Monday, 18 November, 2024

Month: June 2022


The Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Police Command, said it has arrested a suspect in connection with the murder and dismembering of a yet-to-be-identified suspected middle-aged lady at Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja. Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, for the command Read more…


Baptist Church in Nigeria has registered its discontent with the recent judgement of the Supreme Court that permitted the use of hijabs in schools in Lagos. Leader of Baptist Church in FCT, Dr. Dogara Gwana, who addressed journalists in Abuja, Read more…


Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Thursday said he accepted to be the vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) because of the well thought out programmes of the presidential flag bearer, Abubakar Atiku. Okowa said the Read more…


Operatives of Amotekun Corps in Ondo State have arrested some suspects in connection with the June 5 massacre at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo. The assailants left 40 persons dead and over 80 others injured in the attack. “We have Read more…


A UK court denied Nigerian lawmaker Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice bail over a conspiracy to harvest the organs of a child. Arise TV reports that Ekweremadu and Beatrice appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The “alleged Read more…


The conflict in Ukraine has “sounded an alarm for humanity,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Wednesday, as China continues to assume a position of neutrality while backing its ally Russia. China has refused to criticize Russia’s war in Ukraine or Read more…


The German government is alarmed over upcoming maintenance at a major Russian pipeline, fearing that the flow of gas will not be turned back on, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. According to the paper, last week’s 60% reduction of Read more…


The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has asked the National Industrial Court, NIC, to dismiss a suit seeking the upward review of salaries of judges in the country.   The suit is praying Read more…


The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has told President Muhammadu Buhari that the United States, United Kingdom and other western nations would not heed to his call for Nigeria’s international partners to proscribe the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) “as a terrorist Read more…


Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Honourable Yekini Nabena, has said Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, candidates of the People’s Democratic Party and Labour Party, respectively constitute no threat to the All Progressives Congress Read more…


For killing Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, the mother of former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, Justice Efe Ikponmwoba of an Edo State High Court has sentenced her maid, Miss Dominion Okoro, 25, to death by hanging. The maid Read more…


The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Aisha Dukku (APC, Gombe) has said the 60 days extension requested by the House for the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR), is not feasible. She said the committee met with Read more…