Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso impose 0.5% levy on ECOWAS imports, others
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have imposed a 0.5% levy on imported goods to fund their new three-state union after exiting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The military-led...
View ArticleLightning kills herder, 12 cows in Kaduna community
A lightning strike has claimed the life of a herder and 12 cows in Matuak Giwa, Bondon District, Moro’a Chiefdom, in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Village Head of Matuak Giwa, Simon...
View ArticleRivers State will emerge stronger from political crisis, says Fubara
Suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has assured residents that the ongoing political crisis in the state will ultimately strengthen the people rather than weaken them. Governor Fubara...
View ArticleUromi: Residents desert towns over fears of reprisal, arrest
Communities around Old Ilushi Road, Opere, and Good Will Junction in Uromi, Edo State, have been deserted by residents for fear of reprisals and arrests by security agents, following the lynching of 16...
View ArticleBenue residents protest insecurity, demand govt action
Residents of Otukpo, the headquarters of Benue South Senatorial District, took to the streets on Tuesday in a massive protest against the escalating cases of kidnappings and killings in the area....
View ArticlePolice advise Natasha to cancel Kogi homecoming
The police have asked Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan to cancel her planned Sallah rally in Kogi State’s Central Senatorial District. Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, stated this in...
View ArticleHold Akpabio, Bello, Ododo responsible if anything happens to me – Natasha
The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to hold Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Kogi State Governor Ahmed Ododo and...
View ArticleConfusion as copies of Edo tribunal judgement surfaces online
Barely 24 hours after summoned parties to appear before it, copies of purported judgement of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, flooded the internet. The Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led...
View ArticleNatasha defiles Kogi ban as supporters flood streets for homecoming
Despite the ban on political rallies and restrictions on convoys, a massive crowd of supporters thronged Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State on Tuesday to welcome home Senator Natasha...
View ArticleAkpabio, Ododo frown as Natasha alleges assassination plot
The political drama in Kogi State took a new turn on Tuesday following a controversial visit by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to her constituency, despite a state and police ban on rallies...
View ArticleEdo tribunal dismisses petition against Okpebholo, APC
The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja has dismissed the petition filed by the Action Alliance (AA) and Adekunle Omoaje against the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo, the...
View ArticleBenue farmer slumps, dies over false alarm
A 54-year-old farmer, Jeremiah Onuminya, from the Usha community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, has reportedly slumped and died after a false alarm was raised about an attack by...
View ArticleTinubu departs for France on 2-week visit
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart for Paris, France, today on a working visit. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy in a statement said during the visit, the...
View ArticleUromi: Kaduna police officer threatens retaliation against southerners
A Kaduna State police officer, Hadaina Hussaini Dan-Taki, has threatened reprisal attacks on southerners living in northern Nigeria. Dan-Taki’s remarks followed the brutal killing of 16 northerners in...
View ArticleFG orders reopening of Independence Bridge
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has directed the immediate reopening of the Independence Bridge in Lagos to vehicular traffic. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs. Olukorede...
View ArticleNnamdi Kanu optimistic about release in April, says Igbo leader
The President-General of the Igbo Community Association (ICA), FCT, Engr. Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe, has revealed that Nnamdi Kanu is optimistic about securing his release from the custody of the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Natasha’s recall petition fails to meet constitutional...
The petition seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District, has failed to meet the constitutional requirements outlined in Section 69(a) of...
View ArticleBREAKING: Supreme Court sacks Abure as Labour Party chairman
The Supreme Court on Friday removed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. In a unanimous judgment, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court set aside the decision of the Court of...
View ArticleCourt bans Natasha, Akpabio, others from press interviews
Justice Binta Fatima Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has barred parties in the suit filed by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio,...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Abure still national chairman – Labour Party insists
The Labour Party (LP) has said Julius Abure remains its National Chairman despite a Supreme Court ruling that sacked him from the position. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court sacked Abure by...
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