Chief Akai Egwuonwu set to join Anambra South Senatorial By-Election Race

Anambra businessman and entrepreneur Chief Akai Egwuonwu is set to declare his interest in the upcoming Anambra South senatorial by-election. Chief Akai, who had maintained near neutrality over the by-election until the funeral of his late friend Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah last Friday, is now set to join the race, which is gathering momentum from every possible standpoint. By the end of the week, Chief Akai Egwuonwu, would formally join the Anambra South senatorial by-election with...

Four Male Minors Gang Rape Female Minor In Adamawa

Four students ages 16-17 years of Government Secondary School Sugu, in Ganye Localgang-raping Government area of Adamawa state have been arrested by the Police for gang raping a 17 years old female of the same community. According to a statement by the Command Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the four suspects Sukari Mathew, 16years, Corlins Cambull, 16years, Barnabas Simon, 17years, Ferdinand Mathew, 17years were arrested on Sunday, 24th November 2024 apprehended and...

523 Arrested for Crime in Kaduna as Police Rescue Over 100 Hostages

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 523 suspects for various crimes between October and November 2024. Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Abdullahi disclosed this on Monday, stating that the suspects were arrested for crimes including kidnapping, cattle rustling, phone snatching, and rape. The arrests included 26 suspected kidnappers, 12 cattle rustlers, 97 phone snatchers, and 10 rape suspects. Over 350 individuals were apprehended during raids on criminal hotspots. Recovered items included five AK-47 rifles, two...

Benue State Hit by Deadly Attacks, Dozens Killed in 2 Counties

Armed men suspected to be bandits launched deadly attacks in Benue State between Sunday and Monday, killing dozens and displacing residents in Azege settlement, Tombo council ward, Adabo, and Tse Gwebe in Logo and Katsina-Ala counties. Community leader Joseph Anawah said over 300 armed men attacked Azege and nearby areas early Sunday. “They numbered over 300 well-armed men, suspected to be militia from outside Nigeria. Perhaps they were hired from neighbouring countries because their appearance...

Nigerian Air Force Strikes Kill Terrorists, Destroy Food Depot in Lake Chad Basin

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets have conducted airstrikes in the Tumbuns area of the Lake Chad Basin, killing terrorists and destroying a food storage facility. NAF spokesman Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa announced the operation’s success in a statement on Monday, saying it was conducted on November 23 after detailed Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. “This strategic location, identified through meticulous intelligence efforts, served as a critical food storage site and a sanctuary for terrorist...

Nigeria’s GDP Grows by 3.46% in Q3 2024

Nigeria’s economy grew by 3.46 percent in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, up from 3.19 percent in Q2 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported. This marked an improvement from 2.54 percent in Q3 2023. “In the quarter under review, aggregate GDP at basic price stood at N71.13 trillion ($42.15 billion) in nominal terms,” the NBS stated, noting a year-on-year growth of 17.26 percent compared to N60.66 trillion...

Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.3% in second quarter, 2024

…GDP Grows by 3.46% Nigeria’s unemployment rate has decreased to 4.3 per cent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, showing a reduction from 5.3 per cent in Q1 2024, according to the latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. The report, released on Monday, also indicated a slight increase in unemployment compared to 4.2 per cent recorded in Q2 2023. The report shows that male unemployment stood at 3.4 per cent, while...

Ganduje Approves Draft Content For Proposed National Youth Conference

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the draft content for the proposed National Conference on Skills Acquisition and Youth Empowerment, developed by the party’s Think Tank, The Progressive Institute (TPI) in Abuja. It will be recalled that Ganduje was at TPI on Thursday where he discussed the proposed conference with the institute’s management. A press statement on Sunday signed by Wale Abideen, Head of Media and...

PDP Chieftain Charges ACF To Join Nigerians Reject APC In 2027

Dr. Adetokunbo Pearse, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and convener Reset Lagos PDP, has charged the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) to join other Nigerians in 2027 to reject 12 years of the All Progressives Congress (APC) abysmal administration. Pearse, a member of the PDP National Presidential Campaign Council, 2023, had in an interview on Sunday stressed that notwithstanding, the argument of the ACF that Tinubu, a Yoruba has failed them, the argument...

Troops Recover 80,000 Litres Stolen Crude, After Crackdown On Economic Saboteurs 

Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, working closely with other security agencies cracked down on economic saboteurs, recovering 80,000 litres of stolen crude. A press statement on Sunday signed by the Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, stated that the troops in several operations between November 18 and 24 November 2024, achieved desirable results across its joint operations area. Danjuma said: “In deliberate operations conducted in Buguma Creeks...

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