BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu Demands Transfer To Prison, Gives Reasons Nnamdi Kanu, the arrested leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has asked the Federal High Court to transfer him to Kuje prison. He claimed that the Department of State Services did not have a medical facility to treat him and that there was a conspiracy to kill him while in DSS custody. He said, “People will come to see me they will not allow them. They don’t have a medical facility. I have congestive heart failure. They are patching me up. “My foot is swollen. I asked them to conduct…
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Drunk NAF Officers Brutalise Motorist With Cutlass The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has stated that it would investigate some of its officers who alleged assaulted a bolt driver, identified as Mr. Ojevwe Chris at Osubi town in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta state, southern Nigeria. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigeria Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet confirmed this to SaharaReporters on Monday. Ojevwe had narrated how some unidentified serving NAF officers flogged him with a cutlass until he passed out. The incident happened on Sunday, March 17, 2024. The victim told SaharaReporters that two officers…
BREAKING: Nigerian Army Personnel Turns ‘Peace Meeting’ In Delta Community To Heavy Shooting, Kill Dozens Of Residents Including Children Residents of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, have disclosed what caused the shooting when some Nigerian Army officers visited their community for a “peace discussion.” According to residents, the slain military personnel arrived in two gunboats on Thursday, March 14, purportedly for peace talks with the community chairman and leaders, and the community greeted them warmly and offered them kola nuts, resulting in a peaceful dialogue. The residents added that the tension in the community escalated…
Sheikh Gumi Finally Exposes Bandits’ Hideouts, Sponsors Controversial Islamic scholar, Ahmad Gumi, has disclosed that security agents know the hideouts of bandits. Gumi said security agents who accompanied him during negotiations knew the hideouts of the bandits in the Northern part of the country. Speaking with Nigeria Info FM, on security agencies not knowing the hideout of bandits, the cleric said: “I don’t think they (security agents) are truthful with you. When I go, I go with them; I don’t go alone.” On the identities of the bandits, Gumi said they are mainly herdsmen, who are largely Nigerians with few…
After Soldiers Invade Bayelsa Community Many Bodies Recovered Eleven bodies have been recovered in Igbomotoru, a community in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State. This followed yesterday’s invasion of the area by soldiers onboard five gunboats, who razed three houses suspected to be the hideout of a militant leader allegedly involved in the killing of military men on rescue mission in Delta State. A community source said they have recovered eleven corpses while many others are unaccounted as of the time of filing this report last night. He said the troops stormed the community, shooting sporadically on residents…
BREAKING : Former PDP Chairman Arrested Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Former PDP Chairman Arrested On Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) re-arraigned Haliru Bello Mohammed, a former acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for his alleged role in the diversion of funds intended for arms procurement during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Mr Mohammed, whose trial began in January 2016 at the Federal High Court in Abuja, was re-arraigned on Monday, eight years later, to continue the case from the beginning. He was re-arraigned alongside his company, Bam Projects and Properties…
Labour Party Crisis Deepens As Party Threatens Reps Caucus With Disciplinary Action The crisis of confidence rocking the Labour Party (LP) deepened on Monday, as the national leadership of the party threatened to exert disciplinary actions on any member of the LP caucus in the National Assembly who fails to respect party supremacy. It accused members of the House of Representatives caucus of the party of “failing to be true ambassadors of the people.” The party was reacting through a statement that quoted the LP caucus leader in the House, Honourable Afam Ogene to the effect that it is unconventional…
Wike Lobbies for Power to Spend Security Votes Like Others The Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has asked the House of Representatives to grant him the power to arbitrarily spend funds under the controversial “security vote” scheme. Mr Wike, while appearing before the House Committee on FCT on Monday to defend the N1.1 trillion budget of his ministry, said he needs the security vote to tackle the insecurity currently ravaging the Nigerian capital. The security vote is a controversial and corruption-ridden scheme often used by state governors to spend money arbitrarily without any form of transparency. Anti-corruption advocates have long…
CBN Begins Reorganisation With Sack Of Staff There are indications that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sacked at least 5 directors in what seems like the commencement of reorganisation process at the apex bank. The affected officials have already received termination notices since March 15th, 2024 sources close to the bank said. Although details and reasons for the sack of these top officials still appear quite unclear, an online news platform Nairametrics reported that sources within the bank revealed that the directors affected include Trade and Exchange Department, Securities Department, Development Finance Department, as well as Purchasing and…
Wike In Trouble Over Appointment Of PDP Members The Federal Capital Territory chapter of the All Progressives Congress has condemned minister Nyesom Wike for appointing members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers state into positions. The APC chapter expressed its displeasure in a press conference in Abuja on Monday. It slammed the minister for overlooking indigenous people and APC members in the appointments. An FCT APC chieftain, Abdulwahab Ekekhide, accused Mr Wike of “killing the political structure of the APC in FCT due to his lack of regard for the party and its leadership,” adding that he ignored several…