The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has lauded a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), for having the courage to say the truth about the killings by herdsmen across the country. Wike said though it was…
22 houses: My probe by presidential panel illegal, says Ekweremadu (Punch)
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the ex parte application filed by the Federal Government seeking the forfeiture of his 22 “undeclared” houses in Nigeria and abroad. In a motion he filed…
APC: Tinubu absent as Buhari, national caucus meet (SUN)
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was absent at an All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caucus meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is a prelude to today’s National Executive Committee…
Danjuma’s kinsmen relive how troops aided herdsmen (Nation)
Two Taraba State local government chairmen yesterday relived how troops aided killer-herdsmen — an allegation made by former Defence Minister Gen. Theophilus Danjuma. There are troops in the state under “Operation Cat Race”, the military exercise being conducted to end…
Police refuse to arrest IPMAN member after issuing dud cheques (Punch)
The police at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos, have yet to arrest an executive member of the Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Babatope Adeeso, seven months after he was reported at the police unit for allegedly…
Dapchi: Northern Christians demand Leah Sharibu’s release (Punch)
The leadership of the Congress of Northern Nigeria Christians in Kaduna on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to do all within his power to rescue Miss Leah Sharibu, the only Christian girl yet to be released by Boko Haram after…
57 Lagos council chairs endorse Ambode for second term (SUN)
All the chairmen of 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State on Sunday unanimously endorse Governor Akinwunmi B Ambode for a second term in office. Rising from a meeting with the Governor at…
Why court quashed EFCC’s ‘Wanted’ declaration on Benedict Peters (ThisDay)
More facts have come to light as to why a High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, quashed the declaration of the Executive Vice Chairman of Aiteo Group, Benedict Peters, as “wanted” by the Economic and Financial…
Again, IBB Varsity shut as NASU begins warning strike (ThisDay)
The Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) University, Lapai, Niger State has again been shut following a seven-day warning strike declared on Monday by members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (NASU). It is the second time within one month…