The Federal High Court Abuja has refused to grant bail to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. The court held that the NDLEA has placed sufficient evidence before it for the bail sought by Kyari not to be granted. The NDLEA in its counter affidavits to Kyari’s bailContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Barely one Month after the Inauguration of a 36-man peace committee, led by Justice Daniel Longji (rtd), the Irigwe Community of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State have raised fresh alarm over the Continued attacks and destruction of farmlands allegedly by herders. Addressing News Men inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Army on Saturday said it has uncovered the wreckage of the crashed Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar in 2021. According to a notice on its verified Facebook page, the Army said the wreckage was found during a clearance patrol of troops ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Senator Abdullahi Adamu has emerged as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), about a year and nine months after the Adams Oshiomhole led National Working Committee (NWC) was dissolved. He was returned unopposed on Saturday at the party’s national convention held at the EagleContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI There are indications that the ongoing construction work at the Second Niger Bridge may be disrupted following the demands made by some aggrieved landowners popularly referred to as landlords whose properties have been consumed by the Second Niger Bridge project. The aggrieved property owners at the AsabaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Vice president Yemi Osinbajo says more than half of the population of Nigerian Children are on the wrong side of the digital divide and wants development partners, States and the private sector to support the federal Government in efforts to bridge the gap. Osinbajo who was representedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has agreed on producing consensus candidates and is expected to put out a ‘Unity List’ by Friday ahead of the party’s national convention on Saturday. Lawan stated this after the National Assembly caucus leaders met withContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The West African sib-regional bloc, ECOWAS has invited leader of the military junta in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, to attend Friday’s extraordinary summit holding in Accra, Ghana. This is according to. a statement released by the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. The statement adds thatContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized over 1.9 million tablets of Tramadol and Codeine imported into the country from Pakistan and United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos. The agency disclosed this in a statement signed by the spokesperson,Continue Reading
Security operatives in Kaduna State have discovered three more corpses following mob violence on Monday at two locations in both Kaura and Jema’a local government areas of the state. This brings the casualty figure to 37. This follows Sunday’s attack in some communities in Kaura Local Government Area where severalContinue Reading