I Want To Reunite With My Boko Haram Husband – Chibok Girl Cries Out Mary Nkeki, a 27-year-old Chibok girl, has also been rescued by Operation Hadin Kai Theatre Command soldiers. Nkeki, who was rescued on Monday of last week, claimed to be married to Adam, a former Boko Haram terrorist. During an incursion into the insurgents’ stronghold, members of the 81 Task Force Battalion at Dikwa managed to save the Chibok girl. The Theater Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, Maj. Gen. Gold Chibuisi, told newsmen, Monday that Nkeki “is number 55 on the list of the abducted Chibok girls. “While…
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BREAKING: UK Charges Diezani With Bribery, Oil Contract Fraud A former Nigerian minister has been charged with bribery offences following a National Crime Agency investigation. Diezani Alison-Madueke, aged 63, who also served as president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), was a key figure in the Nigerian government between 2010 and 2015. The NCA suspects she accepted bribes during her time as Minister for Petroleum Resources, in exchange for awarding multi-million pound oil and gas contracts. She is alleged to have benefitted from at least £100,000 in cash, chauffeur driven cars, flights on private jets, luxury holidays…
Labour Party Finally Speaks On Merging With Other Parties The Labour Party, LP, has debunked a speculated merger with other opposition political parties, following the fall out of the 2023 general elections. The spokesperson of the Labour Party presidential campaign council, Yunusa Tanko denied the merger while speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Monday. Tanko said the LP is not ruling out a “working alliance” with other political parties. Recall that a report had earlier claimed that Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and Peter Obi of…
BREAKING: AU Suspends Niger Republic, Tells Military What To Do Immediately’ The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger Republic from all its activities following a military coup on July 26, the Union said in a statement released on Tuesday. The AU reiterated calls for the coup leaders to release elected President Mohamed Bazoum and return to their barracks. The AU Peace and Security Council has taken note of West African bloc ECOWAS’ decision to activate a standby force for a possible military intervention and asked the AU Commission to assess the economic, social, and security implications of deploying such a…
BREAKING: Terrorists Kidnap Top NAF Officer, Demand N10million After Issuing Three-Day Deadline, Photo Terrorists have kidnapped a Nigerian Air Force officer, ACM Shuaibu Umar Bashir, along Birnin Gwari Road in Niger State. It was learnt from family sources that the terrorists also demanded N10million ransom within three days from the relatives of the officer. It was gathered that ACM Bashir was going back to his station to resume duty when he was kidnapped by the terrorists. “The NAF authorities and the military have refused to engage with his family. He was going back to his station to resume his duty.…
BREAKING: Fuel Subsidy Removal: Nigerian Govt Announces N12,000 Monthly Stipend For Civil Servant, Rice For Households, Others Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has announced an interim response to cushion the effects of the recent fuel subsidy removal and attendant current economic hardship on the people of the state. President Bola Tinubu in his inauguration speech on May 29 announced the end of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol, a policy that pushed the pump price of the product from around N190 to about N620 per litre. In his broadcast on Monday, Soludo announced that in response to…
Get Ready To Be Sacked, Abuja Is Not Port Harcourt – Spokesman Warns Wike Daniel Bwala, the spokesman for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation for the 2023 presidential election, has warned the newly sworn-in Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, against his threat to demolish houses in the capital city. Naija News House earlier reported that Wike on Monday during a press briefing held shortly after he was sworn in as minister alongside 44 others in Abuja following their appointments by President Bola Tinubu, threatened to demolish houses built at wrong locations in Abuja, even if the owners…
BREAKING: Nigerian Army Brigadier General Falls, Dies, Photos A senior officer in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General I. M. Ahmadu has died while running during the Second Annual Physical Training Test for 2023. It was learnt that Ahmadu was an Artillery Officer serving in the Army Headquarters Department of Special Services and Programmes. The General fell while running and was confirmed as the hospital where he was rushed to, a top source in the military told SaharaReporters on Monday evening. According to the source, the General was buried on Monday evening according to Islamic rites. “Sadly, an Army Brigadier General…
We’ll Not Allow Cows Inside Abuja – Says Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has vowed to end open grazing in Abuja, saying such can longer be tolerated. Wike, a former Rivers State Governor, said this in a press conference hours in Abuja on Monday, hours after his swearing-in. “We will consult with the herdsmen to see how we will stop [open grazing] because we can not allow cows inside the city,” he said at the event in the Garki area of Abuja. “They can be outside the city because the grasses are outside the…
Atiku’s Ally Felicitates With Wike On Ministerial Appointment Nyesom Wike has been congratulated by Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the governor of Adamawa State, on his appointment as minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Fintiri commended Wike and expressed optimism that his background as the former governor of Rivers State would aid in the development and advancement of the FCT while speaking via his verified X account (formerly Twitter) on Monday. Fintiri also commended Wike’s leadership in Rivers State, emphasizing that his notable achievements played a key role in securing the ministerial position. He said, “Your Excellency, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike you…