Re-run Elections: Two Soldiers Killed in Gun Battle in Rivers State; PDP, APC Trade Blames
Ahead of Saturday’s federal and state legislative elections in Rivers State, tension reached feverish pitch, Thursday, after an Army Major and another soldier were killed in the latest burst of…
Military Alerts Public on Fake Facebook Accounts On Chief of Defence Staff
The attention of Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has been drawn to the existence of fake Facebook accounts being operated in the name of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Abayomi…
El-Rufai Explains Reasons Behind Religious Preaching Bill: To Check Extremism, Hate Speech
Kaduna State Government, Wednesday, explained that the Religious Preaching Bill aims to protect the state from religious extremism and hate speech. Mr. Barnabas Yusuf Bala, the Deputy Governor of the…
How Badeh Converted N3 billion Air Force Funds to Personal Use – Witness Tells Court; Money Changed to Dollars to Buy Properties
The trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, began on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…
Secondary School Leaver Gets 37 Years Jail Term for Duping American $40m
Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday convicted a 19-year old secondary school leaver, Tobechukwu Igbokwe and sentenced him to 37years imprisonment for…
Court Jails Impersonator of Ex-Gov Suswan Two Years
Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment an impersonator of a former Governor of Benue State,…
Nigerians Should Expect 3 Million Jobs in Next Three Years – Osinbajo
Despite the economic challenges the nation is currently facing, Nigeria’s trajectory is upward with the level of patriotic planning that is taking place and all the available ideas that are…
Badeh Fails in Bid to Stop Trial, Judge Says Trial Must Go on Now
A Federal high court sitting in Abuja, Wednesday, March 16, rejected an application by Alex Badeh, a retired chief air marshal and former chief of Defence Staff, seeking to stop…
Rivers Re-run Election: Police Imposes Total Restriction of Movement on Election Day, Bans Use of Speed Boats, Tricycles, Motorcycles
The Rivers State Police Command after due consultation with relevant stakeholders superintending the forthcoming re-run elections on 19/03/2015 in the state has placed the following restrictions: – Outright ban on…
Why We Lifted Regulatory Services Ban on MTN – NCC… Says Ban Not Related to Fine
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has lifted the ban on regulatory services which it placed on MTN Nigeria for several regulatory infractions. But the lifting of the ban on regulatory…
