The Nigerian Troops under the code name Operation Safe Heaven, and Operation Accord in continuation of intensive kinetic operations against armed bandits and other criminals in the North Central zone, have arrested a notorious cultist who is also an armed robber in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State….
The Governor of Katsina state, Governor Aminu Bello Masari has on Monday, briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent attack on Government Science Secondary School in Katsina. The attack saw the bandits abducting some numbers of school children from the school. According to the statement released on Monday 14th December…
Tems and Omah Lay who were reported to have been arrested by the Uganda Police for allegedly violating coronavirus safety measures during a concert on Saturday, appeared in court on Monday. The duo and one other Nigerian, after their court appearance, were remanded in Prison until Wednesday, when their case…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack by suspected bandits at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State on, where they demanded the immediate release of the school children. Guterres’ reaction came in a statement by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday in New York. He called for…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 73 locally manufactured guns and 891 cartridges at Yauri, Zamare waterside in Kebbi The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Attah explained that officers of the NCS, Federal Operation Unit (FOU) zone B,…
The Police Command in Katsina has confirmed that gunmen attacked Government Science Secondary School Kankara on Friday night but no student was killed. The command’s Public Relations Officer SP Gambo Isah announced this to newsmen on Saturday in Katsina. “On Friday around 11:30 p.m., gunmen in their numbers attacked the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned bandit’s attack on a Government Science Secondary school Kankara in Katsina state. The President in a statement released on Saturday 12th December 2020, by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, while reacting to the bandit’s attack, said he has charged…
The Kaduna State government, has denied media reports that 16 Kano indigenes were killed by bandits along the busy Kaduna-Abuja Road on Wednesday. The government said those that died were as a result of a ghastly motor accident and were not killed by bandits, as widely reported. According to the statement by…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the 36 state governors, that the Nigerian borders will be reopened as soon as possible, as neighbouring countries have received the message the federal government wanted to past with the closure. The President said this on Tuesday 8th December 2020, when he met with the…
The National leader of the ruling party of All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reacted to Philip Shekwo’s death, while also commiserating with Governor Abdullahi and the people of Nasarawa State. Bola Tinubu Taking to his official Twitter handle on Tuesday 8th December 2020, where he condemned…
President Muhammadu Buhari has renominated Mr Ahmed Kuru as Managing Director and Mr Eberechukwu Uneze and Mr Aminu Ismail as Executive Directors of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria for the final term of five years. According to the statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, has praised the President Muhammadu Buhari government on the way it has handled the security situation in the state, saying statewide records shows the President has done better compared to previous government. Governor Zulum while speaking over the weekend, said despite killings, statewide records…
Nigerians have frowned at the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari, on the resumed EndSARS Protests across the country. The Nigerian twitter street are letting the President known that he is in hiding. And someone that is in hiding cannot threaten those protesting peacefully. President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the resumed protests by Nigerians to EndSARS, and Police brutality in the country, saying that any act of hooliganism will be decisively dealt with by security forces. The President, in a statement released by the Presidency on Monday 7th December 2020, on their official…
The Nigeria Police Force through its different zonal commands across the nation, have issued warnings to Nigerians on the planned resumption of the second phase of EndSARS protests. According to reports, there was anxiety as various police commands yesterday, as they issued the warnings against such gatherings. A spokesman for…
Nigerians are reacting to a throwback photo shared by one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s aides, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, reminiscing about his childhood in old Abuja. Mr Ajuri Ngelale, who is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, who also is not fan’s favourite for obvious reasons, on…
A new report on the Zabarmari massacre over the weekend in Jere Local Government of Borno state, suggest that the number of those killed were more than the figures being reported. This claims were made by no other than the leader of the dread Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau. In…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, had on Monday, said that contrary to the widespread belief that the removal of petrol subsidy by the Federal Government is responsible for its soaring prices, the subsidy has not been completely removed. Speaking on Channels’ Politics Today, the minister said: “We…
President Muhammdu Buhari has hailed Governor Umahi’s bold decision to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to defect to the ruling party of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The President who finally broke his silence on the news of his friend and Ebonyi state governor defecting to his party, said…
The Ebonyi State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the National Assembly has pledged their loyalty to the party, as they disowned Governor David Umahi over his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Umahi had on Tuesday formally announced his defection from the PDP to the APC. The…