The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary election in Bayelsa State held on Tuesday has been cancelled. This was made known on Wednesday by National Chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. Oyegun explained that the party’s primary for December 5, 2015 governorship election in Bayelsa…
Two children from the same parents were burnt alive in a petrol station fire incident that occurred on Wednesday in Osogbo, Osun State. It was said that the fire, which happened at Bovas Petrol Station, located in front of Osogbo Grammar School, was caused by a refrigerator. The victims’ mother was also said to have…
Security operatives in Lagos have apprehended a suspected member of the Boko Haram sect. The suspect, identified as Abdullahi Adamu, was nabbed by men attached to Operation Mesa (OP Mesa) in Ijora area of the state after a tip-off by residents of the area. It was said that the security personnel, comprising soldiers and the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, to safely rescue the abducted former Secretary to the Federal Government, Olu Falae. Buhari made this order after he was briefed on the kidnap of the Afenifere leader at his home in Akure, Ondo State on Monday. Falae was said to have been kidnapped…
Nigerian troops fighting insurgents in northeast of the country have rescued more women and children held by the Boko Haram group, the Nigerian Army has disclosed. A statement issued by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, also disclosed that 43 Boko Haram suspects, including one of the group’s kingpins in the…
The woman who became popular recently after posting video of young Nigerian girls smuggled into Dubai in the United Arab Emirate, UAE, has finally been apprehended. She was nabbed by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, alongside other members of her gang. NAPTIP’s Assistant Director, Head, Press and Public Relations,…
Former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, visited the Awolowo family house in Ikenne, Ogun State. Jonathan arrived the sleepy town alongside his wife, Dame Patience, to pay his condolence to the family over the loss of HID Awolowo, wife of the late Obafemi Awolowo, who died earlier this week. The former…
Muslim faithful in Plateau State have been warned to keep their bags and other items like bottles and cans at home when going to mosques and prayer grounds during the Sallah festive period. This order was given by the Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Nasiru D. Oki, who said this became necessary to prevent any…
The immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has returned to Nigeria from his trip abroad. Akpabio was flown abroad after he was involved from a car accident in Abuja few weeks ago. He was first rushed to the National Hospital in Abuja before taken to the UK for further treatment. While away,…
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election held in the state on Tuesday. Sylva defeated his closest contender, Timi Alaibe, to grab the sole ticket of the party for the governorship election, which holds later in 2015. The former governor polled 726 votes, while…