Police acting in concert with military operatives have rescued 23 kidnapped victims from a gang of gunmen in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Kaduna Police Command spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, in a statement on Sunday said security operatives led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Kajuru Division and military personnel rescued…
The National Association of Nigerian Students has threatened to embark on nationwide protests if the governors of Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, and Kebbi states do not reverse their decision to close down schools for five weeks for the Ramadan fast within 72 hours. NANS, in a statement on Monday by its National Public Relations Officer, Samson…
Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing Endbadgovernance protest in the Federal Capital Territory, Micheal Lenin. Lenin was picked up by the DSS around 2 am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT. Speaking with our correspondent, the Director of Mobilisation,…
The federal government is proposing a major shift in the distribution of funds from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). This was revealed by Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, in a statement on his X (formerly Twitter) handle. Oyedele disclosed that the federal government is set to…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that not more than 30 per cent of Nigerians pay tax to the coffers of the Federal Government, yet many Nigerians want the best to be provided by the government in the areas of infrastructure, education and security among others. Speaking on Monday while declaring open the public hearing…
Sheikh Muhammad Habbibullah Adam Abdullah El-Ilory, Director of the Arabic and Islamic Training Centre (Markaz) and Founder of Markaz University College, has strongly criticised renewed calls for establishing Shari’a courts in parts of Yorubaland. The Islamic scholar stated that these demands, which have sparked debate within and beyond the Muslim community, are driven by self-interest…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday announced that it had killed Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zubaida, described as the Head of the Palestine District of ISIS and the most senior figure of the terrorist group operating in Gaza. This was revealed in a statement shared on its official X handle on Friday. It reads:…
The Personal Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on constituency affairs, Hon. Khadijat Kareem Omotayo has called for reflection of Christmas teachings amid the festive season. In his message to Christians faithful, Hon. Khadijat maintained that Christmas teaches positive lessons that must be practiced in our daily lives. She said, “As we celebrate this joyous season…
The Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Department of State Services (DSS) National Headquarters, Abuja, Peter Afunanya, has been redeployed. Afunanya made this known to reporters in a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, September 4. He did not say where his next deployment would be. He expressed appreciation for the opportunity to serve…
The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Ajibola Basiru, has called on the three senators from Osun State who endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term to do more by leaving their party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the APC. Basiru, while expressing his excitement at the endorsement by the opposition party in…