Boko Haram Arms Supplier Escapes From Military Prison, Leaves With AK-47 Rifle, Hand Grenades A Boko Haram arms supplier and detained Nigerian soldier, Abba Gesh, has escaped from the Joint Investigation Centre (JIC), a military prison located at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. It was learnt that the prison, over the decade, has been known for detaining hundreds of suspected and confirmed Boko Haram terrorists arrested during the ongoing insurgency in the Northern part of the country. Though it could not establish when Gesh escaped from the facility, security sources revealed he was last sighted on November…
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Certificates Are Useless, Even Our Leaders Don’t Have It – Another Nigerian Graduate Burnt University, Other Degrees Nigerian graduate and Edo State indigene, Alvin Ilenre, who recently trended on the internet for burning his degree certificate and other credentials, has said that he burnt his credentials because they are useless to him. Ilenre in an interview wondered that many of them (politicians) in power did not have academic results and are able to manouevre their way into governance. In a recent viral video, Ilenre was seen in a video burning some documents he confirmed to be his degree certificate and…
I’ve Dated Many Men But None Of Them Married Me – Tolanibaj Cries Out, Reveals Names Big Brother Naija reality star and disc jockey, Tolanibaj has lamented that all the men she had dated in the past ended up not marrying her. She said she has dated seven and thought every one of them was her future husband but they always left her. Speaking in the latest episode of the Bahd And Boujee Podcast co-hosted by her and actress Moet Abebe, she said she has come to the conclusion that what is now left in the dating pool is “remnants,”…
Tinubu Deploy 100 Electric Buses President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is taking a significant step towards a sustainable and eco-friendly future by introducing a pioneering initiative to deploy a fleet of 100 electric buses. The President spoke at a high-level meeting with stakeholders and investors on the Nigeria Carbon Market and Electric Buses Rollout Programme on Saturday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on the margins of the COP28 climate summit. A statement signed by Ajuri Ngelale – Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said Tinubu explained that the strategic initiative is aimed at significantly reducing Nigeria’s carbon…
Tension As Keke Rider Escapes With School Children Four school children of the same parents have been declared missing in Umuahia after a Keke rider, contracted to take them to school, took them to an unknown destination. The kids whose names were given as Mmesoma, Testimony, Godswill and Chinwotito, are the children of one Mr Chimobi Agah, a resident of Umuagu, Umuahia. Confirming the development to DAILY POST in Umuahia, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Abia State Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, said the incident was reported at the Ohuhu Police Station on November 28, 2023. The police…
BREAKING: Fire Burn Down Head Of Service Building There was a fire outbreak at the Head of Service office in the federal secretariat, Abuja, on Saturday. Thick smoke billowed into the sky as a tower in the Head of Service complex was engulfed by fire. The cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained. However, members of the Federal Fire Service were at the scene working to extinguish the fire. The block affected by the fire outbreak was identified as Block C in the Head of Service complex. However, the person who identified the block for The Gazette…
Nigerian Policeman On The Run After Shooting Dead Schoolgirl Adeleye Eniola, a senior secondary school student of Mayigi Community High School, Ilashe in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been allegedly shot dead by a police officer, popularly known by the alias “Freedom.” It was learnt that the police officer who is attached to the Ilaro Area Command was said to have shot dead the schoolgirl and injured others who were around the area, while chasing a commercial motorcyclist. Meanwhile, the youths of the community under the aegis of Ipokia Local Government Youth Forum (IPYF), who confirmed the…
Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Commends DSS The family of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has commended the Department of State Services, DSS, for complying with court orders on allowing the IPOB Leader access to his visitors. Spokesman of the family, Prince Emmanuel Kanu who spoke with Vanguard after visiting Kanu at the DSS headquarters in Abuja, expressed delight that the secret police allowed Kanu access to the complete number of visitors approved by the court. He explained that all three persons authorised by the court to visit Kanu were granted unrestricted access to him…
BREAKING: Tinubu Seeks Fresh N7.1 Trillion Loans Less Than 48 Hours After Budget Presentation President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sought the Senate approval to borrow $8,699,168,559 and €100 million to execute critical projects across the country. The figures put together amount to N7, 097,738,729,598. The president’s request was contained in a letter read at the commencement of plenary on Tuesday by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. It reports that the fresh loan request will add over N7 trillion to the national debt, which stood at N87.38 trillion as of June 2023, according to the Debt Management Office (DMO). The $8,699,168,559 at…
2024 Budget: Reps Reveals MDAs That Will Get Allocation The House of Representatives says only Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, that made judicious use of their allocations in 2023 will receive funds from the 2024 budget. This indication was given by the deputy spokesperson of the House, Philip Agbase, who said the development is in line with the legislative agenda of the 10th House of Representatives. He said this in Abuja on Thursday while reacting to the budget presentation by President Bola Tinubu on Nov. 29 before the joint session of the National Assembly. According to him, the 2024 Appropriation…