Governor’s Ex-Aide known for killing Witches Shot Dead [PHOTO]
A former aide to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Forest Security, Thomas Obi Tawo aka ‘General Iron’ has been reported killed by a team of local vigilante group. Tawo was killed in a hideout during a gun duel between his boys and a group of vigilantes drawn
Kano NYSC board urges LGAs to constitute committees
The Governing Board of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano has urged chairmen of the 44 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state, to constitute committees that would enhance the success of the scheme in their areas. Chairman of the board, Prof Abdu Salihi, gave the advise at
COVID-19: Nigeria’s infection rate hits 199,333 –NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country now has 199, 333 COVID-19 infections as at Friday Aug. 27 across all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The Centre, who made the announcement on its verified website on Saturday morning, noted that the
Bandits: Matawalle bans filling stations, black markets, weekly markets, others in Zamfara
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has announced new measures aimed at curtailing the growing activities of bandits in the State. According to him, henceforth, all filling stations in the state are banned from selling fuel except in Gusau and the 14 local Government headquarters. In addition, no eligible filling station is
Federal government moves to amend Nigerian labour laws
The Nigerian government intends to amend all labour laws in the country. Festus Keyamo, (SAN) Minister of State for Labour and Employment, disclosed this during a working visit to Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, MINILS, in Ilorin on Friday. “We are trying to amend all the labour laws
Plateau Assembly gives Lalong 2-week ultimatum to end killings
The Plateau State House of Assembly has given Gov. Simon Lalong two weeks to address the security challenges bedviling the state. Mr Philip Dasun, Chairman, House Committee on Information conveyed the position of the legislators when he briefed newsmen in Jos. Dasun said that the assembly would know the next
Sunday Igboho not criminal – Soyinka rebukes DSS, Buhari govt
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has maintained that Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Igboho is not a criminal. Soyinka said the Nigerian Government should tag herdsmen killing people and raping women as criminals and not Igboho. Speaking with journalists at the Freedom Park in Lagos on Friday, the Nobel
Tegina kidnap: Victims narrate how they survived without food, others
Looking feeble, malnourished, lost, and dirty, the kidnapped pupils of Salihu Islamic school, Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State arrived Minna, the State capital along with their teachers in the vehicles dispatched by the State Government to convey them back to freedom and to reunite them with their
Northern youths issue 14-day ultimatum to President Buhari over Boko Haram, ISWAP sponsors
Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has issued a 14-day ultimatum, urging the Federal Government to unveil the identity of the sponsors of the killers of innocent Nigerians. The group said failure to do so, they would occupy the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory. The NYCN also
Former Minister seen working as a Pizza Delivery Guy in Germany
A former Afghan minister now works as a pizza delivery person in Germany. Al-Jazeera Arabia tweeted the images of Syed Ahmad Shah Sadat, who served as Afghanistan’s communications and technology minister now working as a Pizza Delivery man. Syed Ahmad Sadat is currently based in Leipzig, Germany, where he arrived