An account operated by the Niger Delta Avengers on popular social media platform, Twitter, has been suspended. As at Monday, July 4, 2016, the account was no longer active on the micro-blogging platform. The militant group, had before now, used its account on Twitter to post its successful attacks on oil facilities in the Niger…
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. The former spokesman to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo was granted bail by the court on Monday to the tune of N250 million and two sureties in like sum. Also, the presiding judge, Justice Hassan, directed Fani-Kayode to deposit…
According to reports, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has uncovered the sum of N2.5 billion deposited in a bank account opened in the name of a housemaid to former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah. Oduah is now a Senator representing Anambra State at the National Assembly. According to The Nation, the account was…
On Sunday, July 3, 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari met with his classmates at his secondary school in Daura, Katsina State. Buhari, after the meeting, posed for a photo session with his ‘colleagues.’ Most of his classmates of 1953 set of the Katsina Middle School in Daura, Katsina, were glad to reunite with one of their…
Former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has emphasized that beer plays a significant role in the sustenance of good health and cultural cohesion. Duke, who was the chairman of the 3rd Nigerian Beer Symposium held in Lagos on Thursday, noted that not only is beer low in carbohydrates, it is as all-natural as…
The office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has reacted to speculations that the Minister, Abubakar Malami, is behind the crisis rocking Abia State following a court ruling last week that sacked the governor, Okezie Ikpeazu. Reacting on Sunday in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and…
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has deployed a Tactical Operation Unit to Arepo and Ibafo areas of Ogun State to flush out vandals and other criminal elements operating in two communities. A statement issued by the Force spokesman, DCP Don Awunah, disclosed that the unit comprises the Police Mobile Force, the Counter-Terrorism Unit with…
Former Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, who is now the Commandant, Police Staff College, Jos, Plateau State, has been retired by the police authorities. Mbu, who had a tough time with Rotimi Amaechi, who was then the governor of Rivers State, was retired from the Force alongside 20 other AIGs. A statement issued…
The immediate past Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum, Earl Osaro Osaze Onaiwu, has emerged candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, for the September 10, 2016, governorship election in Edo State. Onaiwu was presented his certificate as the flag-bearer of APGA in Edo State for the gubernatorial poll on…
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 and Wednesday, July 6, 2016, have been declared as work-free days by the Federal Government to mark the celebration of the end of Ramadan fast, Eid-el Fitri. A statement signed on Thursday by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, urged all Muslim faithful to extend the spiritual benefits of Ramadan, which…