Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped a former member of House of Representatives, Chiyere Igwe. The former lawmaker was abducted on Wednesday at the Eagle Island in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Victor Ihunwo, member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, informed newsmen in Port Harcourt that two other persons were abducted along with…
President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima, has been appointed into the board of National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC, by President Goodluck Jonathan. Her appointment was confirmed on Wednesday to our reporter. Ibinabo was called into the board as member and was inaguarated on Wednesday in Abuja at a brief…
Following the incessant attacks by members of Boko Haram terrorist group, France, the United Kingdom and the European Union habe all pledged to assist Nigeria in putting an end to their activities in the north eastern part of the country. The French President, Francois Hollande, on Thursday, promised that his country would do everything possible…
Two judges have been sacked by the National Judicial Council, NJC, for gross misconduct, while three others were cautioned. The decision to discipline the judges was reached after the apex disciplinary body for the Nigerian judiciary met in Abuja. Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, precided over the meeting. Justice Gladys K.…
An aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, ‘Pastor’ Reno Omokri, has been accused of forging documents and circulating it to the media in order to implicate the recently suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, in the recent Boko Haram onslaught in Yobe State, in which over 45 students died. On…
Barely 48hours after insurgents unleashed terror on a school in Yobe State, killing scores of students, the group has again invaded three villages in Adamawa State. It was gathered that sporadic gunshots were heard in three communities in the state on Wednesday night while residents of the villages ran to safety. The gunmen, suspected to…
Ten suspects have been apprehended by the police in connection with the torture, murder and sodomy of three females accused of stealing pepper in a market in Ejigbo area of Lagos State. They were paraded before newsmen on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, in Lagos. Addressing the media on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Frank…
Suspected terrorists believed to be members of the Boko Haram group, on Tuesday, killed about 45 persons in Yobe State. The attack came barely 48 hours after the convoy of Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, was attacked by some insurgents near Maiduguri. The invaders stormed Federal Government Girls College in Buni Yadi, the headquarters of…
Pastor (Mrs.) Blessing Agboli has declared that she hates poverty and seeing people in pains, and attributes lack of love amongst Nigerians especially in the Christendom as the major cause of these problems. In an interview recently, Pastor Agboli, who is the wife of the General Overseer, Victorious Army Ministries based in Lagos, said a…
Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Samuel Adesina, has passed on. Adesina died on Tuesday after a protracted illness. A statement released on Tuesday by the state government revealed that the deceased died after battling with cancer of the urinary bladder. “The untimely death of the Speaker occurred in the early hours of…