The Presidency has said that the former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Late Tony Anenih wrote their names in the book of infamy by surrendering the people’s mandate without resistance. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, states this in a statement issued Sunday while reacting to Lamido’s claim that President Bola Tinubu of supported the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. He said Lamido’s claims represented a distortion of history and a regrettable attempt at revisionism. Onanuga noted: “He alleged that President…
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Nigeria flag carrier, Air Peace is set to commence direct flight operations to London Heathrow Airport from Abuja on October 26, 2025. This landmark achievement followed sustained diplomatic efforts by the federal government to enforce reciprocity in international air travel agreements. The breakthrough came in the wake of a strongly worded letter dated August 1, 2024, written by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo to the UK Secretary of State for Transport, Hon. Louise Haigh. In the correspondence, Keyamo demanded the immediate allocation of landing slots at Heathrow for Air Peace or risk reciprocal action, including…
Biblical Israel is not the Jewish people or the state of Israel. Jesus, who appears as the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament, sent Philip to an Ethiopian eunuch going from Jerusalem to Gaza. Philip overtook the man’s chariot and heard him reading from the book of Isaiah. He then asked the Ethiopian: “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him. The place in the Scripture which he read was this: “He was led as a sheep…
The minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Dr. Abubakar Kana have commended US-trained physician,.Dr. Helen Mbakwe for launching Nigeria’s first outpatient infusion and arthritis management centre in Abuja. The facility marked a significant milestone in the country’s medical landscape, particularly in addressing chronic pain and autoimmune diseases. Wike who was represented by Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe said : “There is no documented review on the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Abuja or northern Nigeria and therefore highlighted the need for such a center.” On his part, Kana described…
The Association of Resident Doctors, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (ARD-UATH), Gwagwalada, says it has trained 237 law enforcement officers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT )on how to handle accident emergency victims. The beneficiaries of the training are from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and men of the Directorate of Road Traffic Service (DRTS), all from the Gwagwalada Command of the FCT. The association disclosed this on Friday in Abuja. The association also disclosed that the training also came along with free medical services to enable the officers have a good state…
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has suspended the two correctional personnel implicated in the inmate passport processing scandal Its Public Relations Officer, Umar Abubakar, in a statement issued Saturday said such actions contradict established rules and procedures, and are unacceptable and impermissible. He explained that the misconduct was detected through the automated passport application process and other holistic reforms within the Nigeria immigration Service a fortnight ago. Abubakara noted: “The attention of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCos) has been drawn to a recent media report that a convicted inmate was caught processing a passport…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Special Adviser to the Executive Governor of Benue State on Documentation, Research, and Planning, Dr. Mkor Aondona for alleged sextortion and cyber bullying. The anti-graft agency in a statement issued Saturday said he was arrested on Friday June 20, 2025 in Makurdi following claims of some female students accusing the governor’s aide of unethical and criminal behaviour involving sexual exploitation, cyber bullying and blackmail. It said the petitioners alleged that Aondona was routinely recruiting slim and attractive girls for ushering jobs and insisted on sexual favours as a condition…
Lagos State Police Command has arrested a notorious wanted gang leader, Wasiu Akinwande, in a major breakthrough against criminal activities in the state. Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin in a statement issued Saturday said on June 20, 2025, Tactical Squad operatives of the Command successfully trailed and arrested one Akinwande, also known as Olori Eso. He explained that Akinwande, 44, is a notorious hired killer and head of killers’ gang and cultist kingpin who along with his multiple gangs and hoodlums have been terrorising Mushin area of Lagos State and its environs. Hundeyin added: “This serial killer…
The police have rescued four years old kidnapped victims, and arrested seven suspected fraudsters in Katsina, Nasarawa and Jigawa states. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement issued Saturday said operatives of Katsina state police Command acting on a complaint received on February 20, 2025, from one Alhaji Badamasi Bala of Madaci Yan Nono Quarters have cracked a disturbing case of kidnapping involving a 14-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister. He noted: “Four months later, the older sister resurfaced and, upon further investigations, she confessed to staging the kidnapping and conspiring with three accomplices, aged 25,…
The Borno State Police Command has confirmed that at least 24 people were killed and several others injured in a suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist in Konduga, Borno State. The attack, it was gathered, occurred at about 10:00 p.m. on Friday night when the suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) at a local food joint where residents had gathered in large numbers to buy food. The explosion, according to police sources, resulted in the fatal wounding of 24 persons, both male and female, while an unspecified number of others sustained varying degrees of injuries.…