The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and director of Radio Biafra on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a six-count charge of treason levelled against him by Nigeria’s Federal Government. Mr. Kanu was arraigned before Justice James Tsoho with two others- Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi. All accused persons pleaded not guilty to the […]
Continue ReadingThe management of the Government College Ughelli, GCU, has indefinitely suspended, three of its students for an alleged involvement in homosexual activities. This information was made public on Tuesday during the reunion and Annual General Meeting of the Old Boys Association, GCOBA. Speaking, the school’s Principal, Mr. Vincent Useh, said, the school authorities’ action was […]
Continue ReadingA fire outbreak on Tuesday, reportedly gutted the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mega Station in Dutse, Jigawa State. This is as reported by the News Agency of Nigeria. An anonymous staff of the station, told NAN that a 40,000-liter tanker, which brought petroleum, caught fire while offloading. The source said the incident happened at […]
Continue ReadingWhen the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh appeared in court on Tuesday, he was handcuffed. The PDP reacted to the development, stating that the development betrayed an extra-judicial, top political witch-hunt policy of the All Progressives Congress, which it said was carefully designed to humiliate, embarrass and portray […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has given and explanation, as to why an officer of the State Security Service (SSS) cleaned the shoes of the minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, in public. Mr. Dambazau, who oversees the NSCDC, police, customs, immigration and prisons, came under severe criticism by Nigerians, following the release […]
Continue ReadingA release by the Acting Director Defence, Brigadier GeneralRabe Abubakar, says: the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has observed with dismay the unpatriotic attacks on the nation’s economic lifeline in the Niger Delta. These attacks were carried out by some criminal elements who are bent on destroying the nation’s strategic assets which will no longer be tolerated. The […]
Continue ReadingGlobal electronic payments company Visa, has partnered with United Bank of Africa Plc (UBA) to launch “SmartMoney”, a 21st century banking solution comprising a prepaid card and a mobile app for the African market. The partnership brings together Visa Inc’s trusted payments technology and SmartMoney’s mobile app experience to establish a millennial centric product proposition, […]
Continue ReadingPresident Buhari has acknowledged that he was aware of the controversies and confusion the corrections made on the budget proposals had provoked in the polity. He explicated that the draft bill did not change, neither were there any changes in the figures of either the sectoral allocations or the total budget figures. Meanwhile, Nigerian Senate […]
Continue ReadingThe president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has stated his administration’s readiness to effectively and decisively deal with the seeming resurgence of oil theft, pipelines vandalism and insecurity in the Niger Delta. It would be recalled that the Niger Delta militants had on Thursday attacked the Escravos-Warri-Abuja-Lagos pipelines. Then they blew up […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Tuesday granted N400million bail to the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh, who has been in the Kuje prison since Friday. In his ruling, the trial Justice, Okon Abang ordered Metuh to produce two sureties who must deposit the sum of N200m […]
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