The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has called on all northern appointees to either support President Bola Tinubu or step down from their positions. Matawalle’s call came after Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who formerly served as the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum and currently holds the position of Special Adviser on Political Matters…
The Oyo State Government, on Monday, described Saturday’s invasion of the State Secretariat in Ibadan, the state capital, by self-acclaimed Yoruba Nation agitators as an act of terrorism. The state Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, who spoke with journalists in Ibadan on Monday, condemned the act, adding that there are better ways of agitation other…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria said it has fully restored the national electricity grid which collapsed in the early hours of Monday. This was announced by the TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement Monday afternoon. Earlier, the grid collapsed from 2,583.77MW at 2 am on Monday to 64.7MW around 3 am. This makes…
The Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission, on Monday, presented certificates of return to the chairmen and vice chairmen-elect of the eight local government councils of the state. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party won all eight chairmanship seats and all the councillorship positions in the 105 wards in the LG election the commission conducted on April…
A US-based Nigerian bodybuilder, Michael Chidozie, 26, has died 18 days after he was shot multiple times by his wife, Keaiirra Shavoiyae, in the middle of an argument on March 21. Chidozie lingered on life support, but he suffered a devastating spinal injury and died of complications on April 8, Daily Mail reports. Chidozie was…
Troops of the Nigerian Army, in separate operations, have arrested a gunrunning syndicate and foiled a kidnap attempt in Taraba and Benue states respectively. The Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The statement partly read, “In Taraba State, troops, in collaboration with vigilantes, acted on actionable…
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc has notified South-East residents of a total system collapse which occurred at its transmission station at about 2:41 am on Monday. The EEDC said the situation has resulted in the loss of supply to all its interface TCN stations and consequently, it is unable to provide service to its…
A 55-year-old lecturer at the Federal College of Education (Special), in Oyo State, Alabi Ogundeji, who is one of the arrested Yoruba Nation agitators who invaded the Oyo State Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly on Monday declared that he doesn’t regret his action. Corroborating his view, a 29-year-old phone repairer, Ademola Adeniyi,…
Fayemi, has hailed the departed former Abia State governor and Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, saying his footprints on the annals of democracy in Nigeria will forever remain indelible. In a statement issued by the head of his media office, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, on Friday, Fayemi, who expressed rude shock at…
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said every effort at achieving development in any society will come to waste if the health of the people is not adequately factored into it. The governor stated this, according to a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chulwudi, while he received a delegation of the…
Channels Television’s reporter, Joshua Rogers, who was kidnapped near his residence at Rumuosi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Thursday, has regained his freedom. He was said to have been released around 10pm on Friday. One of his colleagues with Channels TV in Port Harcourt, Charles Oporum, confirmed his release to our correspondent on…
The Nigerian Army is planning to review its counter-terrorism and insurgency operations across the country. This is to enable the service to make important decisions that will significantly improve the efficiency of the Nigerian Army. The review, according to a statement on Friday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu will be…