Nigeria

ANALYSIS: Inside story of Buni’s removal as CECPC chair

By News Desk In June 2020, after months of intra-party bickering, the APC National Executive Committee dissolved the Oshiomole-led National Working Committee and appointed a caretaker committee...

Drama as super cop Kyari pleads not guilty to drugs racketeering, co-defendants admit guilt to same charges

By Ismail Auwal The Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari has pleaded not guilty to drugs charges. However, in dramatic twists of events, his...

Residents accuse Ungoggo’s council boss of selling land belonging hospital to cronies

By Ismail Auwal Residents have accused the Chairman of Ungoggo Local Government, Abdullahi Garba Ramat, of selling lands belonging to Bela Leprosy Hospital in Kano...

Bandits attack wedding convoy, whisk away with bride in Niger

By Ismail Auwal The residents of Allawa Community in Shiroro Local Government, Niger State, were shaken as a group of bandits attacked a wedding convoy...

Just in: Saudi Arabia suspends all COVID-19 restrictions for pilgrims

By Ismail Auwal Intending pilgrims traveling to Saudi Arabia will no longer have to worry about Covid-19 tests and quarantine, as the kingdom has immediately...

Breaking: Saudi Arabia lifts flight suspension for Nigeria

By Ismail Auwal Nigerian intending pilgrims can now heave a sigh of relief as Saudi Arabian authorities have lifted the flight suspension slammed on Nigeria...

Sergeant shot dead 6 police, father in law in Maiduguri

By Ismail Auwal An ill tempered police sergeant shot and killed at least six mobile police officers in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State The Sergeant,...

Buhari appoints ex Permanent Secretary, Sunday Echono, as TETFund Executive Secretary

By Ismail Auwal President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Sunday Echono as the new Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The appointment...

FAAC shortfall: NLC, Kano state govt in showdown over planned salary reduction

By Ismail Auwal Kano state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the state government plan to cut the salaries of civil servants due...

Russia-Ukraine war: FG offers each evacuee $100

By Ismail Auwal The Federal Government has offered to pay each Nigerian student evacuated from Ukraine $100. The first batch of students arrived in Abuja on...

Russia-Ukraine war: 411 Nigerian fleeing students arrive in Abuja

By Ismail Auwal A total of 411 Nigerians have arrived in Abuja after fleeing Ukraine amid Russian invasion. The first batch of students arrived at Nnamdi...

I will leave PDP before April—Kwankwaso

By Ismail Auwal Former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has announced his intention to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in favor of...

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