Police Sergeant Who Killed Driver Over N100 To Die By Hanging
A High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a dismissed police sergeant, James Imhalu, to death by hanging for the murder of a commercial driver in 2015 over his refusal to pay a bribe of N100. Justice Elsie Thompson, while delivering ...
Aggrieved Akwa Ibom Youths Barricade INEC Office, Demand REC’s Removal
Over 1,000 youths under the aegis of the Coalition of Political Parties in Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, barricaded the Secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state, demanding the immediate removal of the Resident Electo...
Sultan Declares Thursday Dhul Hijjah 1, Saturday Sallah
The Sultan of Sokoto and President of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Thursday 30 June as Dhul Hijjah 1, 1443AH. This means that Saturday 9 July is the Eidul Adha or Sallah...
Abia Commissioner of Police Presents N21m Cheques To Families Of Deceased Officers (Photos)
The Commissioner of Police Abia State Command, CP Janet E. Agbede, has presented cheques worth Twenty-one Million, Four Hundred and Seventy-Seven thousand, and Fifty Naira, Eighty kobo (N21,477,050. 80k) to next of kins of Ten (10) deceased Police...
Sheikh Mohammed Chukwuemeka Says Igbo Translated Qur’an Will Be Launched Friday
A group of South East Muslims, Igbo Muslims Da’wah Group, will launch the holy Qur’an translated in Igbo language on Friday. Speaking with newsmen, representatives of the group led by Muhammed Muritala Chukwuemeka said he and his team have decide...
FG Hires Lawyers To Defend Ike Ekweremadu, Wife In UK
The Federal Government through the Nigerian High Commission to the United Kingdom has hired lawyers to defend a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, over allegations of organ harvesting, ABN TV learnt. The S...
Senate Sends Delegation To London Over Ike Ekweremadu’s Arrest
The Senate has disclosed that a high powered delegation would leave to the United Kingdom following the arrest of the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice following the alleged purported Organ harvest a...
Ex-Kano Governor, Shekarau Joins NNPP
The former Governor of Kano State and Senator representing Kano Central Senatorial district, Ibrahim Shekarau on Wednesday defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). His defection was announced by the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, ...
President Buhari Led Government Supporting Fulanis To Take Over Nigeria – Gov Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of actively supporting Fulanis to take over Nigeria. Ortom, who appeared on Arise TV on Wednesday morning, said this while speaking on the insecurity i...
Governors Are More Responsible For States’ Development Than President Says Babatunde Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday, said governors were more responsible for the development of their states than the President of the country. In his speech at the 6th edition of the Gabfest, an annual programme of the ...
