The daughter of Hon. Bukar Abacha, a legislator who represents Ngala Constituency in the Borno State House of Assembly, has been reportedly murdered by unknown criminals. The woman was allegedly strangled to death on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at the Gidan Dembe hamlet in Maiduguri, the state capital, according to Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert in the Lake Chad …

In an effort to ease tensions with Muslim nations following a wave of demonstrations in Denmark that saw the burning of Islam’s holy book, which incited anger, the Danish parliament on Thursday passed a measure outlawing the burning of the Quran in public areas. This year, anti-Islamic demonstrators burned or otherwise damaged copies of the Quran in a number of …

The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 203 bags of imported rice and five vehicles worth N17 million in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Customs Area Comptroller in the state, Bamidele Makinde, who disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Abeokuta, said the service operatives intercepted the contraband items and 1,245 rounds of live ammunition in a …

Ogun State Government, on Friday, said it would give a N50 million reward to anybody who could provide information that will lead to the arrest of the killers of Mr Taiwo Oyekanmi, the former Director of Finance and Administration attached to Governor Dapo Abiodun’s office, Oke-Mosan Abeokuta. Ripples Nigeria reports that Oyekanmi, aged 51, was last Wednesday, November 29 killed …

The people of Ezeala in the Umuezeala autonomous community of Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State were on Tuesday left in shock when they found the decaying remains of Innocent Obi, the Deputy Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, in Ebonyi State. Reports have it that Obi, who is a native of the community, was abducted, on Friday, …

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), on Friday, raised the alarm over the consequences of ongoing divestment of multinationals in Nigeria. The body said no fewer than 20,000 direct employees have lost their jobs to such divestments in recent times. NECA, which ia the umbrella body for employers and the voice of business in Nigeria, raised the alarm in a …

A popular gospel singer, Buchi Atuonwu aka Buchi, Wednesday, dismissed the rumour of his death. A report of the award-winning singer’s death went viral on social media earlier on Wednesday. However, in a chat with journalists, Buchi urged Nigerians to disregard the rumour. READ ALSO: Celebs react to death of singer Mohbad He said: “There is no truth in this …

The House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee probing the alleged job racketeering by Ministries, Departments and Agencies on Monday questioned the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede, over the recruitment of 300 staff in the agency without advert placements. The chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, had in his presentation decried the board’s refusal to make …

One of the New Year resolutions of most Nigerians was to see a major development across the economy. This, expectedly, should be guided by policies that can reduce the inflation rate, increase the gross domestic product, even the transactions in local production markets as well as restructuring that could grow the small and medium scale enterprises. As of December 2022, …

Some constituents from the four local government areas of Ogoni land say they had commenced a process to recall the four lawmakers representing the areas in the Rivers State House of Assembly. They named the four lawmakers as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Dumle Maol; Barile Nwakor, representing Khana Constituency 1; Aforji Igwe, representing Eleme; Bernard Ngba, representing Tai …