5 more hostages who were taken on March 28 aboard an Abuja-Kaduna train have been released by terrorists. While The security agencies and the Federal Government are yet to confirm the development, a member of the negotiating team, Tukur Mamu, said the victims were released today. Mamu who said he played a prominent role in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has paid his condolences to those who lost their loved ones in the recent barbaric terrorist attacks in Sokoto, Kaduna and Plateau States, ordering the nation’s security chiefs to end the carnage. The President, Tuesday, in a statement by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, reviewed the situation following reports on the loss of…
The Presiding Judge, Port Harcourt Judicial division of the National Industrial Court has nullified the purported dismissal of Dr. Dirialakeibama Stephens from service and ordered the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission to immediately reinstate the Claimant to his position as a Chief Magistrate Grade I in Rivers State High Court with payment of all his…
Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, yesterday, revealed that majority of senators elected on the platform of the All Progressive Party (APC) were in support of the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over failure to tackle security challenges. The Bauchi lawmaker in an interview on national television, said the decision to serve impeachment notice on the president was…
An American drone strike killed Ayman al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks who took over as the leader of Al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden’s death, at an urban safe house in Afghanistan, President Biden announced on Monday night. The early-morning strike in the heart of downtown Kabul over the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it recorded 10.4 million fresh registration in the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) before it suspension on July 31. INEC said this in its CVR Update for Quarter 4, week 16, released on Monday, Aug. 1 in Abuja. The commission also said that during the period, 12.2 million…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has once again extended its ongoing strike by another four weeks after its roll-over strike expired on July 31, 2022. ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed the union’s decision on Monday in a press statement titled, “Review Of The Roll-over Strike.” He said the National Executive Council (NEC)…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given President Muhammadu Buhari 48 hours to withdraw proposed sanction against BBC and Daily Trust over their documentaries on terrorism in the country. It urged President Buhari to urgently instruct Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, to withdraw the threat to sanction BBC and Daily Trust….
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and other governors of the party have resolved to remain in the party, work for its success in 2023 and resolve whatever crisis they have internally. This follows a closed door emergency meeting held at the Rivers State governors lodge in Abuja on Sunday. The agenda of the meeting…
In one of the major fallouts from the recently-concluded elections into the next Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), members the Association’s first-ever National Elections Appeals Committee have announced their intention to jointly resign their positions. In a letter addressed to the President of the NBA, Olumide Akpata and made available to Lawyard,…