Tag: Breaking News

The source alleged that the woman, a moi-moi (bean cake) seller and her teenage daughter, were walking on the rail tracks when the incident happened. The source added that the train, which was heading to the Ujevwu train station in Udu, was scheduled to return to Itakpe in Kogi, later in the evening. “On hearing … Continue reading Train kill Mother And Daughter In Delta State

Evans An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed an appeal filed by suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, against the judgment of Justice Hadizat Rabiu-Shagari of the Federal High Court over his seized 25 trucks by the Nigeria Police. Evans, through his counsel, Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/1515/17, … Continue reading Appeal Court Dismisses Evans

A suspected hacker, Femi Salau, has been arrested by the police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State for allegedly hacking into the system of a first generation bank to defraud it of about N1.868bn. Two Bureau De Change operators, who allegedly acted as Salau’s accomplices to perpetrate the fraud, were also nabbed. Our reporters gathered … Continue reading Suspected Bank Hacker, BDC Operator Nabbed Over N1.868bn Scam

Seeks order directing Yobe CJ to swear in Damagum, Abba-Aji THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, approached the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, asking it to sack Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State from office. PDP, in the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/885/2021, filed through a consortium of lawyers comprising of five Senior Advocates of Nigeria, … Continue reading APC appointment: PDP asks court to sack Gov Buni, deputy

IN February, the Federal Government and Organised Labour, among others, agreed that there would a reduction in electricity tariff in December 2021, as well as end sale of gas  to the Electricity Generating Companies, GENCOs, in foreign currency, (Dollar) instead of local currency. However, barely four months to December, the body language of government does … Continue reading Labour, FG head for showdown over electricity tariff

The Nigeria Police Force and the National Orientation Agency, NOA, yesterday urged youths to resist those trying to cause chaos in the country through separatist agitations, saying Nigeria’s unity cannot be negotiated The Police Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, stated this at the National Youth Dialogue on Peace and Security, organised to mark the … Continue reading Nigeria’s unity not negotiable — Police, NOA

CITING overarching concerns about Nigeria’s human rights record, as well as the “drifting toward authoritarianism” of the Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) regime, United States lawmakers have embargoed a proposed sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria. Media reports stated that lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee delayed clearing the planned sale of 12 AH-1 Cobra … Continue reading US Congress Embargo On Arm Sale To Nigeria

Between 2015 and July 2021, a total of 4,528 Nigeria-trained medical doctors have moved to the United Kingdom to practise. The figure is aside from the number of Nigerian doctors who were trained in the UK and are practising there. The Senior Medical Officer of the British General Medical Council, Miranda Newey, disclosed this in … Continue reading 4,528 Nigeria Doctors Moved To UK- Council

Niger State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Muhammed Idris, has been released by his abductors. His abductors were said to have celebrated catching “a big fish” when they took away Muhammed from his residence, around 11pm on Sunday, to an unknown destination. Our reporters MediaThe kidnappers had established contact with his family, demanding N500 million in … Continue reading Abducted Niger State Commissioner Released