Category: Politics
The kidnappers of Benue Commissioner demand N5 million
05 Dec 2022
The kidnappers of Ekpe Ogbu, the Benue State Commissioner of Housing and Urban Development, have demanded a N5 million ransom from his family. According to a family member, the abductors were able to contact the commissioner’s family via his driver’s phone. “Yes, the kidnappers contacted the commissioner’s family via the driver’s phone and demanded N5 […]
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Breaking News: Dogara Officially Leaves APC for PDP
05 Dec 2022
Yakubu Dogara, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, has officially announced his withdrawal from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in favor of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. The lawmaker joined the PDP on Monday, during the party’s presidential campaign in Lagos. Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate and former Vice President, was […]
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Police confirm the kidnapping of a Benue commissioner
05 Dec 2022
The kidnapping of Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Ekpe Ogbu, by unidentified gunmen has been confirmed by police. According to reports, the Commissioner was kidnapped along with three others at the notorious Adankari junction on the Ado-Otukpo road around 9 p.m. on Sunday. Other victims included the Commissioner’s driver, the identity […]
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Osun: Thugs Stab a Labour Party Chieftain and Attack Others
05 Dec 2022
Rabiu Ismaila, the leader of the Labour Party (LP), was reportedly stabbed by thugs in Osun State. Ismaila and other LP members were attacked for pasting posters of a House of Representatives candidate in the state’s Atakunmosa East Local Government Area. Some LP members in Ijeshaland’s Owode, Igangan, and Olopon communities have repeatedly cried out […]
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The Abuja-Kaduna train resumes operation
05 Dec 2022
THE ABUJA-KADUNA TRAIN RESUMES OPERATION THE Federal Government, FG, has announced the commencement of the Abuja-Kaduna train services starting today, 5th December, 2022. This is coming 251 days after when the Federal Government announced suspension of the Abuja-Kaduna train following the Boko Haram terrorists attack on moving passenger train in Kaduna on March 28, 2022. […]
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GUNMEN: We were asked to kidnap APC senator
05 Dec 2022
The gunmen, who were arrested at the Minna, Niger State Residence of Mohammed Sani Musa, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Representing Niger East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, have told the police that they were sent to kidnap the lawmaker. The Niger State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, said this […]
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Obi, Atiku and Kwankwaso locks horn in debate
05 Dec 2022
The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and his counterparts, from the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and New Nigerian People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, have proffered their respective solutions to the incessant strike actions by lecturers of public universities in the country. They also promised to increase investments in the education sector to […]
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The NDLEA has declared Abuja drug lord ‘Ibrahim Bendel’ wanted
04 Dec 2022
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Ibrahim Momoh, also known as ‘Ibrahim Bendel,’ an Abuja drug lord wanted. According to VisioTalks, the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, stated this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. According to an NDLEA spokesman, the drug lord escaped from prison to resume his criminal activities. […]
Continue ReadingRestaurant Belonging To Adeleke’s Critic Demolished In Osogbo
04 Dec 2022
A restaurant belonging to a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Akin Adeyi, has been demolished in Osogbo. Adeyi, in 2021 approached the PDP Governorship Aspirants Screening Appeal Committee with a petition against the academic qualifications and records of Senator Ademola Adeleke. We understand that Mr Adeyi’s business, Kwality Resort spread […]
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