Terrorists Plan To Attack Abuja – Customs Warn
The Nigeria Customs Service has asked its officers to stay alert in Abuja as there are Boko Haram terrorist camps in and around the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. In a notice with reference NCS/ENF/ABJ/180/S.I/VOL.II, issued by the Comptroller, Enforcement Headquarters, H.A. Sabo, in Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, the NCS said it had information that terrorists were in Abuja. In the notice...
Past Govts Lacked Courage To Remove Fuel Subsidy ― Presidency
The Presidency on Sunday defended President Muhammadu Buhari over the removal of fuel subsidy, pointing out that though it had long been seen as the right thing to do, previous administrations lacked the courage to take the action. A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) in Abuja, pointed out that Buhari was...
COVID-19: Buhari To Brief ECOWAS In Niger Republic
President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Monday lead a Federal Government delegation to the 57th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government which will hold in Niamey, Niger Republic. As the ECOWAS Champion on the Fight against COVID-19, Buhari is expected to present a report on the pandemic in the region...
Doom: Get Ready For Crises, Primate Ayodele Warns Nigerians
The INRI Evangelical spiritual church leader, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has prophesied that Nigeria could break up. He further cautioned Nigerians to brace up for crises ahead. The clergy was reacting to the electricity tariffs and fuel hike in Nigeria by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Recall that the federal government had a few days ago hiked the fuel pump price of petrol to...
ABN TV Apologises To Sen. Kalu Over Erroneous Publication
A leading online medium in Nigeria, ABN TV has retracted a caption which erroneously quoted the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. The former Abia governor had while fielding questions from journalists during his recent visit the former Heads of State in Minna, Generals Abdulsalami Abubakar and Ibrahim Babangida said if elected President in 2023, he would turn the...
President Buhari Loses Family Doctor
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Dr Marliya Zayyana, the former Chairperson of the Governing Council, Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State. In a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday President Buhari described the deceased as an outstanding medical professional. The president maintained that “Marliya...
We Welcome UK Court Judgement On P&ID – Presidency
The Presidency has welcomed the judgement by the UK Court granting Nigeria’s application for an extension of time and relief from sanctions in a $10 billion arbitration case with Process and Industrious Development Limited (P&ID) in Nigeria. According to a statement issued in Abuja by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), which disclosed this, the...
Nigerians Fight For God But Can’t Fight For Themselves – Farooq Kperogi
The same Nigerians who fly into a tempestuous holy rage and ask for the blood of their fellow humans when their God is “blasphemed” are the same people who’re asking for their God’s intervention— instead of acting now that Buhari is determined to kill them piecemeal through cruel hikes in the prices of everything essential to existence. They kill fellow...
Resident Doctors To Begin nationwide Strike On Monday, September 7
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors NARD has threatened to embark on another nationwide strike beginning from September 7. In a statement signed by its President, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba; Secretary, Dr. Bilqis Mohammad, and Publicity Secretary, Dr. Egbogu Stanley, the association said the strike will commence after the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government on August 17. “NEC resolved...
Police Arrest 50 Bandits In Katsina, Recover 220 Cows (Photo)
The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday paraded about 50 suspected bandits. Sanusi Buba Sanusi, Commissioner of Police in the state, who spoke with journalists, said 220 cows were rescued during the second quarter of its ongoing onslaught against banditry, armed robbery, cattle rustling and kidnapping. Other items that were recovered by the command according to Sanusi include nine AK 47...
