The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers in connection with the abduction of Alhaji Ahmadu in Malabu, Fufore Local Government Area. The arrest was disclosed in a Tuesday statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Nguroje. According to the statement, the suspects were apprehended during a coordinated intelligence-led raid carried out…
Immediate-past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday, said life in Nigeria has become worse under President Bola Tinubu’s administration compared to the tenure of the immediate-past President Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi made the remarks at the ongoing #OccupyNASS protest, which entered its second day at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Tuesday. The demonstration,…
The lawmaker representing Ibadan North Constituency I in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide, has reaffirmed the strength and stability of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State while empowering constituents with cash support. The two-day one-on-one meeting and empowerment programme, which was held at the Hon. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide…
Respite is yet to come the way of Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, as she has once again cried out for financial assistance from well-meaning Nigerians. In January, the actress announced that she was ill and needed N25m for brain tumour surgery, even as she was facing eviction. She also accused her industry colleagues of abandoning…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained why he did not join in the recent protest against the National Assembly alongside former Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. El-Rufai suggested that he would have joined the protest if he had been in Nigeria. This is even as he stressed that the push…
Isaac Fayose, the younger brother of former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has accused the Igbo ethnic group of being easily influenced by money and political power, alleging that they have abandoned the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Sokoto custodial centre. Fayose made the remarks in a…
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has addressed the grounds behind his reported disagreements with President Bola Tinubu, emphasising that the issue was never personal. El-Rufai told Trust TV that he and Tinubu have never had a close personal connection. “I was never Tinubu’s friend. We never had a personal relationship like the one I…
No fewer than 2,000 trucks earlier stranded at Nigeria’s borders with Benin and Niger Republics have begun movement following the reopening of the Kamba and Tsamiya border posts in Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the reopening is in line with the directive by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Kebbi Area Controller…
The Corporate Affairs Commission has announced free business name registration for 3,500 small businesses across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Registrar-General of the Commission, Hussaini Magaji, disclosed this in a post on the commission’s X handle on Monday. According to Magaji, the initiative is aimed at reducing the cost of…
The Benue State police command has confirmed the abduction of nine worshippers at Saint John’s Catholic Church, Ojije, in the Utonkon District of Ado Local Government Area of the state. The victims were reportedly kidnapped on Sunday night while attending a vigil on the church premises, as gunmen stormed the area and whisked them away….
