The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has condemned the killing of Captain Abdulkarim Bala Na'Allah, eldest son to the Senator representing Kebbi South in the National Assembly, Senator Bala Na'Allah. Senator Omo-Agege also decried the spate of killings in some parts of the country, even as he charged security agencies to halt…
Eight detained aides of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho have been released on Monday. The eight aides out of the 12 arrested 12 were released to their legal counsel, Pelumi Olajengbesi. This is coming after the aides had spent 60 days in detention facility of the Department of State Services (DSS).…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has summoned six state Chief Judges in relation to the spate of conflicting orders emanating from their courts. The CJN summoned them over issuance of conflicting orders on the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (PDP) Chairmanship tussle in the last one month. Mohammad who is also the Chairman…
A total of 48.5 billion dollars (about N19.98 trillion) in international transfer fees have been paid in the decade until 2020, football’s world governing body FIFA said on Monday. FIFA, in coming to this conclusion, analysed 133,225 cross-border transfers and loans between 2011 and 2020. Ten years ago, 2.85 billion dollars was spent, while the…
Taliban’s senior leader, Abdul Haq Wasiq, denounced the U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan, describing it as a violation of U.S.-Taliban peace deal, local media reported on Monday. “The airstrikes inside Afghanistan violated the Doha agreement inked in February last year and ‘America does not have the right to conduct operations in Afghanistan soil,’” Tolo News quoted…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says reorganisation of the agency is in line with the Federal Government’s aspirations for the oil and gas industry. According to DPR, the move is also to ensure delivery of its regulatory mandate. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, made this known in a statement issued on Monday…
Following increasing insecurity in Plateau, the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) on Monday warned residents against taking the law into their hands in the guise of self-defence. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, the Media Officer of the task force gave the warning in a statement issued in Jos. Takwa faulted the consistent call on residents…
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has directed all civil and public servants to report to work on Monday despite the Sit-At-Home order issued by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that IPOB had fixed Monday every week for its Sit-At-Home protest. Umahi gave the directive in a…
The United States conducted a drone strike against an Islamic State target in Afghanistan on Saturday, as the airlift of those desperate to flee moved into its fraught final stages with fresh terror attack warnings and encroaching Taliban forces primed to take over Kabul airport. US forces overseeing the evacuation have been forced into closer…