Bandits have reportedly killed Malam Sadi, the youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yau-Yau/Mallamawa ward under Batsari LGA of Katsina State. According to a source, the bandits had besieged the home of the APC youth leader at Garwa Village before he was killed. The assailants came from a forest on a motorcycle […]
The presidency has declared that there are no plans to recruit repentant Boko Haram members into the Nigerian military after they graduate from the de-radicalization programme. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday evening by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity. He noted that the clarification became […]
The United States claimed to have notified the Nigerian government on Wednesday, August 5 about the development.
Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Kano State have been directed to sell fuel at N150 per litre. This was made known in a statement by the chapter’s Chairman, Bashir Danmallam. According to Danmallam, the decision was taken following the new price modulation announced by the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC). […]
The Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Francis Okiye has revealed that a sitting governor is plotting to forcefully take over the State Assembly. Speaking on Wednesday during plenary, Okiye alleged that stakeholders in his party were set to use a fake mace to take over the Assembly. While calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to […]
Nnamdi Kanu‘s led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has approached Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by Chief John Nnia Nwodo, for help. Naija News reports that IPOB leadership visited Ohanaeze Ndigbo National Executive Committee (NEC) on Tuesday at their monthly meeting, seeking the assistance of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group for the de-proscription of the group. The […]
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has lost another aide ahead of the Edo governor election scheduled for September 19. Naija News reports that Senior Special Assistant to Obaseki on Gender, Agatha Onos tendered her resignation on Wednesday. Onos, in a letter of resignation submitted to the governor, said her resignation is as a result […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received a briefing from the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic, led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. The presidential task force briefed Buhari on its activities and efforts to fight the pandemic in Nigeria at a meeting held at the Aso Rock Villa in […]
Naija News reports that some Nigerians under the aegis of the #RevolutionNow movement took to the streets of some major cities in the country on Wednesday to protest against the actions of the Nigerian government.
The Akwa Ibom state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party, Ini Okopido is dead. A report monitored on The Nation by Naija News, quoted a top member of the party in the state, who confirmed the sad incident, disclosed that Okopido died in the early hours of Wednesday at the Ibom […]