Last week, an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court directed the Department of State Services, DSS, to produce in court on Monday, November 23, 2015, the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. This followed failure of the DSS to produce the accused in court in the past to answer criminal charges levelled…
Black Friday! This year, November 27th has been marked out by most online stores in Nigeria for the mind-blowing annual shopping event. Originally known as an American holiday, the shopping tradition seeped its way into Nigeria a few years ago and has since become one of busiest shopping days of holiday season. Online shops like…
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on Sunday in Maiduguri, Borno State, which claimed the lives of at least seven persons. It was gathered that the bomber, a female believed to be in her 20s, ignited her Improvised explosive Devices (IEDs) along Maiduguri – Mafa road on, which also left many people injured. A…
The remains of former governor of Kogi State, Audu Abubakar will be laid to rest on Monday, November 23, 2015, according to Islamic rites. Abubakar died on Sunday evening shortly after the Kogi State governorship election conducted on Saturday was announced inconclusive. The deceased was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the…
Rivers Progressives Front, RPF, says it has continued to receive credible information that most of the violence and kidnappings bedevilling Rivers State recently are allegedly perpetrated by loyalists of the state governor, Nyesom Wike. The group said these people are those allegedly deployed by the state governor for the rigging the April elections in Rivers…
Channels TV is reporting that candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Saturday, November 21, 2015, Kogi governorship election, Audu Abubakar is dead. Abubakar was said to have breathed his last shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the poll inconclusive. The reputable television station reports that the state government has…
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has been invited for questioning over the increase in crime rate in the country. Arase was directed on Thursday to appear before the Senate to explain why cases of kidnapping and hostage taking has been on the increase lately in Nigeria. The lawmakers want to hear from the…
Almost everyone who uses a smartphone or tablet in Nigeria keeps tabs on their data plans so as to track their data usage. As it is, the wireless network providers in the country ensure consumers pay too much for little, and so tracking acquired data becomes essential. Users aim to control bandwidth speeds to ensure…
As part of its expansion in Africa, Ford Motor Company has commenced the assembling of Ford Ranger range of vehicles in Nigeria this week. The first Ranger to come off the assembly line was built in an existing facility with Ford’s Nigerian partners Coscharis. Ford announced it would produce Ranger trucks in Nigeria in August.…
The Department of State Service, DSS, has been directed to produce the detained Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu in court next week. Kanu has been in the custody of Nigeria’s secret police and was not taken to court when his matter was to be heard. But a Magistrate Court 1 sitting in Abuja ordered…