling along the Ipele/Idoani Road in Ondo State. Aramuwa who was traveling from Lagos to his hometown, Ifira-Akoko in Ondo State had reportedly been missing since March 31. His kidnappers reportedly demanded for? 10 million ransom, which was reduced to ? 2 million…
Aisha Yesufu, a Nigerian popular activist, has said the country is on the verge of disintegration. Yesufu said comments from President Muhammadu Buhari-led’s presidency may lead to Nigeria’s breakup. The co-convener BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group stressed that Nigerians have reached the stage they need to discuss the country’s unity. In a tweet on Monday, Yesufu…