Niger Regime Chief Talks ‘Security Cooperation’ With Putin
The head of Niger’s military regime General Abdourahamane Tiani spoke on Tuesday by telephone to Russian President Vladimir Putin about “strengthening security cooperation”, according to an official communique. The two countries had already agreed in January to strengthen military ties…
Gov Yusuf Nominates Kwankwaso’s Son As Commissioner
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has forwarded a list of fresh commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly for confirmation. Among the nominees is Mustapha Rabi’u Kwankwaso, son of ex-Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, alongside three others. The Speaker…
Ondo APC Governorship Aspirant Paul Akintelure Is Dead
An All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the Ondo governorship election Paul Akintelure is dead. The spokesperson of the APC in Ondo State Alex Kalejaye confirmed the incident in a telephone conversation with Channels Television early Tuesday. While the cause…
Solo London To Lagos Driver Pelumi Nubi Involved In Auto Crash
Pelumi Nubi, the content creator who embarked on a solo road trip from London to Lagos, has survived a car accident. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, she shared a picture of her now-wrecked car, revealing severe damage to the…
Kano High Court Sentences Chinese National To Death For Killing Girlfriend.
The Kano High Court has handed down a death sentence by hanging to a 47-year-old Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, for the murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, aged 22. The tragic incident occurred on September 16, 2022, at Janbulo…
DSS Arrests Four Kidnap Suspects In Akwa Ibom
The Department of State Services (DSS), Akwa Ibom State Command, said it has apprehended four suspects involved in kidnapping innocent victims and terrorizing the state. A statement by the command, on Friday, noted that the suspects were behind the abduction…
Several Killed’ As NAF Hits Terrorists’ Hideouts Near Lake Chad
Several terrorists of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram sects were killed on Sunday when the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) bombed their hideouts in the Tumbuns near Lake Chad. The air strikes by NAF aircraft under…
Taking Iyorchia Ayu To Court Necessary To Sanitise PDP — Comrade Utaan
The Benue-born politician said the older leaders of the party have become docile and that only someone like him with new energy could revive the party. A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Comrade Utaan, says a new person…
Omehia Not A Former Governor, Court Rules
Justice Kip of the High Court of the Rivers division on Tuesday ruled that Celestine Omehia is not a former governor of the state and thus not entitled to pension in that stead. He also ruled that the defendants cannot…
CBN Raises Interest Rate To 24.75 Percent
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hiked the benchmark interest rate by 200 basis points to 24.75 percent. This is according to a Tuesday communique by the CBN governor Yemi Cardoso after the…