7 NDLEA officers injured during arrest of drug kingpin
No fewer than seven officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been injured during an attempt to arrest a notorious drug dealer, identified as Micha Godwin, in Taraba State. One of the NDLEA vehicles was also damaged during the attempt to arrest the suspect at Nukai market, along Jalingo-Wukari road in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. However, despite...
APC: N’Central gets National Chair, S’West clinches Secretary
The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the zoning of the National Chairman of the party to the North-Central. The South-West clinched the National Secretary of the party. It will also produce the National Youth Leader of the ruling party. The CECPC approved the zoning formula as recommended by the Committee on Zoning at...
Oluwo marries Kano princess March 19
The Oluwo of Iwo in Osun State, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has announced that his wedding to a Kano princess, Firdaus Abdullahi, will hold on March 19, 2022. In an invite made available to newsmen, Oluwo stated that the wedding will hold place at the residence of the Madakin Kano in Kano. It was further indicated that the Kano princess will hold...
Political thuggery: DSS arrests two Kano LG chairmen, gov’s aide
Two local government chairmen of Gwarzo and Kano Municipal, Bashir Abdullahi Kutama and Faizu Alfindiki respectively, have been arrested for alleged involvement in political thuggery. The operatives of the Department of State Sercives (DSS) arrested the LG chairmen for allegedly using political thugs to cause mayhem in the state. Chairman of Gwale Local Government Area, Khalid Ishaq Diso, was placed on...
FULL LIST: APC CECPC approves zoning formula for convention
The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the recommendations of the Committee on Zoning. Officially, it has zoned the National Chairman to the North-Central while the South-East and North-East will produce the two Deputy National Chairmen. The South-West will produce the National Secretary of the party. The CECPC approved the zoning formula at its regular...
Court fixes March 23 to hear FG’s request to extradite Abba Kyari
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed March 23, 2022, as the date to hear an application by the Federal Government seeking the suspended DCP Abba Kyari’s extradition to the United States. The request for his extradition was made by the Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) of the United States over the $1.1 million Internet fraud perpetrated by...
Senate rejects Buhari’s new Electoral Act Amendment Bill
The Senate on Wednesday rejected President Muhammdu Buhari’s Bill seeking to amend the recently passed Electoral Act, 2022. The Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act 2022 and for related matters, 2022,” was rejected overwhelmingly by senators at second reading. The bill had successfully passed the first reading. But it was thrown out on Wednesday. Senators spoke against...
Judge committed error with Governor Umahi’s sack ― APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as “travesty of justice” the sack of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi and his deputy, Dr. Eric Kelechi Igwe, by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The APC said the presiding judge committed a glaring judicial error by sacking a duly elected and sworn-in governor and his deputy without relying on or citing...
Defection: Umahi, deputy appeal sack verdict, say lower court erred
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi on Wednesday approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja challenging the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja of that sacked him and his deputy, Dr. Eric Kelechi from office. The Federal High Court in Abuja had on Tuesday sacked Umahi, Kelechi and some lawmakers for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the...
Former Super Eagles player, Justice Christopher, is dead
A former Super Eagles midfielder, Justice Christopher, is dead. Christopher was said to have died on Wednesday after he slumped in his hotel in Gwolshe, Jos, Plateau State. He died at the age of 40. The former Super Eagles player, who was seen in the company of his friends on Tuesday, had reportedly been battling high blood pressure. It was, however, gathered that...
