Major General Isa Is Dead, Buhari Mourns
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended condolences to the family of Major-General R.I.D who recently passed away. The president commiserated with the government and people of Plateau State on the passing of their father and illustrious son. As a former Provost Marshall of the Nigerian Army and Director of Peacekeeping Operation, Defence headquarters, the President affirms that Major-General Isa made significant contributions...
El-rufai Reacts To Killing Of Student Protester, Denies Deploying Security Agents
Governor Nasir El-rufai has reacted to the killing of a student protester in Kaduna by security agents dispatched to quell a protest by students over a hike in school fees. Gidan Waya, a student of the Kaduna State College of Education was shot dead while protesting alongside other students against an increase of school fees by the state-owned institution. In a...
IPOB Disowns “NATIVE DOCTOR” Ugoanyanwu
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra group has denied any connection with native doctors, saying it has faith only in God. The group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said this in a statement on Monday while reacting to the police’s report. The police in Imo had stated that a 40-year-old native doctor, Uzoamaka Ugoanyanwu, working with IPOB was arrested after...
Abia Assembly Tasks ASEPA, Others On Sanitary Environment In Aba, Umuahia
Members of Abia State House of Assembly have charged the State Environmental Protection Agency, ASEPA and other relevant committees set up by the state government to put machinery in place that ensure that people of the state enjoy a clean and sanitary environment at all times. This was part of the resolutions reached by the Assembly after its plenary on...
Buhari Seeks Approval For N894bn Supplementary Budget
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the House of Representatives to seek approval of N894.842bn supplementary budget to fund the purchase of COVID-19 drugs and weapons for the Armed Forces. In a letter addressed to Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila read at Tuesday plenary, the President said the supplementary budget is limited to some critical needs, stressing other needs will be contained in...
Niger Assembly Passes Law To Hang Kidnappers, Bandits, Informants
The Niger State House of Assembly has passed to law, the death penalty by hanging for bandits, kidnappers and informants in the state. The lawmaker on Tuesday warned that anyone found guilty of the offense of banditry, kidnapping or giving out information to facilitate kidnapping or banditry will be sentenced to death by hanging in public. The state Assembly said the...
Punish Nnamdi Kanu Severely – Arewa Youths Tell FG
Pro-northern group, Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF has hailed the Muhammadu Buhari administration for arresting Fugitive IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Leader of the group, Yerima Shettima in an interview with Independent shortly after the news of Kanu’s arrest broke, stated that pro-secessionist leader deserves no sympathy and should be severely punished. “We commend the government for this action. Though his arrest...
Nnamdi Kanu Was Kidnapped, Not Arrested In UK – Sowore [PHOTOS]
Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters has yet again claimed that Nnamdi Kanu was kidnapped and not arrested in the United Kingdom as widely claimed. Sowore in a statement via his Facebook page claimed that Kanu was abducted by Nigerian security agents. “Nnamdi Kanu wasn’t arrested in the UK, hence there was no extradition hearing. Suspicion is that he was...
Gov. Sanwo-Olu’s Aide On Drainage, Joe Igbokwe Celebrates After Nnamdi Kanu’s Re-arrest
Joe Igbokwe, former spokesperson of Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Special Adviser for Drainage & Water Resources to Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu has celebrated after IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu was re-arrested. Igbokwe who took his celebration to Facebook, shared photos of himself kneeling down with his hands raised. He also prayed for the souls of those...
Nnamdi Kanu’s Arrest Shows Buhari Is Competent To Fight Insecurity — Arewa
The Board of Trustees ( BOT) of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has that with the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu amidst other security challenges in the country,government is competent in handling security matters . In a communique after the BOT meeting in Kaduna on Wednesday, signed by Ambassador Shehu Malami , Chairman ACF Board of Trustees, said on the trial Nnamdi...
