President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday departed Abuja to Daura, Katsina State, to begin a one-week visit to his country home. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft carrying the president and some members of his entourage landed at Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport, Katsina at about 4.30 p.m. Governor of Katsina State,…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu will go into self-isolation immediately, after one of his close aides tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday (10th of December). Mr. Governor and other members of his team will be tested by the Lagos State biobank today but will remain in isolation until the results of the tests are available….
Two persons have been confirmed killed in the attack on the traditional ruler of Isinigbo in Akure North local government area, Oba Samuel Fadahunsi. The persons were a driver of the Monarch and one of his brothers. Ondo Police spokesman, ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro, who confirmed the killings said the brother of the monarch was shot…
Suspected robbers have burgled the Oyo State Government Secretariat in Ibadan and carted away valuables. GIOTV gathered that the suspects stormed the Secretariat in the early hours of Thursday. The robbers allegedly burgled the office of the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Culture and Tourism, Hon. Akeem Ademola Ige, located within the Head…
Two suspected armed robbers were on Thursday December 10, shot dead by men of the Anambra State Police Command in Onitsha. A spokesperson for the command, SP Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, December 11, said the robbers were members of a notorious robbery gang led by one Ikanda, who is currently…
A Ugandan man identified as Mugole Omusaja has died in a fatal accident a few days after his wedding introduction ceremony. According to a friend, he was killed in the accident alongside one other person on Thursday, December 10. It was gathered that the deceased was set to wed and the introduction ceremony was held at…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has not suspended the ongoing industrial action. The Chairman, ASUU University of Jos, Dr Lazarus Maigoro, disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Friday. Maigoro explained that the union hasn’t signed any agreements with the Federal Government of Nigeria to call off the strike as…
Unidentified gunmen have abducted a Consultant Cardiologist with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr. Vincent Uhegbu Maduka. Dr. Maduka was abducted by the gunmen around 9 pm on Thursday, December 11, outside his home at Eta Agbo layout in Calabar. Confirming the incident, the state chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Innocent Abang, said that…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has raised an alarm over Nigeria’s debt which according to him is getting out of control. The Kaduna state Governor who spoke at a virtual event organised by World Bank Nigeria, stated that the domestic debt was getting to its debt ceiling as far as liquidity was concerned and there’s no need…
#EndSARS protester, Okechukwu Nathaniel Obi-Enadhuze, who was shot dead in Lagos three hours after tweeting “Nigeria will not end me” on October 21, has been laid to rest. In the wake of the EndSARS protest and the shooting that took place at the Lekki tollgate, Oke, who has been described as one of the most…