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By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, April 19, 2021 The Abia Police Command has confirmed Monday’s attack on the Uzuakoli Divisional Police Station in Bende Local Government Area. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari Monday, April 19, 2021, received Acting Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba in State House, Abuja. The meeting …

Unknown gunmen, in the early hours of Monday, April 19, 2021 attacked the Nigeria Police Force Zone-13 Headquarters, Ukpo, Anambra State. According to the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer ( ZPPRO) DSP Nwode Nkeiruka, “the attackers, who came in their numbers shooting sporadically in order to gain access to the …

Berlin, April 19, 2021 Twelve top European football clubs have agreed to found a Super League as soon as possible, the clubs announced in a joint statement late on Sunday The founding clubs of the mid-week league were listed to include English Premier League clubs Manchester United and Manchester City, …

By Yakubu Uba, Maiduguri,/Sumaila Ogbaje, Abuja, April 18, 2021 Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has commended the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole combating insurgents in the north-eastern part of the country, saying that President Muhammadu Buhari appreciates their performance. Magashi made the commendation on Sunday while addressing the …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye on Saturday met with the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi in Ado-Ekiti and re-assured Nigerians that the battle against insecurity would soon be over. The brief meeting which was held at the Oke-Ayaba Government House …

The verdict of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Friday, affirming Sir Frank Ibezim as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the senatorial bye-election for the Imo North senatorial district is not the end of the contest for the determination of the rightful occupant of the senatorial seat …

By Ebere Agozie Abuja, April 16, 2021 The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the disqualification of Sir Frank Ibezim as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Dec. 5, 2020 Imo North Senatorial election. Justice Emmanuel Agim, delivering a unanimous judgment, held that the suit …

  Nigerian military reinforces troops in Damasak as Boko Haram informants intensify ‘criminal’ activities Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Damasak, from Thursday to Friday, after the town was attacked on Tuesday, by Boko Haram insurgents, killing 20 persons and injuring 21. Zulum traveled alongside Senator Abubakar …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 15, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a successful medical check-up in the United Kingdom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and some presidential aides landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe …

Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha is spending his second night in the detention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This is as the incumbent Governor of the State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has washed his hands off the travail of the man who took over his seat …

Copenhagen, Berlin, April 14, 2021 Denmark is completely halting the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, Danish Health Administration head, Soren Brostrom, said. This is as German federal and state health ministers have decided decided that people under 60 in Germany who were given the AstraZeneca vaccine as their first dose …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, April 14, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Muslim faithful in Nigeria to devote themselves to higher virtues of kindness, love and generosity towards one another as they observe Ramadan. The Vice President spoke with State House correspondents shortly after presiding over the Federal Executive …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha was picked up Tuesday in Abuja and is presently in the custody of the anti-graft agency. Spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, told Global Patriot Newspapers, Tuesday that Okorocha …

By Hussaina Yakubu  Kaduna April 13, 2021 The General Overseer, Redeem Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye,  says Nigeria will record overwhelming victory in its battle against insecurity. Pastor Adeboye made this known when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State at the Sir …

The Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom have endorsed the decision of the State Executive Council to declare as a nullity that Sen. Godswill Akpabio was the leader of the party in the State. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of APC …

By Chinenye Offor Abuja, April 12, 2021 Mr Franck Riester, French Minister of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness to Nigeria will meet with young Nigerian entrepreneurs in cultural and creative industry to provide support for the sector. The Press Officer to French Embassy in Nigeria, Onyinye Madu, disclosed this in a …

By Christian Ogbonna Abakaliki, April 12, 2021 The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Aliyu Garba, confirmed on Monday that gunmen attacked another community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state on Sunday. Garba told newsmen that the gunmen attacked Ebele village, Umuogodo Akpu, Mgbo in the LGA. The …

By Ugonne Uzoma Owerri, April 11, 2021 Governors of the South East states have resolved to maintain a joint security outfit for the zone code named Ebube Agu (Wonderful Tiger). The governors made the resolution in a communique during the first South East Security Summit held in Owerri on Sunday. …

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called for drastic action against corrupt practices in all facets of Nigeria. The renowned cleric made the call on Saturday during a special meeting with all ordained ministers of the mission at RCCG, Region 21, Oyo …

London, April 11, 2021 The funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh will be held at Windsor on April 17, with no public access nor public procession beforehand, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said on Saturday. The event is to be a “ceremonial royal funeral”, rather than a state funeral, which “very …

London, April 10, 2021 Gun salutes are to take place across Britain, in Gibraltar and from vessels at sea on Saturday to mark the death of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Saluting batteries will fire 41 rounds at one round every minute from midday (1100 GMT), the …

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have warned that if the alarming drift of Nigeria under the watch of the All Progressives Congress, APC, government continues, the country will become a failed state. They expressed deep concern and alarm at the deteriorating relations between various …

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has described as enemies of the people those responsible for the recent attacks at some Police formations and Correctional facilities in Imo State. Lawan said the aim of the attackers was probably to cause a distraction for the Imo state government or even the …

U.S. President, Joe Biden   Washington, April 8, 2021  President Joe Biden plans to announce Thursday an effort to limit so-called ghost guns — weapons sold without serial numbers or other identifying information — and to nominate a figure from a major gun control group as director of the federal …

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), paid an official visit to Owerri, the Imo State capital, Tuesday, April 6, 2021 to commission a road project as part of the celebration of the first year in office of Governor Hope Uzodinma. While in the state’s capital, the Vice President undertook a …