EndSARS Report: SERAP, 116 Nigerians Drag Buhari To Court
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 116 Nigerians have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court over the #EndSARS panel report for the alleged shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll-gate and police brutality cases. SERAP is praying the Federal High Court, Abuja, to ‘direct and compel’ President Buhari to take prompt steps […]
Sea-Pirates Kills Four, Kidnap Six Oil Workers In Bayelsa
Sea pirates on Sunday killed no fewer than four persons while also abducting another six in a move that indicated that the security situation in the South-South has further deteriorated. Africa Today News, New York gathered that among the victims were oil workers working for the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and a personnel of […]
Matawalle Lifts Suspension Of Telecom Services In Zamfara
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has announced the lifting of the ban on telecommunications services in the state over banditry. While making the announcement on Saturday at an event in Gusau, the state capital, the Governor revealed that the resumption of telecommunications services would begin on Monday. ‘I want to announce today (Saturday) that we […]
UK Govt Announces Fresh Guidelines As New COVID-19 Emerges
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced new measures following the discovery of a new variant of coronavirus. Two cases of Omicron, a highly infectious strand of the virus, have been recorded in the UK. According to Johnson, all travellers into the UK will have to undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test by the […]
HURIWA Challenges Shehu To Travel By Road From Abuja To Lagos
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has challenged a presidential media aide, Garba Shehu, to embark on road trips from Abuja to Zamfara, Kaduna or Abuja to Lagos without security details. This challenge came following a claim by Garba Shehu that his boss President Muhammadu Buhari deserves credit for his efforts in tackling security […]
Ugwuanyi Unveils Plan Towards Tackling Water Supply Challenge
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has assured the people of the state that water supply challenges will become history as soon as the AFD (French Development Agency) supported water projects come fully on stream in a few months time. Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration is participating in the AFD (French Development Agency) Support to 3rd National […]
Scores Killed As Special Force Battles Terrorists On Kaduna Highway
The Special Force has been deployed to flush out terrorists responsible for the spate of kidnappings and attacks of travellers on the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Scores of bandits suspected to be behind recent abductions have been neutralized, reports PR Nigeria. The news platform said it has seen a video footage of corpses of more than a […]
FAAN Suspends Airport Officials For Extorting Passenger
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it has suspended some officials for extorting a passenger at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Saturday. Yakubu said the action was in line with management’s determination to rid the nation’s […]
2023: How Tinubu Visited Me To Seek Support – Yakasai
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has disclosed that he would support the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s presidential bid. Tinubu had on Wednesday visited the elder statesman at his Abuja residence. Yakasai told newsmen that […]
FG Lifts Suspension On Emirates Flights
The Federal Government of Nigeria has finally lifted the ban imposed on Emirates Airline in the country. Africa Today News, New York reports that Aviation Minister, Senator. Hadi Sirika while speaking on Friday explained the ban was lifted after ‘painstaking negotiations’ with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Emirate’s home country. Nigeria had barred Emirates flights […]
Woman Arrested For Supplying Ammunition To Bandits In Zamfara
A 30-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Zamfara State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayuba N. Elkana who paraded the woman in Gusau on Friday said the woman, Fatima Lawali was arrested on Thursday, October 25 at about 9.30 pm. The suspect, who hails from […]
FG Now Ready To Crush Bandits, Malami Boasts
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has asserted that the Federal Government’s determination to crush banditry remains resolute now that the Court has granted an application filed by his office declaring bandits groups as terrorist organisations. Malami, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria made the boast in a statement […]