Borno IDP camp fire: Minister distributes food to victims
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has directed the immediate delivery of food and non-food items to victims of the fire outbreak in the Muna El-Badawy Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri, Borno State. The minister, who expressed sadness at the incident which rendered over 3000 households homeless, said: “On behalf of...
Army airstrike mistakenly kills seven children in Niger
An airstrike by the Nigerian Army targeting ‘bandits’ has killed seven children and wounded five others by mistake in Niger, a local governor told AFP on Sunday. “There was a mistake with the Nigerian strikes on the border that resulted in victims on our territory in the village of Nachade. “The victims are 12 children, seven of them dead and five...
NDLEA intercepts counterfeit $4.7m cash, moves suspect to EFCC
Plans by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing into circulation counterfeit $4.7 million cash have been foiled. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) bursted the plans in the early hours of Friday, 18th February when it intercepted a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at Abaji area of the...
95-year-old Queen Elizabeth tests positive for COVID-19
Britain’s 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID-19 and has “mild cold-like symptoms”, Buckingham Palace has said. The Palace, in a statement on Sunday, said the 95-year-old British monarch will continue to perform light duties at Windsor over the coming week. "She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines," it added. The Queen, 95,...
Oyetola secures 222,169 votes, wins APC guber ticket
The governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship pimary election held on Saturday, February 19, 2022. The chairman of the primary election committee and the governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, declared Oyetola the winner of the primary election in the early hours of Sunday at the APC Secretariat in Osogbo, the...
Aregbesola: We’ll challenge Oyetola’s victory by all means
The immediate past governor of Osun State and Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has vowed to challenge the outcome of the Saturday All Progressives Congress governorship primary election in the state by all means. Aregbesola, however, urged his supporters to remain calm after they alleged that the exercise was full of irregularities to favour the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola. The minister,...
Nigeria needs more rebels to move forward – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria "needs more rebels" who would speak the truth to power not minding whose ox is gored. This, he said, remains one of the greatest steps towards rebuilding Nigeria. He spoke on Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while unveiling the autobiography of the Babanla Adinni of Egbaland, Chief Tayo Sowunmi, titled "Footprints Of A Rebel." The...
Osun APC Primaries: Aregbesola’s loyalists allege irregularities
The loyalists of the former governor of Osun State and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, have alleged that the Saturday governorship primary election of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state was full of irregularities. Speaking to newsmen at his Ward 004, Isale-Oba in Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State, the factional chairman of the party, loyal to...
Osun APC primaries: Aregbesola loses ward to Oyetola
The former governor of Osun State and Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has lost his Ward 8, Ifofin in the Ilesha East Local Government Area of the state to the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola, at the ongoing governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It was gathered that Oyetola had 309 votes, while Moshood Adeoti, who is...
ACF to security agents: Act fast to save Nigerians
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on Abia State Government and security agencies to be proactive to save innocent citizens before they are killed by assailants. The ACF made this known in reaction to the attack on the newly constructed Abia cattle market in Abia State. Recall that gunmen had on Tuesday attacked the Abia cattle market in Omumauzor in...
