When President Muhammadu Buhari on October 8, 2020 made a promise to Nigerians that his administration would complete and commission the Second Niger Bridge before the end of his tenure in 2023, not many people took his promise seriously. And the reason why many people took the promise made by …
Read More »ASUU May Extend Strike By 4 Months, Says FG Has Zero Feelings For Students, Parents
Share The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that its ongoing warning strike may be extended for 16 weeks due to failure of the Federal Government to meet the union’s demands. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, said if at the end of its two months strike the government has …
Read More »2023: God has not told me there will be election – Adeboye
Pastor Adeboye Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says he doesn’t know whether there will be a general election in 2023. The leader of the Pentecostal church said God has not told him whether there would an election next year. He said God …
Read More »We didn’t kill Cyril Obruche in Edo – Army
Brigadier-General-Onyema-Nwachukwu The Nigerian Army is denying the alleged report that its troops killed one Cyril Obruche in Ovre–Eku community, a border town between Edo and Delta states. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday, in Abuja, …
Read More »INSECURITY: IGP ADOPTS TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN POLICING APPROACH, ACQUIRES FIVE ADDITIONAL HIGH-POWERED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVs)
• As police pilots conclude specialized training on operations, deployment. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba psc(+), NPM, fdc, has acquired five (5) additional high-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to improve surveillance operations to checkmate criminal activities in the country in line with the IGP’s vision and …
Read More »I asked for N3bn to forestall train attacks, but they blocked it – Amaechi fumes
Amaechi Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, on Tuesday noted that he predicted the Monday attack on the Kaduna-bound train coming, lamenting that he had requested digital security apparatus to forestall such incident. The visibly angry Amaechi told reporters that the attack would have been foiled if the procurement of the …
Read More »‘The Audacity’- Atiku reacts as terrorists launch another train attack
Atiku Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former vice president, has expressed sadness over a reported second train attack by terrorists in Kaduna, after the Monday night’s horrendous attack that led to the death of at least nine people, with several others injured or missing. The terrorists were said to have planted …
Read More »36 states appeal high court judgement on $418m Paris Club refund
The 36 states of the federation, through their attorneys, have appealed a judgment that dismissed a suit seeking to restrain the federal government from effecting the planned deduction of $418 million from states’ funds to settle the Paris Club Fund debt. The plaintiffs in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1313/202 sought to …
Read More »Profiles of identified dead victims of Kaduna train attack
Here is a brief profile of the dead victims of Monday night’s horrendous attack on a Kaduna bound train by terrorists. Though about nine people have so far been confirmed dead, not all have been properly identified. Meanwhile many of the injured are currently receiving treatment at hospitals, even as …
Read More »Buhari Condemns Terrorist Attacks On Kaduna Train, Directs Security Chiefs To Hunt Down Terrorists
Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari meets with Service Chiefs President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned terrorist attacks on Abuja-Kaduna train which occured on Monday night. The attacks on the Kaduna-bound train led to the death of an unspecified number of passengers while scores were injured. The President directed the immediate conclusion of …
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