JUST IN: Again, Youths Lynch Man Over Theft Of Manh00d In Abuja One Alhaji Tijani Yakubu has been reportedly lynched by irate youths on allegation of causing the disappearance of the male organ of one Emmanuel Danladi in Kabusa village, in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the command’s headquarters on Wednesday. He said that both the suspect and the victim were subsequently taken to the hospital for the former to be treated and the latter to be examined, where Alhaji Tijani (the suspect) was confirmed dead by the…
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Darkness Hits Abuja As TCN Maintains Substation The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) Management has announced a 9-hour blackout in various districts on Saturday, October 28. According to a statement issued on Wednesday, this is due to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) performing planned maintenance on the 132/33kV Kukwaba Transmission Station from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The districts to be affected are all in Abuja Municipal Council (AMAC) The DisCo stated that the blackout would affect it customers in Games Village; Kabusa Gardens, Galadimawa Village, Human Right Radio, Sunny Vale, Suncity, Voice of Nigeria. Others include Aco; Penthouse…
List Of Nigerians Apply For Passports With Fake Phone Numbers, Others The outgoing Controller of Passports of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Kwara State, Alhaji Baba Aliyu, has called on the federal government to sanction applicants who are yet to collect their international passports. Aliyu, who disclosed this in Ilorin on the sidelines of a retirement party held in his honour on Monday, said 3,000 passports were yet to be collected by applicants in the Kwara State office of NIS. He said, “A number of the applicants from Kwara and other parts of Nigeria cannot be contacted on the…
Senate Swears In Yohanna To Replace Sacked Elisha Abbo The Senate has sworn in Amos Yohanna as the new Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District. The swearing-in was performed on Wednesday by the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, who presided over the plenary. Yohanna, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party replaces Abbo, who was sacked by the Appeal Court last week Monday. The Court of Appeal, Abuja had sacked Abbo, a member of the All Progressives Congress. Delivering judgment on Monday, the three-member panel presided over by Justice C.E. Nwosu-Iheme, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue a…
BREAKING: Bishop Oyedepo’s Son Resigns From Living Faith, Gives Reason The second son of Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Pastor Isaac Oyedepo, has reportedly resigned from the ministry. The reported resignation was announced Wednesday by Church Gist, a media platform owned by Pastor Leke Beecroft, one of the long-term pastoral assistants at the LFC Headquarters in Ota. Isaac is said to be planning to commence a new church ministry. It was reported that Pastor Isaac was announced in September as the national youth pastor of the Youth Alive Fellowship (YAF), the youth arm of the…
Confusion As Students Detain EFCC Operatives There are different accounts of what led to the situation as gathered from different sources. While a source claimed that the EFCC operatives were in the school to arrest suspected internet fraudsters, another account has it that the operatives were misled into the hostel by a suspect under investigation by the agency. However, both sources confirmed that the incident shattered the peaceful atmosphere of the College as the students watched the operatives of the anti-graft agency invade the hostel. The operatives were said to have been locked in the hostel as the students mobilise…
BREAKING: Many Causalities As Bandits Attack Nigerian Mosque In the early hours of Tuesday, bandits stormed a mosque in the Sabon Layi, Kakangi ward of Kaduna State’s Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area, killing the Imam and one worshipper known as Kabir, while injuring two others. Bilya Mairabo and Ashiru Mairabo were two more worshippers who were seriously injured in the incident. They were claimed to be receiving medical attention at Birnin-Gwari’s Jibrin Maigwari General Hospital. Zubair AbduRrauf, a community leader, told this news outlet over the phone that the incident occurred about 5 a.m. during early morning prayers (Subhi). AbduRrauf, who…
I Don’t Care, I Will Step On Toes Over Ground Rent Debts, Wike Vows The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned defaulters of ground rents in the territory to immediately take steps to offset their outstanding liabilities. He vowed that at the end of the grace period, he would match his words with actions by revoking such plots. Wike restated this on Tuesday in Abuja at a meeting with the President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Chris Isiguzo. Cautioning those who think his utterances border on the pretence of bravery, otherwise called “initial…
BREAKING: Naira To Crash To N2,000 For $1 Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Naira To Crash To N2,000 For $1 An aide to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Daniel Bwala, has warned that the exchange rate might rise to N2000 against the United States, US, dollar by Christmas. Bwala said Nigeria’s economy was sinking because President Bola Tinubu’s administration has failed to take the right steps. He made the remark while mocking the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Yemi Cardoso, over the state of Nigeria’s economy. Posting on…
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