DHQ to invite CAN chairman accusing military of aiding killings
The Defence Headquarters has said it would request to meet with the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Rev Timothy Daluk, over his recent comment against the military. Daluk had accused the Nigerian…
Court remands Fubara’s loyalists over Rivers Assembly explosion
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday remanded some loyalists of the River State governor for their alleged involvement in the explosion that rocked and razed the Rivers State Assembly complex. An explosion had rocked the complex of…
Senate will summon Wike over kidnapping epidemic – Kingibe
The Senator Representing the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, said the Senate will summon the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, over the rising rate of insecurity in Abuja. There has been an increase in cases of abduction in Abuja lately….
Benin-Ore Expressway kidnappers freed my father after N3m ransom –Son
A man, Akeem Kareem, has regained freedom after spending about three days in the den of kidnappers who abducted him along the Benin-Ore Expressway last Wednesday. Sunday Special had reported that Kareem’s son, Sefiu, cried out over the abduction of…
Edo Guber: With me, it won’t be business as usual — Shaibu
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has said the state must not be allowed to return to the era of godfatherism. He said he would not be deterred by the gang-up and intimidation currently being carried out against…
Missing Ogun banker found in Niger
A staff member of a Microfinance bank at Kemta Oloko, Abeokuta, Mr Olumide Openaike, who has been missing since Wednesday, January 17, has been found in Mokwa, Niger State. The wife of the banker, who also works at a microfinance…
Wike resolves dispute between Area Councils and NUT, NULGE
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has resolved the protracted disputes between the six Area Councils and the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT). Wike also disclosed that the dispute between the councils and the Nigeria…
Supreme Court upholds election of Kefas Taraba
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed Agbu Kefas of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the valid winner of the governorship election that held in Taraba State on March 18, 2023. The apex court, in its lead judgement that was…
Supreme Court upholds Fubara’s election
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed an appeal by the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Rivers State governorship election, Tonye Cole. Cole asked the apex court to sack Siminalayi Fubara as governor of the state. He alleged that the…
Police arrest another kidnapper in Abuja
The FCT Police Command said on Wednesday it had arrested another suspected kidnapper as its Special Intervention Squad takes more steps to protect residents. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Haruna Garba, made…