Trouble for Sirika as EFCC begins probe on Nigeria Air
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating the failed Nigeria Air project inaugurated by former president Muhammadu Buhari. The minister of Aviation and Aerospace…
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Bandits Demand N290 Million, Food Supplies for Release of Seven Hostages Kidnapped in Kuduru
Bandits who abducted seven residents of Kuduru, a neighbouring community of Bwari Area Council in Abuja, have demanded N290 million ransom to release the hostages. The…
Security
Five Killed in Oil Pipeline Blast in Imo
The Imo police command says no fewer than five persons have been killed in an explosion that rocked the Obiti community in Ohaji/Egbema LGA of the…
Security
BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap top government official near military camp in Abuja
Some heavily armed men have kidnapped Aondo Ver, a director at Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Abuja, in the wee hours of Thursday, February 1. The incident…
Politics
Tinubu Urged to Retain Betta Edu as Minister
A public affairs commentator, Mohammed Sanusi has appealed to President Bola Tinubu not to pander to “heavily sponsored blackmail and media trial” against the suspended minister…
BREAKING: BDC Operators Shut Down Business In Abuja
The Abuja chapter of Association of Bureau De Change (BDC) Operators has announced the closure of their business premises indefinitely from Thursday, February 1, 2024. The…
BREAKING: Court orders arrest of Fubara’s new chief of staff, others over Rivers Assembly fire
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has issued a warrant of arrest for Edison Ehie, the chief of staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Justice Emeka…
“Everything got burnt in our presence’, Pastor Osunmakinde reveals how Household of David caught fire
The pastor of Household of David, Sola Osunmakinde, has revealed how the fire incident that gutted the church started, saying he watched with agony as everything…
Security
Insecurity: FCT, Benue, Ekiti, others get new Police Commissioners
Amid rising insecurity across the country, the Police Service Commission, PSC, has approved the appointment and posting of new Commissioners of Police, CPs, in the Federal…
Politics
Edo: Obaseki secretly meets Wike, seeks FCT minister’s support for Ighodalo’s guber bid
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, secretly held a meeting with Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the FCT, in Abuja to seek support for Asue Ighodalo’s governorship…