Category: News Update

Drama as Kano-bound sensitive election materials arrive Oyo

Form EC8B of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) meant for Kano State, surprisingly found its way to Oyo State capital, thus creating a mild drama on...

66 killed as bandits, villagers clash in Zamfara

No fewer than 66 persons were killed on Tuesday during a clash between armed bandits and residents of Dan Jigba town in Zamfara state. Our correspondent gathered that...

Kwara Police confirm gunmen attacks on APC Sen. candidate

Kwara Police Command has confirmed that gunmen attacked a Senatorial Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Arch. Lola Ashiru, and his campaign train in Ojoku in...

EFCC arrests Atiku’s lawyer Uyi Giwa-Osagie for ‘laundering’ $2m

A source familiar with the matter said this was money Atiku was to use in settling all his party people ahead of the elections. After arresting Uyi, EFCC operatives...

China’s former military chief sentenced to life imprisonment

A military court on Wednesday convicted Fang Fenghui, former Chief of Staff of China’s Central Military Commission Joint Staff Department, on three counts of crime....

Not sleeping well could hurt the immune system, expert warns

A medical practitioner at Healing Grace Hospital, Ilorin, Dr Olawale Bello, has warned Nigerians against not sleeping well as it could hurt the immune system. Bello told...

Buhari

Poll shift: FG orders immediate payment of February salary

The Federal Government on Wednesday ordered the immediate payment of February salaries to assist workers wishing to travel to vote during Saturday’s rescheduled...

Police arrest 950 suspected political thugs in Kano

Barely four days to the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections, the number of suspected political thugs arrested by the Kano State Police Command has...

Death threat: Buhari needs to visit London again, says Melaye

Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west at the national assembly, says President Muhammadu Buhari needs to revisit London, suggesting a need for a medical...

Again, Appeal Court fails to hear Onnoghen’s appeals

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday postponed its planned hearing of the three appeals filed by suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen to...