Two women and six children were rescued on Monday, the 10th of June 2019 from the Boko Haram Terrorists by troops of 121Battalion in conjunction with hunters in an ambush operation against some fleeing members of BHTs at Gwadala village in the North Eastern part of Borno State. During the operation contact was made with…
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Police arrest 90 suspected criminals in Kano
The Kano State Police Command said it arrested 90 suspected criminals in Kano metropolis within the last one week. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Iliyasu, made the disclosure while showing the suspects to newsmen at the Bompai Police Headquarters in Kano on Friday. He said the suspects were apprehended during the raids on criminal…
Zamfara currently has 30,000 IDPs – Speaker
Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alh. Sanusi Rikiji, says there are currently about 30,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. Rikiji, who is also Chairman of the state’s Damage and Assessment Committee, made the disclosure in Gusau on Friday, when Wives of Nigerian Governors paid a visit and donated some items to…
Davido thrills audience at Hollywood’s actor secret wedding
Nigerian music superstar, Davido made a surprise and thrilling performance at Hollywood actor, Idris Elba’s secret wedding to Sabrina Dhowre. The wedding took place in Morroco with Elba and Sabrina exchanging vows and partying with close friends in a three-day celebration that begun on Friday. They exchanged their wedding vows at the Ksar Char Bagh…
PMB’s Second term: Looking back, and looking forward, by FEMI ADESINA
To borrow the words of colourful First Republic politician, Chief Ozumba Mbadiwe, “come has finally come to become” for President Muhammadu Buhari, as he has won election to serve a second term in office, after a pulsating contest. The country, nay, Africa, and the world look forward to the inauguration on May 29, 2019. What…
Killings: Reps urge Buhari to address the House, nation within 48hrs
Disturbed by the resurgence of killings by alleged herdsmen and bandits across the country, the House of Representatives requests President Muhamnadu Buhari to address the House and the nation within 48 hours. This followed a motion under matters of public importance by Rep Mark Gbillah (PDP-Benue) at Thursday plenary presided over by Speaker Yakubu Dogara…
Chelsea lose 2-0 to Everton, top four hope dashed
Chelsea’s hope of top four bracket in the English Premier League has been dashed with their 2-0 defeat by Everton. However, Antonio Rudiger has described Chelsea’s second-half display in defeat to Everton as “unacceptable” as the Blues crashed to a damaging defeat at Stamford Bridge, reports Goal.com. Richarlison’s header and Gylfi Sigurdsson’s rebound finish after…
Buhari wins second term, defeats Atiku
The Independent a National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Preesident Muhammadu Buhari, winner of the presidential election held nationwide on Saturday, February 23, 2019. Buhari polled a total of 15,041,137 votes to defeat his main challenger, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former Vice…
You should have learnt from 2011, 2015 election logistics challenges, CDD tells INEC
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), on Saturday, said it was shocked by the postponement of the 2019 General Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying it expected that the commission would have learnt from the 2011, 2019 election experiences. The CDD, in a statement from its Election Analysis Centre (EAC) in…
Why Imo police ban siren, tinted glass
The Imo Police Command has given seven days to vehicle owners to remove unauthorised tinted glasses, revolving lights, sirens, and plate numbers from their vehicles. It also advised government officials, who use government plate numbers on their personal vehicles, to remove them without further delay. This, the command said was to check peoples activities before,…