Ten members of Nigeria-based Islamist group called Boko Haram were killed on Saturday by the Chadian authorities. The convicts were executed by firing squad in the country’s capital, N’Djamena. They were found guilty of a double suicide that left 38 persons dead in N’Djamena. It was said that the insurgents were sentenced to death on…
Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday morning, stormed Port Harcourt, the state capital amid rumour that he angrily jetted out of Nigeria to London on Friday after President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Engr Babachir David Lawal and Abba Kyari as his Secretary to the Federal Government and Chief Of Staff respectively. Before the…
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, has left the Nigerian economy in a “shambolic state” since “it took office at the centre three months ago,” the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has claimed. The opposition party made this allegation Saturday via a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh. PDP said “the…
The appointment of Col Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service has been kicked against by the League of Maritime Editors. The group, in a statement issued Friday by its president, Ovie Edomi, urged the President to reconsider the matter and appoint a serving Customs…
Facts are beginning to emerge at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State Government to probe the sale of valued assets of the state by the immediate past government of Rotimi Amaechi. At the sitting on Friday, the Managing Director of Arcus Gibbs Nig Ltd, the technical consultant to the state…
A small plane belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has reportedly crashed in Kaduna. According to preliminary reports reaching us, the helicopter crashed at the site of the old National Defence Academy in Kaduna. Seven persons were said to be onboard of the copter and from reports, none of them survived. At them moment, rescue…
Another employee of Arik Air has been apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for drug trafficking. On Monday, August 24, 2015, one Chika Egwu was arrested at the London Heathrow Airport with about 20kg of substance believed to be cocaine. The latest arrest is of a catering loader with the…
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has named Acting ACP Olabisi Alofe Kolawole as the new Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO. Kolawole’s appointment was announced Friday in Abuja via a press statement issued by Deputy Force spokesman, CSP Abayomi Shogunle. She is taking over from Emmanuel Ojukwu, who is now the Commissioner of Police,…
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has annulled the suspension of the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, by the Anambra State chapter of the party. In a statement released on Thursday in Abuja by National Legal Adviser of the PDP, Victor Kwon, it was maintained that the party at the…
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has been named 2014 UEFA Best Player of the Year. The Argentine was announced winner of the award on Thursday at the Champions’ League draws held in Monaco, France. He beat two other nominees; Christiano Ronaldo and Luiz Suarez to grab the award after 54 reputable journalists voted at the ceremony. Also,…