JUST IN: Nigerian Air Force’s Airstrikes Kill Dozens Of Terrorists The Nigerian Air Force says the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai on Sunday, eliminated 22 terrorists in their hideouts and enclaves in Borno. The Director of Public Relations and Information of NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Mr Gabkwet said the air strikes were sequel to intelligence received from the Land Component that about 22 terrorists in a gun truck and two motorcycles were sighted near Marte. He said that the NAF aircraft were immediately dispatched to interdict the location.…
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BREAKING: Rivers State House Of Assembly Gets New Speaker The Former Majority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie has emerged the new Speaker of the state Assembly. Meanwhile, the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Simeon Amadi has been suspended. Details soon.
BREAKING: President Tinubu To Sack Wike Over Rivers Assembly Crisis Amid tension and escalation of a political crisis in Rivers State, Daniel Bwala, a spokesman for Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 presidential Campaign Organisation, has asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara, to use the full weight of his executive power to run his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, out of the town. The rift between Governor Fubara and Wike who is currently the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has created tension and reached a crescendo in Rivers State with the plot by members of the State House of Assembly to impeach the governor. The…
‘I Am Not Going Away’, Atiku Fires Back After S’Court Verdict On Tinubu The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, says he will not leave the political arena despite the Supreme Court verdict of October 26, 2023 that affirmed the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu. “As for me and my party, this phase of work is done. However, I am not going to go away, if you think I am going to go away, forget about it,” the former Vice President said at a press briefing on Monday in…
JUST IN: Tinubu finally Speaks On Losing Confidence In Gbajabiamila On Monday, October 30, President Bola Tinubu reaffirmed complete confidence in his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. President Tinubu, who addressed shortly before the start of the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting inside the Council Chambers, State House, also established the ground rules for attendance. The president addressed concerns he had witnessed and was concerned about, such as illegal persons entering the State House Council Chambers. He said: “First of all, let me reiterate to all of you the fact that a lot of stories are going around about…
P&ID Contract Scam: No More Schools, Road Repairs, Others If Nigeria Had Lost Case – Says Buhari Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with a recent judgment of a United Kingdom court that gave Nigeria a victory against a firm known as Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited. According to Buhari, if P&ID had won the case, that would have been the end of road repairs and the building of schools in Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu had also applauded the judgment rendered by the London court. The judgment was delivered on Monday after five years of legal frameworks which…
BREAKING: Fresh Strike Looms The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed concern over the “persistent and egregious violations of the rights and privileges of workers in Imo State by the state government”. A statement signed by the NLC President on Sunday, Comrade Joe Ajaero, accused the state government of breaching agreements and violating the rights of workers in the state. The NLC lamented that some workers in the state were being owed 20 months’ salaries, adding that 11,000 workers were being branded as ghost workers. It said, “Despite our repeated efforts to engage in constructive dialogue and reach amicable agreements,…
Nigerian Women Arrested With Drugs In India Two Nigerian women, Adaze Jaye, 43, and Lagantius Chamika, 23, have been arrested with 65 grams of mephedrone by Pushkar Police in India. A total of 65 grams of mephedrone, 65,000 Indian Rupee, and a digital wave machine were seized from them, First India reports Sunday, October 29. The value of the seized drugs was also estimated to be approximately 600,000 Indian Rupee. The police in-charge, Rakesh Yadav, said that police have registered a case against both under the NDPS Act and started an investigation. Yadav added that the higher officials and the…
Pastor, Church Usher Escapes Death As Angry Mob Beats Them To Pulp Over Missing Manh00d A mob at the New Layout area of Kanshio in the outskirts of Makurdi town, has beaten to pulp an unidentified pastor and an unnamed usher of a new generation church over the alleged disappearance of the gen!tal of a young man. A trending video on social media showed the pastor looking confused and helpless as his usher, who had already been str!pped n@ked, was being questioned by one of those who arrested him. According to a witness account, a young man had, on Saturday…
PHOTOS: Woman Poison Her Husband Over New Lover Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Woman Poison Her Husband Over New Lover A British mum who poisoned her husband and slit his throat with her lover in a £2million life insurance plot said she’s “in hell” caged on death row. Ramandeep Kaur Mann was convicted of brutally murdering her husband of 11 years, Sukhjit Singh, in his sleep as their nine-year-old son watched in horror. Mann and her lover, Gurpreet Singh, began their sordid affair a year before they carried out the barbaric crime while staying with family in Basantapur, Uttar…