At least 11 people have been reportedly killed in an attack by gunmen on some communities of Nyiev-ya, the Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident was said to have happened on Wednesday, December 25 when the people were celebrating Christmas with their families. A local source who prefers to remain anonymous confirmed…
A foremost non-govermental organisation, Yiaga Africa, that observed the 21 September Edo State governorship election, says the exercise failed its integrity test. Yiaga said this in a report it released on Monday and shared with P.M News. The report was jointly signed by Dr. Aisha Abdullahi, Yiaga’s Africa Chair of the 2024 Edo Election Mission,…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has criticized Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi over his recent remarks about the current state of the country. Obi, while speaking at the Memorial Lecture in honour of elder statesman Edwin Clark on Wednesday, said that the sacrifices made by Nigeria’s past heroes had been wasted due to the present…
President Bola Tinubu Senior Special Adviser On Students Engagement, Hon. Comrade Asefon Sunday Dayo has held capacity building and leadership development training programme for selected Students Union President across the North-central. According to a press statement by Asefon, the event started on Monday 12th through 14th August, 2024. The press release reads: CAPACITY BUILDING AND…
A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has described the case of Alabi Quadri, a minor detained at the Kirikiri Minimum Security Custodial Centre in Lagos since January, as another example of the failings of Nigeria’s criminal justice system. In a preliminary statement issued on Wednesday via X, Effiong disclosed that he visited the Magistrate Court…
The Federal Government has unexpectedly paid National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members their old monthly allowance of ₦33,000 for September, despite the recently approved increase to ₦77,000. This has left many corps members frustrated and disappointed. The Federal Government officially announced an increase in the NYSC monthly allowance from ₦33,000 to ₦77,000, effective from July…
Amos Isah, the founder and lead pastor of Prophetic Victory Voice of Fire Ministry in Gwagwalada, Abuja, has been arrested and detained by the Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) over allegations of defiling a 14-year-old girl, according to Sahara Reporters. The arrest, which took place last week, has sent shockwaves through the community, as Pastor…
The management of a Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Company Limited, has said its top officials were unlawfully detained and brutalised by the police during its contractual disagreement with the Ogun State Government. The firm said the maltreatment compelled it to seek the seizure of Nigerian assets overseas. The media was awash on Thursday…
Residents of a town in Nottinghamshire, England in the United Kingdom are puzzled by the mysterious appearance of plates filled with peeled bananas left by the side of a road every month for over a year. The phenomenon occurs on the second day of each month in 2024, when a plate of bananas is found…
The Senior Special Assistant to Osun state Governor on Community Engagement Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan has facilitated with Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke on occasion of his birthday. In his birthday wishes he praised the Governor for his dedication to the development of the state. He said, “Our Dear Governor, the Osun’s…