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The Nigeria Police Force has disclosed that the armed gang behind the brutal attack that led to the death of ARISE News anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, obtained their weapons from a supplier based in the Niger Republic. In a statement issued on Friday, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed that […]
Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has defended the former Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Uche Nnaji, over the certificate forgery scandal that led to his resignation. According to Kalu, Nnaji is not the first person to face such controversy, adding that even in the United States Congress, there are individuals whose university
A former General Secretary of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Yunusa Nmadu, has corroborated claims by US senators that Christians in Nigeria are facing a systematic genocide. Speaking at a book launch in his honour at Kaduna State University on Thursday, Nmadu said, “There are many killings affecting Christian communities in Nigeria. Whether
Despite persistent reports of daily attacks, killings, and kidnappings across several communities in Kwara North, the Senator representing the district, Sadiq Suleiman Umar, on Wednesday downplayed the worsening insecurity, claiming that the bandits terrorising his area had relocated to Kwara South. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, Senator Sadiq expressed sympathy for residents of
The House of Representatives Committee on Freedom of Information has indicted the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau (FUGUS), Zamfara State, Prof. Mu’azu Abubakar Gusau, for violating the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011. According to the committee under the chairmanship of Hon. Saidu Yusuf Miga, the university under the leadership
The appointment of Joash Amupitan as Nigeria’s new INEC Chairman has deepened the growing rift between the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, further exposing the fragile alliance at the heart of the administration. According to insider accounts, the disagreement has become so severe that Wike boycotted the Council of
A civil activist and philanthropist, Princess Olatorera Majekodunmi-Oniru has urged Nigerians to embrace national unity and peaceful activism in advocating for justice for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu, ahead of the October 20 remembrance of the #EndSARS massacre. In a statement released on Thursday, Princess Olatorera decried the continued adjournment of
Retired Nigerian police officers on Thursday again stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja, blocking all entrances and exits as they continued their protest over what they described as years of neglect, injustice, and poor welfare conditions. The aggrieved ex-officers, who gathered in large numbers, vowed that no lawmaker or staff member of the National
