NLC storms LP office, demands Abure’s resignation
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress national transition committee, on Tuesday, stormed the headquarters of the Labour Party in Abuja, demanding the immediate resignation of the National Chairman, Julius Abure. The acting Chairman of the transition committee, Aduwaheed Omar, led…
Danfodiyo varsity mourns deputy VC killed by bandits
The management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto has mourned the death of its Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Development, Professor Yusuf Saidu, who was killed by bandits on Monday. According to a statement signed by the University’s Public Relations…
UNIZIK graduate escaping prankster’s tricycle robbery dies, friend hospitalised
A fresh graduate of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Ifunanya Miracle, aka Bliss, has lost her life during an attempt to escape a yet-to-be-identified prankster’s robbery on the premises of the school in the Awka area of…
WikiLeaks founder Assange to walk free after US plea deal
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be a “free man”, his wife said Tuesday, once a judge signs off on a plea deal with US authorities to bring his years-long legal drama to a close. Assange was released Monday from…
Cleaner bags life jail for sexually assaulting baby in church
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a 27-year-old cleaner, Saviour Udoh, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl on a church premises. Justice Ramon Oshodi held that the prosecution was able to prove…
No Plan To Dethrone Sultan Abubakar – Sokoto Government Knocks Islamic Group, MURIC
The Sokoto State Government has denied allegations made by the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) suggesting plans to dethrone his eminence, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto. In a release, through the Press Secretary to Sokoto State Governor,…
North West insecurity affecting other zones, Tinubu laments
President Bola Tinubu on Monday lamented that the insecurity in the North-West region was affecting other parts of the country. Tinubu stated this in Katsina, at a two-day summit themed, ‘Regional Cooperation for Securing Lives and Livelihoods in North West…
Missing Ogun pregnant woman faked abduction, found in Kwara – Police
The Ogun State Police Command, on Monday, said a pregnant woman, Rahemat Lateef, who claimed to have been abducted by some unknown gunmen while going to the state hospital at Ijaiye, Abeokuta for child delivery, is a case of fake…
Naira Abuse: Court Strikes Out Cubana Chief Priest’s Charge After Out-Of-Court Settlement With EFCC
Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday, June 25, struck out the charge of naira abuse filed against popular bartender, Pascal Okechukwu, commonly known as Cubana Chief Priest, by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Rivers Governor, Fubara Reverses Land Revocation Done By Predecessor, Nyesom Wike
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced the reinstatement of ownership rights of a land belonging to former military governor, Anthony Ukpo, which was revoked by the immediate past governor, Nyesom Wike. The property is at Plot 319, GRA Phase…