Armed bandits blocked the Abuja-Kaduna Road on Sunday, kidnapping travellers, PRNigeria learnt. According to one of the travellers who escaped the abduction, he said the armed bandits blocked the road at Katari village at about 2 pm and operated for more than an hour. Another traveller told PRNigeria that “We had to turn back when…
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was on Sunday conferred with Honorary Doctorate of Letters (LLD), honoris causa by Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State.The University said Zulum was honoured for his “exceptional” performance since becoming Governor in 2019.The conferment was done during the University’s ninth convocation ceremony attended by Governor…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has finally been relieved of his duties as Manchester United’s manager. The English club broke the news in a statement via all its social media pages on Sunday morning. The 48-year-old Norwegian coach was sacked as Manchester United head coach after a poor run of performances and results. Solskjaer’s dismissal came following an emergency…
Attahiru Bafarawa, former governor of Sokoto state, has announced his retirement from politics after 45 years. Bafarawa ruled Sokoto as governor between 1999 and 2007. Speaking in an interview with the Punch, the ex-governor said he no longer has the will to be in active politics. The former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi commissioner for information, has alleged that some governors with interest in the 2023 presidency hired the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to discredit Yahaya Bello, the state governor. Over the past months, the anti-graft agency and the Kogi government have been at loggerheads over allegations that the state runs an account…
Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says direct primaries for political parties will give youths a fair chance to vie for government positions. Last week, the national assembly approved the conference committee report on the electoral act amendment bill. In the report, the lawmakers approved that all political parties must use the direct…
Osita Okechukwu, director-general of Voice of Nigeria (VON), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Speaking with journalists on Sunday in Abuja, Okechukwu also asked IPOB to support a candidate of Igbo extraction in the 2023 presidential election. “I join Ohaneze Ndigbo, eminent constitutional lawyer and chairman,…
Ahmad Lawan, president of the senate, says political leaders should learn from the example of former President Goodluck Jonathan on promoting unity in the country. Lawan said this on Friday at the 2021 democracy dialogue organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, which had the theme: ‘Democracy and Unity of the State’. Speaking on the theme,…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested a drug dealer from Brazil, Okafor Okwudili Moses, after 2.55 kilograms of cocaine was discovered in a toilet at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, in Ikeja, Lagos. A statement released by the agency’s director, media and advocacy Femi Babafemi on Sunday said the…
