Malam Musa Kanoma, the district head, said upon their arrival, the gunmen headed straight to the police station, firing shots and causing confusion in the area
Author: NAN
The Senate said it was regrettable that a man of Akande’s status would be responding to mere speculation without cross-checking his facts or worse still eager to latch on to any opportunity to bring to disrepute the leadership of the Senate because he failed to get his choice candidates elected
Razak Adeofalade, the Chairman of the union, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos
The governor said government was highly disturbed by the renewed violence in Udeni Gida and surrounding villages in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state
The protest, which started at 7.30am, disrupted free flow of human and vehicular traffic on the campus for more than two hours.
The protesters, chanting abusive songs, later moved to FUTA Staff Primary School, which had been closed
The perks, the power, the respect, the opportunities, the limelight and of course the distinction of being referred to in official and official quarters as the most powerful man in the world
The global health body on Thursday declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and said all known chains of transmission had been stopped in West Africa
Nnamani is appealing to Arase to investigate the policemen identified as Inspector Chijioke, Police Detective Obi and their Commander, Akinlolu, Alex for battering her after they allegedly collected a hefty amount from her estranged husband
Onuoha is to stay in prison till February 23 pending legal advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution except he is able to meet a N2 million bail condition, with two sureties in the same amount
According to them, the benefits and gains of the project to the socio-economic lives of the people would be of massive proportion and as such Ambode deserves to be commended and encouraged to continually give his best to the people
Rwanda, Gabon, Morocco, Cote d’ Ivoire, DR Congo, Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Nigeria, Niger, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Mali, Uganda and Zambia are the 16 countries that qualified for the competition
According to the NGO’s Coordinator in Abia State, Comrade Ekeson Uche, who spoke to a cross-section of journalists after a parley with representatives of civil societies and other NGOs in Umuahia, any illegal behaviour by the police and other security agencies will be aggressively resisted
Meanwhile, Badaru has also approved the appointment of Alhaji Ibrahim Chaichai as Special Adviser on Due Process and Project Monitoring Bureau, and Alhaji Bala Yar-Gaba as Special Adviser on Guidance and Counselling
Keyamo urged the court to grant the order for the arrest of Tompolo following his failure to honour an earlier summons served on him
Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, is being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged involvement in a $2.1b arms fund scandal
The vehicle was said to be coming from Methodist High School Road towards New Garage when it lost control
He said the submarine arrived the northern Israeli port of Haifa four weeks after it departed from the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems shipyard in the northern German port of Kiel
The governor, who described the people of Bayelsa State as “worthy heroes of democracy that stood their ground against agents of darkness that were prepared to shortchange them by imposing a governor they do not want on them”, said Governor Dickson’s victory was another vindication of his prediction on 20 things to expect this year
There were indications that the former PDP bigwigs’ defection did not go down well with the some APC members, who openly voiced their dissatisfaction with the development at the meeting
The Minister, represented by an Assistant Director, Fatai Oyediran, who led a team of medical experts and environmental scientists from Federal Ministry of Health to Plateau State, informed that his team was in the state to confirm the complaint, assess the current status of the snakebite and carry out a sensitization and awareness campaign aimed at raising the bar in terms of prevention and control of the scourge