The Nigerian presidency has responded to the Easter message delivered by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah. In his homily on Sunday, April 4, the Catholic cleric said that insecurity, especially terrorism, has degenerated since 2015 President Buhari came into power. Responding, the Presidency described as ungodly, Kukah’s message In a statement […]
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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has said the state has become a target for bandits because his government refused to give them money. El-Rufai who spoke on a Channels Television Programme on Sunday April 4, said the recent bandits’ attacks on communities in the state were a result of the government’s decision that it […]
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Command have nabbed a sales representative of a popular pharmaceutical company for allegedly faking his own kidnap . The suspect, Chikezie Precious, 25, was employed as a sales representative with the company three years ago and supplies drugs to most states in Southern Nigeria. According to report by Standard Gazette, Chikezie owed the company over […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has vowed that it will clampdown on some cybercafes and tutorial centres alleged to have specialised in defrauding unsuspecting candidates during registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board expressed dismay on the unwholesome activities of fraudulent operators of cybercafes, tutorial centres and other entities, which […]
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The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan on Sunday, has confirmed that no fewer than five persons were killed, while one other person was injured by bandits in Chikun Local Government area of the State Confirming the reports on Sunday, Aruwan further added that, another person was injured in […]
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National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, Olusegun Bamgbose, has said that the sudden death of Yinka Odumakin, the spokesman of Afenifere, is suspicious. Bamgbose disclosed that he won’t want to believe that Odumakin’s death was as a result of COVID-19 complications, adding that he wants the death investigated by the Inspector General of […]
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Gunmen suspected to be bandits, have murdered the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in Nasarawa State, Mohammed Hussain, at Garaku Market Area of Kokona Local Government Area. The bandits also killed one Mohammed Umar, the Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Police […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to death of Afenifere Spokesman Yinka Odumakin. The President discribed him as a man of conviction. This was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The statement titled: ‘President Buhari mourns Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin’, reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with the […]
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Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, is dead, kokomansion reports. A close family source confirmed that he died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital after a brief illness. More to come shortly…
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The Forum of State Chairmen of the, All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted its alleged rejection of tenure elongation for the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The forum, rather said its Wednesday meeting only deliberated on the needs to extend the membership registration, revalidation and update exercise, a request that has since been approved with […]
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