After Daniel Bwala’s Appointment Tinubu Restructures Presidential Media Team President Bola Tinubu has re-designated the positions of two recently appointed officials in the State House media and communications team to enhance efficiency within the government’s communication machinery. The president’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this via a statement. Onanuga said due to the restructuring, Sunday Dare – hitherto Special Adviser on Public Communication and National Orientation is now Special Adviser, Media and Public Communications. Onanuga said Daniel Bwala – who was last week named the Special Adviser, Media and Public Communication, is now Special Adviser Policy…
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IG Begs Nigerians To Stop Reporting Police Misconduct On Social Media, Gives Reason Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has urged Nigerians to refrain from using social media to report the conduct of police officers and instead direct such complaints to the Police Complaints Response Unit. Speaking at the PPROs/Police Communication Experts’ Conference in Asaba, Delta State, on Monday, the IG emphasised that the use of social media to address grievances often leads to misinformation and undermines the integrity of the police force. “We appeal to the public not to resort to social media when reporting the conduct of police…
Yar’Adua, Jonathan Cause Nigeria’s Economic Hardship; Says Tinubu’s Presidency President Bola Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, has blamed Nigeria’s current economic woes on the poor choices of former Peoples Democratic Party’s presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umar Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan. Bayo Onanuga made this assertion via a statement on Monday. According to Onanuga: “The current economic crisis the All Progressives Congress administrations have been battling since 2015 is the product of the poor choices in economic management made by Obasanjo and the two successors from his party. “In a joint vote of no confidence in our tertiary institutions, Obasanjo and…
BREAKING: National Assembly Lawmaker Escapes Death As Gunmen Attack His Convoy A police inspector has been reportedly killed while one other was injured during an attack on the convoy of Ginger Onwusibe, a member of the House of Representatives at Ubakala in the Umuahia South Local Government Area Council in Abia State. It was learnt that the incident happened on Sunday at about 9pm at Ubakala community. Policemen, who were attached to one of the federal lawmakers in the state, were said to be travelling when the gunmen attacked their convoy. However, the lawmaker was not in the convoy at…
Trump Confirms Plan To Carry Out Mass Deportation United States President-elect, Donald Trump, has confirmed his plans to declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations of migrants living in the US without legal permission. This was stated in his response to a social media post from Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton, who said earlier this month there are reports the incoming administration is preparing such a declaration and using “military assets” to deport the migrants, ABC News reports. “TRUE!!!” Trump wrote on X. Trump pledged to get started on mass deportations as soon as he…
Gunmen Ki|| Vigilantes, Burn Vehicle Over Sit-At-Home Order Tragedy struck Anambra State on Monday as gunmen suspected to be enforcing sit-at-home exercise killed three members of the Community Vigilante Services (AVS) and set their vehicle ablaze. It was gathered that the incident occurred at Ukpo Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state. Seven others were injured during the attack. The attackers also stormed Abatete community in Idemili North, resulting in one reported death. However, one man suspected to be the President General of Ukpo town and a vigilante narrowly escaped death. They, however, sustained varying degrees of bullet wounds. Eyewitnesses…
Shockiπg: Mother-in-Law Ki||s, Dismemb£rs 7-Month Pregnant Woman Over Alleged Witchcraft Zara Bibi, a woman who was seven months pregnant, was brutally murdered and dismembered in Daska, Pakistan. Her mother-in-law, Sughran Bibi, confessed to the crime, claiming Zara had used “witchcraft” to seduce her son. Senior police officer Omar Farooq stated: “In her confessional statement, Sughran Bibi said that she suspected Zara of allegedly practising ‘witchcraft.’” Besides, her son Qadir had started sending money directly to Zara in her bank instead of to his mother, Mail Online reports. “The four suspects smothered Zara with a pillow while she was asleep. After…
EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Court Continues Trial Of Minors For Alleged Treason, Participating In #EndBadGovernance Protests A Maiduguri High Court in Borno State on Monday continued the trial of 19 suspects including three minors arrested since August for allegedly participating in the peaceful #EndBadGovernance protests. The suspects were arranged by the Nigeria Police Force for treason over their involvement in public demonstrations against hunger and economic hardship in the country. In a post shared on X, NewsCentral TV shared pictures of lawyers appearing before the court for the continuation of the trial. According to the report, the proceedings resumed on Monday at…
Chadian Soldier Arrested Among Dozens Of Security Personnel Expresses Allegiance To Boko Haram, Jihadist Ideals Chadian authorities have taken swift action against security personnel accused of collaborating with Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) factions to facilitate attacks on defensive sites in Baggara, Lac Province. This move is part of Operation Haskinate, a crackdown on those undermining national security. The evidence against the accused personnel came to light through a series of interrogation videos received on November 15, 2024, according to a report by a counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad area, Zagazola Makama. Chad has faced challenges from Islamist…
WATCH: Man Marries Three Sisters In One Day The 32-year-old Groom, who lives in Karen, in South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, married the three identical triplets, Natalie, Nadege, and Natasha, in Congo as reported by Afrimax English. It is not common to see a man marry triplets and on the same day.’ However, you would often hear or see a twin marry a twin sister, as was the case of a Nigerian, Muhammed Alfa, who married twin sisters Adama and Aisha Mallama on the same day in Bida, Niger State, in December 2021. In Mr Luwizo’s case,…