Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday stormed the streets of Abuja in protest against calls for an interim government.The protesters under the auspices of The Natives staged what they termed a peaceful walk, just as they cautioned opposition parties and their candidates in
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A former Boko Haram top commander Adamu Rugurugu has called on his former members (terrorists) still in the forests in Borno State and Lake Chad to lay down their arms and surrender.Rugurugu in a 1hour:54 seconds video circulating online assured the Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists that they will not
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Katsina State governor-elect, Umaru Dikko Radda, has said that he would not want to be addressed with the title, “His Excellency”, while in office as the state's chief executive.Radda, at an interactive session with journalists in Abuja, said there was nothing spectacular about being a governor.He said: “I don’t like
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Nigerian Army has embarked on a Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) seminar for soldiers and officers of 8 Division, Sokoto to address the prevalent cases of PTSD among troops.At the seminar organised by the Army Headquarters Department of Transformation and Innovation, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya,
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A Gombe State High Court has stopped the state government and the police from arresting Dahiru Hassan Kera, the publisher of an online news medium, Daylight Reporters.In his ruling on the case with the suit no: GM/145M/2022, Justice H. H Kereng warned the two parties against arresting the publisher.The court
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A High Court in Benue State has granted an interim order stopping Iyorchia Ayu, from acting as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).W.I Kpochi, the presiding judge, gave the order on Monday while ruling on a motion ex parte marked MHC/633/2023 and filed by Conrad Terhide Utaan.“An
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed April 15 for the conduct of outstanding governorship, national and state assembly supplementary elections.This is contained in a statement on Monday by Rotimi Oyekanmi, the chief press secretary to INEC chairman.“Arising from its meeting held today (Monday), INEC has decided that all
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The Institute for Economics and Peace has openly admitted its error in profiling the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) as the 10th deadliest terror group in the world in its Global Terrorism Index.The GTI report published on March 15, ranked IPOB among the top 10 deadliest terror groups in the
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Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist, has been remanded in prison on the order of a Federal High Court, in Abuja.The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command charged Jalingo before the court for allegedly defaming Elizabeth Ayade, the wife of Frank Ayade, a sibling to Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade.Jalingo
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The Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunisation and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has called on the Kaduna State government and other donor agencies to increase their support in the elimination of malaria in the state.The state chairman of ACOMIN, Diji Obadiah Haruna, made the call at a one-day meeting on “Dissemination of
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