Sniper the Current most easy way to end once life in Nigeria has again taken another person in the Country, this time a commercial bus driver, Kabiru Bello who committed suicide by drinking the killer insecticide, at Lady Lack area ...
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Governor Dickson, Alaibe bicker over leaked tapes
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson and former managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe, are currently at loggerheads over a leaked audiotape. The governor has called on well-meaning Nigerians to disregard what he called the sinister ...
Read More »FG warns churches against issuing illegal marriage certificates, FIDA, CAN reject stringent policies
The Federal Government has cautioned churches in the country against issuance of marriage certificates that are not recognised by government. Speaking in Port Harcourt yesterday at a Stakeholders’ Conference on Conduct of Statutory Marriages, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, ...
Read More »Army uncovers another illegal gun factory in Benue, parades 10 cattle rustlers, kidnap suspects
Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) has arrested 10 suspected criminals who engaged in kidnapping, cattle rustling and illegal arms manufacturing. Parading the suspects at the OPWS headquarters in Makurdi, the commander, Maj. Gen. Adeyemi Yekini, said that six of the suspects ...
Read More »Gunmen kill 10 persons in Ogoni, MOSOP flays FG’s apathy over carnages
Unidentified gunmen killed no fewer than 10 persons and razed President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Legoborsi Pyagbara’s home at Nyokuru in Khana Council of Rivers State. It was learnt that the gunmen raided Taabaa, ...
Read More »Imo State Governor Ihedioha reassures on payment of pensions
Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has restated the readiness of his administration to commence payment of pensions in the state within the shortest period of time. He enjoined the pensioners to exercise a little more patience with the government to ...
Read More »Gunmen abduct Baptist pastor in Kaduna, release son, give five days for payment of ransom
Again, gunmen struck in Kaduna State and kidnapped the pastor of Nargata Baptist Church, Elisha Numan; just a week after another pastor was killed in the state by kidnappers. The gang reportedly stormed the cleric’s Chukun home about 2 am, ...
Read More »Nigeria needs peace to grow its tourism industry, Adenuga declares, seeks review of security architecture
To boost Nigeria’s tourism sector, the country must first of all be at peace, Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga, has stated. In his goodwill message to the 2019 Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu Ode, the business tycoon said: “Our tourism ...
Read More »United States, Lagos government to partner on areas of mutual benefits
New Consul-General of the United States (U.S.) Consulate in Lagos, Ms. Claire Pierangelo yesterday promised to collaborate with the Lagos State government on areas of mutual interest. Speaking during a courtesy visit to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Pierangelo said ...
Read More »South, Middle Belt forum faults PDP BoT chairman on RUGA proclamation
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) have lampooned Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Walil Jubril over his stance on the suspended Federal Government’s Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) settlement policy. Jubril had told journalists ...
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