Soludo’s ACTDA Officials Seize Newspapers In Anambra
For the second time in two days, officials from Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s Awka Capital Territory Development Agency (ACTDA) confiscated all newspapers from vendors in Anambra state. The Nation reported that on Thursday, February 15, the officials destroyed all the newspapers and smashed all the PoS machines belonging to the vendors, including their tables and umbrellas. The newspapers seized by the agents of...
Gov. Zulum Declares One Day Prayer, Fasting Session Over Economic Hardship
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has urged citizens of the state to fast and offer special prayers on Monday, as done in the past, for divine intervention over the current hardship caused by inflation. Zulum, in his broadcast to the people of the state, implored traditional rulers, clerics, and citizens to observe a one-day voluntary fast on Monday for peace,...
#RevolutionNow: FG Discontinues Sowore’s Trial
The Federal Government has discontinued the trial of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, (also known as Mandate). The decision to discontinue the trial was communicated to the Federal High Court in Abuja via a notice of discontinuance, dated February 14 but filed the next day by the Attorney General...
US Releases Image Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Herbert Wigwe, Five Others
The United States authorities have released images from the site of the tragic crash that killed the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, and five others. In the photos released on Tuesday, two officials of the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) were seen inspecting the debris of the ill-fated helicopter. Wigwe, his wife, Doreen; their son, Chizi...
Mama Boko Haram, Two Others Bag Ten Years Imprisonment Over N40m Fraud
Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, on Monday, February 12, 2024, convicted and sentenced Aisha Wakil (otherwise known as Mama Boko Haram), Tahiru Daura and Lawal Soyade to 10 years imprisonment. This was disclosed in a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Dele Oyewale, late...
Lekki Gas Explosion Destroys Acres Of Makeshift Structures
Tragedy struck Sunday midnight into Monday morning as a gas explosion caused a fire outbreak in residential makeshift structures covering over two acres of land at Star Road, by Horizon Heights, Ikate-Elegushi, Lekki area of Lagos State. The incident, which was attributed to negligence on the part of the occupants, destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the process. According to...
Fire Raze Down Kano Police Station
The police command in Kano State says the Divisional Police Office in Nasarawa Local Government Area has been gutted by fire. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, disclosed in Kano that the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday. “At about 05.45 a.m. the Divisional Police headquarters was engulfed by fire and a major part of the building...
Abuja nurses Protest New Rules For Verifying Certificates
Nurses under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Abuja chapter, on Monday, protested against the new verification certification guidelines released by the Nigeria and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. The nurses expressed displeasure over what they described as an attempt to hinder their freedom to pursue career opportunities, asking the council to address nurses’ welfare, salary...
Lawmaker Lifts Constituents
The lawmaker representing Lagos Mainland in the House or Representatives, Moshood Oshun, has distributed food packs to 8,500 residents in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to support vulnerable persons. Beneficiaries were drawn from community development associations, schools, religious groups and work associations. Oshun said the gesture was a directive by President Tinubu to lawmakers, with support from the Ministry of...
Plateau Crisis: Representative Promises To Restore Calmness
The member representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency of Plateau State, Mr Daniel Asama Ago, has expressed his commitment to restoring peace in the state. Asama, who was declared the winner of the recent re-run election in the state, said his priority also included uniting the state and empowering the people. He made this known while speaking with reporters in Abuja. The lawmaker...
