27-year-old doctor killed in Kaduna train attack
A Twitter user, Steph Adamu, has taken to the micro-blogging site, revealing that Dr. Chinelo Megafu, a young Nigerian medical doctor was killed by terrorists in an attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train on Monday night. Adamu, on Tuesday, disclosed that the young doctor had secured papers to travel abroad to continue her medical practice. She added that the late 27-year-old doctor...
Train attack: COAS orders troops to rescue abducted victims
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has ordered troops of the Nigerian Army to ensure that the kidnapped victims of Kaduna-bound train are rescued unconditionally. The COAS also mandated the troops and other security agencies to hunt down the terrorists and at the same time intensify their search and rescue operations He gave the order on Tuesday when...
Abuja DisCo appoints Fadeyibi MD/CEO, Burkullu is CTO
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) has appointed Mr. Adeoye Fadeyibi as its new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. Fadeyibi, a turn-around manager with over 20 years executive management experience, succeeds Engr. Akinwumi Bada, who served as the company’s Interim Managing Director since last year and is now leaving to pursue other personal business aspirations. Prior to joining AEDC, Fadeyibi was the Managing...
Soun stool: What God, Adeboye told me ― Pastor Olaoye
The Senior Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Jesus House Washington DC Parish, Pastor Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, has revealed what God and the General Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, told him in his quest to become the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Pastor Olaoye had been selected by the Ogbomoso Kingmakers as the next...
2023: Ekiti monarch endorses Lere Olayinka for House of Reps seat
The Owa Ooye of Okemesi Kingdom, Oba Michael Gbadebo Adedeji has assured a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives aspirant in the 2023 National Assembly election, Lere Olayinka, of the community's total support. The monarch made this known while receiving Olayinka and his entourage who had come to intimate him about his desire to run for the coveted seat...
Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, hospitalised
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to hospital for tests on Monday after feeling abdominal "discomfort", his Communications Minister Fabio Faria said. "He is alright," Faria told Reuters, confirming earlier local media reports that the president was taken to the Army Hospital in Brasilia for tests. Faria said the president felt unwell, with abdominal discomfort, and went to the hospital to...
PHOTOS: Troops neutralize Boko Haram terrorists in Borno
The Nigerian Army has said that the troops of Operation Desert Sanity, on Tuesday, neutralized several Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province Terrorists (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno State. The army said the troops neutralized the terrorists who attempted to strike in Wulgo and Marte axis in Borno State. The Nigerian Army made the disclosure via a tweet on its...
Russia-Ukraine war: Latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine war: - Irpin recaptured - Ukrainian forces have "liberated" the Kyiv suburb of Irpin, the country's interior minister says in televised remarks. But fighting appeared to be continuing around the area, with AFP journalists hearing around 20 shell explosions in quick succession by the road leading into Irpin. Elsewhere, Ukrainian soldiers finish clearing Russian troops...
[VIDEO] Wike slips: I want to become Nigeria’s problem
In what appears to be a slip of the tongue, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that he wants to become Nigeria’s problem. Wike, who recently declared his intention to vie for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general election, said this on Channels TV programme, Politics Today, on Monday night. The governor,...
Court frees Jonathan’s ex-minister of N715m fraud charge
Former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs in the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Kabiru Turaki (SAN), has been discharged and acquitted of N715 million money laundering charge. Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, in a ruling on the no-case submission filed by the defence, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had failed to link Turaki...
