The Nigerian Army has denied the allegation by one of its wounded soldiers, Lance Cpl. Itodo David, that he had been abandoned at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital (NARHK) Kaduna. Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations, made the rebuttal in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the army received…
Don Onyenji, the Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment, and Tourism in Anambra, denies that the state government threatened to ban traditional worship. Onyenji made the statement at a stakeholders’ meeting in Awka on Thursday, which was organized in partnership with ASHOKA Africa, a non-profit organisation and social change agent. He said that Governor Charles Soludo only…
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Police officers at the Ekeki Police Division on Thursday clashed over attempts to arrest a suspected drug dealer. The clash caused panic and pandemonium at the Ekeki Police Division in Yenagoa as the Police and the NDLEA confronted each other. It was learnt that some…
Lt.-Gen. Jeremiah Useni (Rtd), the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, is dead. Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau confirmed this in a statement Thursday in Jos by his Director of Press and Public Affairs (DOPPA), Dr Gyang Bere. Mutfwang said Useni, who also represented the Plateau South Senatorial District between 2015 and…
The controversial former military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, also known as IBB, is set to launch his long-anticipated autobiography. The memoir, ‘A Journey In Service,’ will be unveiled at an event billed for the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja on February 20, 2025. This development comes barely 32 years after IBB left…
A corps member has died in a road crash while going to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Ebonyi. On Thursday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in the state, Henry Igwe, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki. Igwe said the crash occurred on…
The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has demanded that his case be transferred to the South-East if Justice Binta Nyako is the only judge at the Federal High Court in Abuja willing to preside over it. Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, issued a statement on Wednesday, January 22, 2025,…
Selected members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ‘s National Working Committee (NWC) have affirmed Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara as the party’s leader in the oil-rich state. The NWC members also declared support for the recent court ruling nullifying the party’s congress in Rivers. They made their positions known during a visit to Fubara…
Yahaya Bello, the former Governor of Kogi State, and his successor, Usamn Ododo, visited Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), at his Abuja residence. Wike’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, shared photos of the visit on social media on Thursday, January 23, 2025, which caused a stir online. The three politicians, who…
Moses Paul, an aide to former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, has claimed that his principal’s associates in the banking sector avoid interacting with him in public because they fear retribution from President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Paul, who spoke during an interview with Rudolf Okonkwo on 90MinutesAfrica, stressed that prominent bankers and business leaders…
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