The son of Osama bin Laden has been killed in a US counter-terrorism operation, President Donald Trump has confirmed. A statement from the White House said: “Hamza bin Laden, the high-ranking al Qaeda member and son of Osama bin Laden, was killed in a United States counter-terrorism operation in theContinue Reading
The body of another strangled woman has been found in a hotel in Rivers State by the police. In recent time, there have been killings of women in Rivers by suspected rapists. This time, the body of the strangled woman was found at the LA Steph Hotel in Omoku, theContinue Reading
The Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal led by Justice Yusuf Halilu in its ruling on the preliminary objections strikes out Hon. Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade application seeking disqualification of Governor Dapo Abiodun on grounds of submitting false academic qualification. The Tribunal ruled that the issue of information about academic qualificationContinue Reading
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Thursday, called on the leadership of the military to deploy more women soldiers for internal security operations, adding that the impact of the female gender must be adequately unleashed in tackling the insecurity facing the country. Mrs Buhari noted that NigeriaContinue Reading
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has revealed details of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s meeting with the European Union Parliament during its briefing session in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday. Dailypost reported that Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday took his agitation for the actualization of a Sovereign State called Biafra to theContinue Reading
The Cross River Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar has affirmed the victory of Ben Ayade of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ayade described the tribunal judgement as a mere reaffirmation of his resounding victory at the March 9, 2019 governorship poll. The governor, who spoke through his SpecialContinue Reading
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, to apologise to Nigerians for “willfully distracting” the President Muhammadu Buhari administration with an election petition. This was contained in a statement Mohammed issued on Thursday. TheContinue Reading
The Rivers State Governor, Nyeson Wike, has declared that he has all it takes to fight his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to a standstill. This is as the Governor described the panel set up by the party to resolve the Minority leadership crisis in the House of RepresentativesContinue Reading
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday cleared a former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke of his N537,334,360.77 debt to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). This followed the payment of N350 million as final settlement to the Federal Government agency. The court discharged its August 21 interimContinue Reading
A Former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Timi Alaibe has dismissed reports that he defected to the Alliance for Democracy (AD) following his failure to clinch the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alaibe said he remains a loyal member of PDP despite being bombardedContinue Reading
