The trial of the immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, for an alleged diversion of funds meant for the purchase of arms to fight terrorism in the country was again frustrated on Tuesday. Dasuki is standing trial before Justice Peter Affen of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, alongside his…
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, says the incessant foreign trips embarked upon by President Muhammadu Buhari since his assumption of office on May 29, 2016, is already yielding positive results. Shehu, who addressed State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday, rubbished claims by some Nigerians that the…
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State will on Wednesday know if he will still remain the state’s number one citizen or not. This is because the Supreme Court will give its verdict on the governorship election appeal between him (Udom) and his opponent at the poll, Umana Umana. Udom contested in the election under…
Last week, wife of APC national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Remi Tinubu, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not giving much attention to women in his 2016 budget, which was presented to the National Assembly in December 2015. The lawmaker from Lagos State pointed out that the President promised to recognise women in his government…
Unconfirmed reports reaching us say a twin explosion was heard in the Maiduguri metropolis in Borno State. It was said the attacks occurred on Monday morning. This is coming barely 48 hours after suspected members of Boko Haram murdered over 80 people in a community near Maiduguri, Dalori. Human casualty figure is yet to be…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that some external forces were instrumental in the transfer of controversial Catholic priest, Fr Ejike Mbaka, from his base at Christ the King Parish, CKP, GRA, Enugu, to Our Lady Parish Emene, also in Enugu. In a statement issued on Sunday by the South East zone of the…
A former secretary of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Temitope Aluko on Sunday exposed how the military was allegedly used to rig the 2014 Ekiti State governor election that produced Ayo Fayose of the PDP as winner. Aluko, who was the Chief Returning Officer and signed the results for the…
A very busy market in Gombi town in Adamawa State has been hit by a bomb explosion, Daily Trust reports. It was said that a boy detonated his suicide vest at the market on Friday and several people are believed to lost their lives in the process. Daily Trust reports that a vigilante leader in…
Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was on Friday denied bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Kanu, who is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, appeared in court on Friday morning for hearing of his bail plea, but it was not granted. He was in court along with two…
The three Senators representing Anambra State in the National Assembly have now been removed by the Supreme Court. Earlier sacked by the court was Senator Uche Ekwunife from the Anambra West Senatorial District. On Friday, the apex court removed the two remaining Senators; Stella Oduah and Andy Ubah from Anambra Central and South Senatorial Districts…