Alleged N80 Billion Fraud: Court Grants Bail To Suspended AGF
Ahmed Idris, the federation’s suspended Accountant-General, has been granted bail by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama. In a decision handed down on Thursday, Justice Adeyemi Ajayi, the presiding judge, granted the suspended AGF release under liberal terms. The Administrative Bail granted to Idris by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) […]
Hanifa: Kano Court Sentence Abdulmalik, Accomplice To Death By Hanging
The owner of Noble Kids College, Abdulmalik Muhammmad Tanko, 38, and Hashimu Isyaku, 38, were both sentenced to death by hanging for kidnapping and killing Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old girl, by a Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Naabba. Malam Abubakar Abdulsalam, the father of the late schoolgirl Hanifa Abubakar, expressed his […]
Terrorists Attack, Kills Soldiers At Military Checkpoint In Abuja
Boko Haram Terrorists are alleged to have killed several soldiers on Thursday night when they attacked an Army checkpoint at Zuma Rock, which separates the FCT from Niger State. According to sources, at around 8.30 p.m. on the Abuja-Kaduna highway, the terrorists arrived at Zuma Rock on the axis of Madalla and Suleija and ambushed […]
Former Republicans And Democrats Form New Third US Political Party
Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials announced on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America’s dysfunctional two-party system. The new party, called Forward and whose creation was first reported by Reuters, will initially be co-chaired by former Democratic […]
RNC Warning To Trump: If You Run For President, We Stop Paying Your Legal Bills, Says Official
Republican leaders who worry that Donald Trump could hurt their midterm chances by announcing a presidential run too soon are hoping he’ll be dissuaded from doing so by the prospect of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal payments, according to an RNC official. Since October 2021, the Republican National Committee has paid nearly $2 million […]
Kim Jong-un Says North Korea Ready To Mobilise Nuclear Forces
North Korea is ready to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent, its leader Kim Jong-un has claimed. Speaking at a Korean War anniversary event, Mr Kim added that the country was “fully ready for any military confrontation” with the US, state news agency KCNA reported. The comments come amid concern that North Korea could be preparing […]
NYSC Seeks More Troops In Orientation Camps
Following the rising spate of insecurity in the country, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has called on the Nigerian Army to deploy additional security personnel across orientation camps in the country. The chairman of, the NYSC governing board, Ambassador Fatima Abubakar made the request when she led a delegation of the scheme on a […]
Gov. Atiku Bagudu Signs Child Protection Bill Into Law
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state has signed the child rights protection bill into law. He also signed a bill on Prohibiting Violence Against Individuals and the Law for the Protection of Child Rights (Child Right Protection Law). Speaking after signing the Bills, the governor said that the action would further demonstrate to the International […]
Insecurity: FG Promised To Bring Security Situations Under Control
The Federal Government has reacted to an impeachment threat against President Muhammadu Buhari by some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators, saying it was working round the clock to bring the security situation under control. Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed who addressed State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, […]
Hungary PM Viktor Orban Adviser Hegedus Resigns Over ‘pure Nazi’ Speech
A member of Viktor Orban’s inner circle has resigned after the Hungarian prime minister spoke out against becoming “peoples of mixed race”. Zsuzsa Hegedus, who has known the nationalist Mr Orban for 20 years, described the speech as a “pure Nazi text”, according to Hungarian media. The International Auschwitz Committee of Holocaust survivors called the […]
