A young man arrested for stealing bunches of plantain in Ebedebiri, Sagbama LGA of Bayelsa, has claimed that he committed the offence because of his girlfriend. According to reports shared by community leaders on Monday, May 24, the suspect was caught and during interrogation by a community leader, ...
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Real Madrid Flop Hazard Eyes Chelsea Return
Belgian star Eden Hazard looking for a way out at Real Madrid this summer and a return to Chelsea is his preference, according to Spanish TV. Hazard has struggled since his £130m switch to Madrid from Chelsea in the summer of 2019. Things have not worked out for the ...
Read More »Rise up and defend yourselves with weapons not prohibited by law – Gov Ortom tasks Benue People
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Sunday urged the people of the state to obtain dane gun licences from local government areas for self-defence. He spoke at an interdenominational church service this evening at the Chapel of Grace in Government House, Makurdi to round up a seven-day prayer ...
Read More »Senate Queries NECO over Alleged Award of N6.5bn Contracts Without Due Process
The Senate has queried the National Examination Council (NECO) over an alleged award of contracts worth N6.5 billion without due process. It also mandated its Committee on Public Accounts to probe the reported illegal contract awards. The contracts were for the printing of security and non-security documents by ...
Read More »Residents protest after 15 people got kidnapped today on Abuja-Kaduna highway
Residents at Tarfa Local Government of Niger state, are currently protesting after 15 young people were kidnapped by suspected unknown bandits. According to a source, the operation lasted for 1 hour and 30 minutes, despite the fact that police station and Army barracks are close to area. According ...
Read More »Fiancée To Late NAF Pilot Pens Down Emotional Tribute
Bunmi Oladuntoye, fiancée To Late NAF Pilot, Lt Taiwo Olufemi Asaniyi, who died when a Beachcraft 350 aircraft crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday, 21st May has penned down an emotional tribute to him. According to Bunmi, via the microblogging platform, Femi was the most kind and ...
Read More »Reps summon Malami, Emefiele, Ahmed, over looted assets
The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to appear before it on Monday to explain the status ...
Read More »Leave Us Out Of Your Political War – IPOB Warns Okorocha, Uzodinma
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stated that both Governor Hope Uzodinma and his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, lack the financial capacity to sponsor the group. The group in a statement on Sunday signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, asked the duo to leave ...
Read More »Tragedy As Two Nigerian Friends Drown In Malta Sea
Two Nigerian men have drowned in Malta in a tragic incident that involved one of the men trying to rescue the other. Naija News learnt that the incident happened at Dawret il-G?ejjer in St Paul’s Bay around 12.15am on Saturday, May 22. Police said that investigations had so far ...
Read More »One Officer Killed in Fresh Gunmen Attack on Police Station In Ebonyi
Armed men in the early hours of Sunday attacked a police division in Ebonyi, killing one mobile police officer, an official has said. The gunmen were, however, repelled by the police officers who suceeded in killing one of the attackers, the Ebonyi police spokesperson, Loveth Odah, said in a ...
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