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We Won’t Allow The Type Of Violence That Happened In Kenya Take Place In Nigeria, IGP Warns Protest Organisers
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, warned against any violence under guise of replicating the protest which shook Kenya. Following some policies which aggrieved Kenyans considered anti-masses, young persons trooped to the parliament and strategic places across Kenya last month. Some groups are currently mobilising for protest under the theme #EndBadGovernance But speaking at the Force Headquarters in Abuja during...
Court Rejects Application To Stop Fubara From Spending Rivers Money
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, declined to grant a motion to stop the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, from spending from the state’s consolidated revenue fund. Rather than grant the motion ex parte marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24, Justice James Nwite asked the plaintiffs to put Fubara and other defendants in the suit on notice. The suit was filed by...
Apostle Chibuzor Takes Gospel To Criminals
HRH Apostle Chibuzor Gift has embarked on a nighttime evangelism mission to reach out to criminals and sinners. The apostle took to his Facebook page to share his vision, stating that the church's role goes beyond Sunday sermons and collecting tithes. Apostle Gift believes in taking the church to the streets, literally. He ventures into dangerous places at night, convinced that this...
Angry Youths Destroy Billboard Erected To Welcome Tinubu To Yobe
Some angry youths in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, have destroyed billboards erected to welcome President Bola Tinubu to the state for the launch of the Yobe Agricultural Empowerment Programme. On Saturday, Vice President Kashim Shettima represented President Tinubu at the launch of the programme in Damaturu. According to the president’s representative, the programme is at the heart of his administration’s ongoing...
Reps Member Buys Daughter Multi Million Naira SUV As Sec. School Graduation Gift
A Nigeria's House of Representatives member has celebrated his daughter's secondary school graduation by gifting her a brand new multi million Naira Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV). Hon Yusuf Gagdi from Plateau, North Central Nigeria had surprised the teenage daughter, Aisha Yusuf Gagdi who graduated from the elite Lead British International School in the nation's capital, Abuja with the expensive ride. The...
Outrage As Office Building Is Found On Abia Rail Track (Photos, Video)
A shocking discovery has been made at the Abia Line Network Motor Park in Umuahia, where an office building has been constructed directly on top of an abandoned railway track, ABN TV reports. The track, previously used by the Nigerian Railway Corporation, has been out of use for years. According to sources, the Nigerian Railway Corporation abandoned the track and...
Kenyan Court Suspends Ban Placed On Street Protest By Police
The High Court of Kenya has issued a conservatory order suspending the National Police Service’s prohibition on protests by Kenyan youths (Gen Z), which was issued by Acting Inspector General of Police (IG) Douglas Kanja. Justice Bahati Mwamuye of the Milimani High Court on Thursday ordered the application which is seeking to oppose the ban on protests be certified as...
Hardship: Shun Planned Nationwide Protest, Ohanaeze Tells Igbos In North, West
Igbo elders have asked Igbo living in other parts of Nigeria to shun the planned nationwide protest against hardship from August. A statement by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro on Tuesday said the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, has cautioned against the protests due to historical antecedents where Igbo people have suffered disproportionately in the aftermath of major protests and...
Imo Assembly Wants Sack Of Chief Judge, Chikeka Over Alleged Falsification
The Imo House of Assembly on Thursday recommended the sack of the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Chukwuemeka-Chikeka, for misconduct and alleged age falsification pursuant to Section 292 of the Constitution. During a plenary at the House of Assembly, two-third majority of the lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of recommendations of the house adhoc-committee set up to look into a...
FG Sets Up Committee To Investigate Jos Building Collapse That Killed 22 Pupils
A high-powered committee has been set up by the federal government to probe the collapse of the Saint Academy building in the Busa Buji community of Jos North. The unfortunate incident which took place on Friday, July 12, 2024, resulted in the deaths of 22 school children, with many others sustaining injuries. The committee was inaugurated in Jos by the Director...
