Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been under fire from Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga for failing to provide a public statement following the release of the Oriire schoolchildren and teachers, even though it is already nearly 18 hours since they were freed. The comments were made in a … Read more
Terrorists and bandits are taxing farmers in the country’s north, according to the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF). Professor Tukur Baba, the Forum’s national publicity secretary, revealed everything on Saturday during an appearance with the ‘Morning Show’ on Arise Television. He was bemoaning the fact that farmers also hire criminals to steal their harvests as a … Read more
Governor Umo Eno has conveyed his sympathies to the victims of Thursday’s flooding catastrophe in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, as they continue to assess the damage. Rainfall, he said, is a natural part of life. However, he did advise locals against making matters worse by putting trash into drainage channels. Addressing journalists at Victor Attah … Read more
Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo of Barkin Ladi LGA, Plateau State, and a member of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) has levelled some serious accusations regarding the US pullout from Nigeria. During his lecture, Rev. Dachomo spoke to his congregation and said that Boko Haram and ISWAP have taken up crucial roles in the Nigerian … Read more
Providing infrastructure for the judiciary is not an interference with the functions of the third arm of government, President Bola Tinubu declared on Monday. According to Tinubu, his government is supplying the necessary facilities so that the judiciary can do its job properly. At the Abuja commissioning of the Body of Benchers’ annexe office, Tinubu … Read more
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, was fined N10.2 million by the Bauchi State High Court for medical malpractice that led to the death of Zaliha Yahaya Muhammad, a pregnant lady. On Monday, High Court No. 2’s Justice Kunaza N. Hamidu sided with the husband of the decedent, Adamu Yusuf Misau, who … Read more
The US government has warned news outlets and influential people on social media not to give terrorists and bandits the attention they want. On Monday, Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, made the call at the inaugural Arewa Media Summit in Kano. The summit was sponsored by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, senior special assistant to … Read more
No power on Earth could halt the Nigerian revolution, according to Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC). The Abuja Federal High Court granted Sowore a bail of N200 million, and he immediately made a statement claiming that the authorities had always wanted his passport. Returning to the Kuje Correctional Centre, … Read more
Omoyele Sowore, a presidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC), has declared that the Nigerian revolution would be unstoppable. Authorities have long wanted Sowore’s passport, he said immediately after an Abuja Federal High Court granted him N200 million bail. Once the human rights campaigner has worked out the details of his release, he will … Read more
Tuesday, Shehu Sani, a former senator from Kaduna Central, stated that the head of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) ought to be a military. Despite the merits of the reforms, Sani argued that the NYSC should retain its military training component. It is imperative that we do not remove that component of military training … Read more