The Government of Sokoto State Government has clarified that its decision to dialogue with repentant bandits terrorizing the city is part of its strategy to curb insecurity in the state and restore peace. This was contained in a statement by…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, has described Nigeria as a “crime scene” following revelations of massive financial irregularities in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). In a statement on Friday, Obi said the…
Iran has appointed a new chief of intelligence at its Revolutionary Guards on Thursday, the official Irna news agency says, after his predecessor was killed in an Israeli strike last week. Major General Mohammad Pakpour, the commander of Iran’s Islamic…
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, has disclosed the arrest of a man identified as Alexander Peter who allegedly killed his 71-year-old mother, Mrs. Atiny Peter with a machete in Ikot Inyang village, located in…
A a non-profit organisation, Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme, has disclosed that it is currently supporting treatment for over 300,000 HIV/AIDS patients as it is also committed to improving education in the country. During the event to mark the organization’s…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has declared that the people of Kaduna State are fully in support of Tinubu’s re-election as president in 2027. This was contained in a statement by the his Special Adviser on…
The Government of Anambra state has ordered residents of the state who still live in dilapidated buildings to ensure that they repaint their houses as enforcement would commence July 1. This was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for…
The ongoing trial of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)leader, Nnamdi Kanu, on allegations bordering on terrorism and treason has been laid to rest by the federal government. Representing the federal government, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, announced the verdict on…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has confirmed that televangelist Pastor Paul Adefarasin faces criminal charges after pointing a stun gun at another person, an act he said is punishable under Nigerian law even if the device is…
The Senior Pastor and general overseer of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, has turned down a cash gesture of N30 million by the Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris. This happened during pastor Enenche’s Healing and Deliverance Crusade in…
Emeason Chima, an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attached to the Ugbokolo unit, was abducted on Saturday near Maduka University in Nsukka, Enugu State. The kidnappers have demanded a staggering N50 million ransom for his release. Chima…
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has approved 75,000 Naira as New Minimum wage for Ebonyi Workers. The Chief press Secretary to Governor Nwifuru, Dr. Monday Uzor who revealed this on Sunday said the new minimum wage takes effect from…
Arewa Youth Assembly, a Civil Society Organisation that champions human capital and economic development of young people in the Northern part of the country, has felicitated the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu on her 38th…
Report reaching Newsmax Nigeria has it that a bus was burnt to ashes last night beyond recognition around G-hostel junction, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State leaving its occupants unrecognisable. The details of the incident are still sketchy as the immediate and remote…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated seven new minister to serve in his cabinet. This appointment comes shortly after the president dismissed five ministers from their duties on Wednesday, October 23. A statement issued by the presidency after the Federal Executive…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has refuted claims made by Nigerian media that the legal case against Air Peace chairman and CEO Allen Onyema, along with the airline’s chief of administration and finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha,…
The Enugu State Police Command have arrested a native doctor, one Enuwa Odugu “m”, aged 48, and Uwakwe Eze “m”, aged 67, for alleged conspiracy and m#rder of Eze’s 26-year-old son, one Chikwado Celestine Eze. Online reports claimed Chikwado had…
As Nigerians continue to battle Economic Hardship, President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigerian motorists now have the option of buying fuel at at N1,000 per litre or gas equivalent at N200 per Standard Cubic Meter. The president said this…
Labour Party presidential candidate for 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has called on the federal government to swiftly apprehend the culprits behind the brutal killing of 16 young men in Nibo, Anambra State. Recall that unknown gunmen swooped on a group…
At least two persons have died in a deadly explosion that rocked Ebonyi State on Friday, Newsmax Nigeria has learnt. The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital (AE-FETHA), Abakaliki, Prof. Robinson Onoh, confirmed the death of…
