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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Tuesday rescue seven victims of a kidnapping gang killing the ring leader in an operation, it said.   It said in a statement that operatives from the Pegi Division killed a notorious wanted kidnapper, Umar Bappa, aka Maishede Blakie, during the operation, with gang members escaping into the […]

Gunmen on Monday evening kidnapped a former Chief of Logistics, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Sikiru Oladimeji Smith (rtd) in Lagos, according to a message by his driver.   News of Smith’s kidnap was contained in an SOS voice note sent out by his driver, Corporal Odiji. The note said that the […]

The Northern States Governors’ Forum, in its continuous efforts to address the challenges bedeviling the Northern States convened an Emergency Meeting today Monday 27th September, 2021 at the Council Chamber Sir, Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna.  The meeting was also attended by Chairmen of Northern States Traditional Council led by His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto. […]

….Oppose Lagos, Rivers on VAT    The governors of the 19 northern states rose from their emergency meeting in Kaduna on Monday, with the unanimous rejection of recent moves by Rivers and Lagos States to have states collect the Value Added Tax in the country.   The northern governors also rejected the clamour by the […]

A group known as Southern Nigeria Youths has knocked the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for its announcement banning the Nigerian flag in the South East region.    The group warned that the action is provocative, and an open invitation to war.   IPOB announced on Saturday that it had banned the hoisting of the […]

It was a tragic Monday in Enugu State as hoodlums set ablaze a bus carrying various food items including tomatoes, and vegetables.   The action was a punishment to the driver of the bus for allegedly violating the suspended every Monday sit-at-home order given by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.   The incident occurred […]

A former governor of Imo State, Mr. Ikedi Ohakin, is scheduled to be arraigned on October 21, for allegedly threatening to release nude photos of an Abuja-based woman, Mrs Chinyere Amuchienwa.   The prosecution date was fixed by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday.   In fixing the former governor’s prosecution, Justice Taiwo […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN to widely publish the names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6 trillion in the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2000 […]

Hopes of an imminent end of the industrial action by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have dimmed further, as they have given fresh conditions for them to end their strike that began on August 2, 2021.   The doctors asked the Federal government to pay within 72 hours from Saturday to pay their salary […]

  The Indigenous People of Biafra has banned the Nigerian flag in the South-East zone of the country, as it declared a sit-at-home on October 1.   The ban on the Nigerian flag in the region begins Saturday, September 25, the group said.   These were contained in a statement issued Saturday by the Media […]

  The immediate-past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll, has warned that the country risked falling into irrelevance unless it embraces a knowledge-based economy.   Nigeria’s reliance on its oil, which gave the country a false appellation of the Giant of Africa, is responsible for the […]

A Superintendent of Police was on Thursday shot dead while two others were injured in Lagos State amidst protests by commercial motorcyclists, who were being chased by law enforcement officers.   The police officer, identified as CSP Kazeem Abonde, was killed during a clash between policemen and motorcyclists in the Ajao Estate, in the Isolo […]