Five Killed, 50 Abducted in Zamfara Village Attack – Police
Bandits in Zamfara State have killed five residents and abducted over 50 others in Gora Namaye village of the state. The incident, according the police, occurred very early on Monday in Maradun Local Government Area. Sources in the state have…
MRA Drags FG to ECOWAS Court for Failing to Investigate, Punish Killers of 11 Journalists
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over the failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to effectively investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murders of 11 journalists killed…
UPDATED: Court Sacks Uche Secondus as PDP National Chairman, Secondus Reacts
The Degema Division of the Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has granted an interim order restraining Uche Secondus from parading as himself as a member or acting as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…
Mugabe-era Massacre Victims in Zimbabwe to Be Compensated, Others for Reburial
Zimbabwe is ready to open talks on compensation for victims of a notorious 1980s massacre that took place when a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who was former President Robert Mugabe was in power, Zimbabwe’s government said at the weekend. Some…
We’re Unaware Of Court Judgment ordering Us to Resume Work – Resident Doctors
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said it is not aware of any court order compelling their members to resume work nationwide. The doctors said this in an Audio sent to African Independent Television (AIT) by NARD chairman…
First Lady Of Old Eastern Region is Dead
The former First Lady of the Old Eastern Region, Lady Adanma Okpara has died at 97. Adanma, the wife of the First Republic Premier of the defunct Eastern Nigeria, late Dr Michael Okpara, passed away on Sunday in an undisclosed…
Court Orders Resident Doctors To Suspend Nationwide Strike
The Vacation Judge of the Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Justice John Targema has ordered the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to immediately suspend its nationwide strike pending the hearing and determination of the motion on…
BREAKING: Court Retrains Uche Secondus from Parading Himself as PDP Member, National Chair
The court in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, has restrained the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus from parading himself as a member of the party. A High Court of Rivers State had granted an interim order restraining…
15 Abducted Commuters Rescued in Kaduna
Troops of the Operation Safe Haven have rescued 15 abducted commuters at Jagindi town in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Monday. The victims were travelling in two separate vehicles when they were intercepted by the bandits who…
Delta Political Vanguard, Great Pillar of Support – Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, Sunday, described a political pressure group in the state, Delta Political Vanguard, (DPV) as a great pillar of support for his administration. Okowa disclosed this when the leaders and members of the group paid him…
Buhari Condoles Aguiyi-Ironsi Family, Says Late Victoria Was Exceptionally Courageous
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his deepest condolences to the Aguiyi-Ironsi family, and government and people of Abia State on the passing of the Military First Lady, late Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, wife of the former Head of State, General J.T…
