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  • Probe bombing of herders in Nasarawa – Middle Belt to FG

    By Ifunanya | February 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Probe bombing of herders in Nasarawa – Middle Belt to FG

    The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, has called on the Federal Government to immediately set up an independent panel to ascertain the culprits of the Nasarawa bombing of herders and their cattle. A statement issued on […]

  • Cattle rustling: Gov Sani Bello to compensate 6 herdsmen

    By Ifunanya | February 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Cattle rustling: Gov Sani Bello to compensate 6 herdsmen

    Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has disclosed plans to compensate herdsmen who lost livestock to cattle rustlers in the state. The governor stated this at the festival organized by the Miyetti Allah Kautal […]

  • 18 die in Burkina Faso attacks

    By Ifunanya | February 6, 2023 | Comments Off on 18 die in Burkina Faso attacks

    At least 18 people have been killed in two attacks in Burkina Faso, sources briefed on the incidents told AFP on Sunday, as violence rages in the Sahel nation. The country faces a jihadist insurgency […]

  • Abia APC gov candidate promises LG autonomy

    By Ifunanya | February 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Abia APC gov candidate promises LG autonomy

    The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress in Abia State, Ikechi Emenike, has vowed to grant Local Government autonomy if elected governor. He insisted that Local Goverment Areas in rural areas must be developed […]

  • Crisis-hit Peru expands state of emergency

    By Ifunanya | February 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Crisis-hit Peru expands state of emergency

    The government of Peru on Sunday expanded and prolonged a state of emergency to deal with a two-month-old revolt against President Dina Boluarte that has claimed 48 lives in clashes between protesters and security forces. […]

  • Court of appeal frees jailed Kano orphanage owner Solomon Tarfa

    By Ifunanya | February 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Court of appeal frees jailed Kano orphanage owner Solomon Tarfa

    The Court of Appeal on Friday discharged and acquitted Prof Solomon Tarfa, who was imprisoned on charges of forgery by a Kano High Court. Tarfa’s incarceration and vindication on appeal was the second time in […]

  • Buhari mourns 41 vigilantes killed by terrorists

    By Ifunanya | February 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Buhari mourns 41 vigilantes killed by terrorists

    President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekend condemned the attack on vigilantes at Yargoje forest in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina, where many lives were lost. Media Talk Africa reports that the Police Command in […]

  • UPDATED: Tems wins, Burna Boy loses Grammy categories

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on UPDATED: Tems wins, Burna Boy loses Grammy categories

    Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has won her first Grammy Award. She won the award at the ongoing ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday. Her contribution to the […]

  • Barca crush Sevilla to expand La Liga lead

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Barca crush Sevilla to expand La Liga lead

    Barcelona stretched their La Liga lead over Real Madrid to a substantial eight points with a comfortable 3-0 win over Sevilla on Sunday. The Catalans, aiming to win their first Spanish title since 2019, punished […]

  • CBN naira redesign policy senseless, says Oshiomhole

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on CBN naira redesign policy senseless, says Oshiomhole

    A former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has taken a swipe at the Central Bank of Nigeria over its naira redesign policy, saying the policy is “senseless”. The former Governor […]

  • Borno voters vow to drag INEC to court over PVC

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Borno voters vow to drag INEC to court over PVC

    A group of aggrieved voters in Borno vowed to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to court to force the organization to release their Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVC. The group which briefed the media […]

  • Nigeria, India to partner on eradication of fake passports

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Nigeria, India to partner on eradication of fake passports

    The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has expressed the readiness of the Nigerian government to cooperate with India to eradicate the use of fake Nigerian passports to travel to India. Aregbesola gave this assurance […]

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