Only Corrupt Party Chieftains Defects To APC-Tambuwal

Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Monday in Bauchi said only corrupt party chieftains have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), who left for APC to avoid prosecution for corruption. The PDP governors, who converged on Bauchi to deliberate on the state of the nation, condemned what they described as “the use of underhand tactics to arm-twist PDP governors to join the APC.” Tambuwal, who...

Policeman Arrested In Possession Of Illegal Ammunition

One Ebenezer Odeh, was intercepted at a checkpoint by troops from 154 task battalion Ngamdu, along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway on Sunday, TheCable reports. The troops of the Nigerian army’s operation Hadin Kai have arrested Ebenezer Odeh who claimed to be a policeman in possession of illegal ammunition. A military source said DY Chiwar, the commander of the battalion, was said to have ordered Odeh’s arrest after noticing suspicious movement. “The suspect with NPF No: 456647 boarded...

Election: Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Okonjo-Iweala Make Case For Nigerians In Diaspora

ABUJA — Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has urged the National Assembly to make it possible for Nigerians in the diaspora to vote in Nigeria’s general election in the nearest future. She made the plea on Sunday, at the 2021 National Diaspora Day, with the theme “Diaspora Integration for National Peace and Development.” “We are only asking for one thing, make it possible for the Independent National Electoral Commission...

President Buhari To Spend Three Weeks Outside Nigeria

ABUJA — Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina had announced on Monday in a statement that President Muhammadu Buhari will be in London till the second week of August. Adesina said the president will first attend a summit in the United Kingdom before seeing his doctors. Buhari was due in London for medical checkup last week but the trip was postponed for an undisclosed reason. “President Muhammadu Buhari will today Monday, July 26, 2021, travel to the...

NURTW Chairman Arrested For Drug Trafficking

AKURE, (ONDO STATE) — Babatunde Babade, Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ijero Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly trafficking illicit drugs. According to a statement by the spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, the suspect, Babade, 45was arrested along with two others persons, Ilesanmi Shola, 35, and Babajide Johnson, 45, for alleged involvement...

Counsels To Igboho To Block His Extradition

One of the legal team and supporters of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho, Barr Ibrahim David Salami says they will prefer that he dies in the Benin Republic than allow him to be handed over to the Nigerian government. Salami who declared on Saturday vowed that everything would be done to ensure that Igboho is not extradited to Nigeria. Salami said the legal team of five in Benin has been receiving immense moral support from...

Christian Pilgrims Warns Against Abscondment

As the 2020 main pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Jordan kick-off, the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) has warned intending pilgrims against abscondment. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Rev. Yakubu Pam, gave the warning at the event held on Saturday at the Yakubu Gowon International Airport Heipang, near Jos, with the theme: “Pilgrimage of Peace and Development”, said pilgrimage was purely a spiritual exercise and not tourism. Pam announced that 2,500 intending pilgrims would be...

Foundation To Sensitive Youths On Dangers Of Political Thuggery

YOLA — The zonal chairman of Stop Abusing Youth Foundation Mallam Muhammad Sani has reiterated the commitment of the foundation to curtail the dissipations of politicians who use youths as a tool to foment trouble for their selfish gain rather than impacting the development of the society. He made the remark Saturday at the mega reception organized by the Adamawa state chapter of the foundation held at A.A. Butu Travel and Tours, Upper Luggere Jimeta....

Biafra Radio Broadcaster Sacked For Refusal To Sign The Rules Of Engagement

Mazi Simon Ekpa, a broadcaster with Biafra radio has been sacked for refusing to sign the rules of engagement and code of conduct guiding those broadcasting on Radio Biafra. A statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said Ekpa also failed to follow laid down rules of operation. “It has wondered why he would not like to follow the steps of other broadcasters on the platform who have since done the needful.” “The...

Couple Arrested For Self-Kidnapping In Niger State

The Niger state Police Command has arrested one Mohammed Mohammed, and his wife, Sadiya, for alleged conspiracy and self-kidnapping. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement in Minna that said that the couple who are residents of Chanchaga Local Government Area of the state was arrested on July 22, in the Limawa area of Minna metropolis. “Sadiya was reported to have been kidnapped on July 15, on Old...

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