BREAKING: Inmates Escape As Severe Flood Takes Over Prison Due to severe flooding in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Tuesday, a prison break has occurred at the Custodial facility in the city, and unconfirmed number of inmates have escaped from the correctional centre. A raging flooding has caused extensive damage to the prison facility. Rising waters have breached security barriers and weakened structural supports, allowing inmates to break free from their confinement. Authorities have confirmed that the escapees were considered highly dangerous and may be armed, heightening the threat to public safety in the State already facing insurgency. However,…
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Hairstylist Theft Sewing Machine, Motor Spare Parts A hairstylist, Sadiq Oyedokun and two others, Busari Ayomide and Ayomiposi Ojoko, were on Monday arraigned at a magistrates’ court in Akure, Ondo capital, for allegedly stealing a sewing machine and motor spare parts. Debbie Msonter-Shagba, the prosecutor, told the court that the defendants committed the crime on August 19, 2024, in Akure. Ms Msonter-Shagba explained that the trio were arrested by the men of Osun State Security Network Corp, codenamed Amotekun, and brought back to Ondo State. She said the stolen machine, valued at N100,000, belonged to one Pastor Olawole, while the…
Tinubu’s Minister Knows Bandits’ Kingpin, Turji’s Whereabouts, His N20m Bounty Is A Joke – Islamic Cleric Exposes Top Secret Murtala Bello Asada, A Sokoto-based prominent Islamic preacher, has mocked the Nigerian Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mutawalle, describing his N20million bounty as a joke. The minister had shortly after relocating to Sokoto State on the directives of President Bola Tinubu on September 1, announced a N20 million bounty on notorious bandits kingpin, Bello Turji. In a viral video posted by a counter insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad basin, Zagazola Makama on his X on Sunday,…
BREAKING: Terrorists Storm Hospital, Abduct Nurses, Patients Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits in their large numbers have kidnapped two nurses and an unspecified number of patients from the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, eastern part of Birnin-Gwari LGA of Kaduna State. The hoodlums were said to have targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, at 9:00 am on Monday. However, upon finding the school empty, they stormed the closest health centre. According to Musa Alhassan, a leader of a local vigilante group in the area, the bandits, who were seeking to abduct students, instead took two female nurses and…
BREAKING: Peter Obi Appoints New Spokesman The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last year’s election, Peter Obi, has appointed Ibrahim Umar as the new spokesman of the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR). The immediate past spokesman of the POMR, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, made this known in a statement on Sunday. This follows Tanko’s appointment as the interim National Coordinator of the Obedient Movement. “A computer media analyst Graduate of Bayero University Kano (BUK), he (Umar) is from Wase Plateau State; member of Obi-Datti Media Group and young strong Obidient member from North Central,” Tanko said. Speaking on…
PDP Attacks Kwankwaso Over ‘Dead’ Comment The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sharply criticized Rabiu Kwankwaso, the national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), for his recent assertion that the PDP is “dead.” Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, made the claim during an interview where he also expressed confidence in his own presidential ambitions. Kwankwaso stated, “I wish to remind you that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is already dead, because we were in the party, since they have gone out of the line, we decided to check out.” In response, PDP National Publicity Secretary Debo…
Wike Have No Oxygen – Ekpenyong Blasts FCT Minister Chris Ekpenyong, A former Akwa Ibom North West senatorial district senator, has said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, does not have the oxygen to destabilise the Peoples Democratic Party. Ekpenyong said Wike is just taking advantage of the deviation from the vision and mission of the party’s founding fathers, adding that such deviation has given governors of the party power to become taller than the party itself. The former lawmaker stated this while reacting to Wike’s threat in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Uyo,…
Real Reason Jonathan, Buhari’s Government Far Better Than Tinubu’s Regime; NLC The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari administrations were far better in terms of governance and economic management than the present government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The disclosure was made in an exclusive interview with Daily Trust on Friday by NLC Spokesperson Benson Upah. The labour body praised former President Buhari for his accommodating nature and efforts to ensure stability and good living conditions for Nigerians. Upah condemned the removal of fuel subsidy by the Tinubu government, stating that the president failed to…
EXCLUSIVE: Real Reason Ajuri Ngelale Resigned As Tinubu’s Aide Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Bola Tinubu, has announced his decision to step down from his role, citing urgent family health issues. Ngelale, who hails from Rivers State, also served as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen. In a statement released on Saturday, Ngelale explained that his decision to take an indefinite leave of absence was motivated by the need to address pressing medical matters affecting his immediate family. The statement read: “On Friday, I…
FLASHBACK: When Tinubu Said Fuel Price Could Hit N2,000 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has shed light on its conversation with President Bola Tinubu during which he reportedly suggested that the price of petrol could rise to N2,000 per litre. In an interview with Daily Trust, Benson Upah, the NLC spokesperson, disclosed that Tinubu made the statement during negotiations for a new minimum wage. According to Upah, the president warned that if the organised labour insisted on a N250,000 minimum wage, the price of fuel could soar to N1,500 or N2,000 per litre. He said the remark prompted one of…