Buhari Orders Additional N713.7b Bailout For States
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an additional financial intervention for states as part of a three- pronged relief package that will help make the states liquid in order to pay wages, local newspapers reported on Monday. The additional bailout figure…
Jos Explosions: 44 Dead, 47 Injured, NEMA Confirms
Zonal Coordinator, North-Central, of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mohammed Abdulsalam, has confirmed that no fewer that 44 persons lost their lives in Sunday night’s bomb attacks that rocked Jos, the Plateau State capital. He also told newsmen on Monday…
Police Confirm Bombing of Redeemed Church In Yobe
The Police in Yobe Sate on Sunday confirmed the killing of six persons in a suicide bomb attack on a church in Potiskum. Mr Toyin Gbadegesin, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command, told the News Agency…
Boko Haram: Pray For Buhari’s Administration, Jonathan Urges Nigerians
Following increasing Boko Haram attacks on citizens, particularly in North Eastern part of Nigeria, the immediate past president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday urged Nigerians to continue to pray for peace and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in the…
Ekweremadu’s Foundation Pays Out N23.5m Bursary Awards To Students
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s foundation has disbursed N23.5 Million in bursary awards and scholarships to indigent students of higher institutions drawn from the five Local Government Areas of the Enugu West Senatorial District as well as…
Community Loses Seven To Boko Haram, Begs Buhari To Take Action Against Terrorists
Borno State community has pleaded on President Muhammadu Buhari to act against terror as insurgent kill seven of the residents. People of Zabarmari ward, Jere local government area of the state on Saturday made the plea, urging President Buhari to…
Zahra Buhari Makes Shameful Snide Remark At President Of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh
Zahra Buhari, who is the daughter of Nigeria’s New President Muhammadu Buhari made a shocking snide shot at President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia. In a tweet that has since deleted, she described the Gambian President Yahya Jammeh as a “Fucking Child…
BOMBSHELL: Supremacy Belongs To The People, Dogara Tells APC
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Saturday, restated his resolve to remain in the All Progressives Congress (APC), dismissing suggestions that he was planning to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He added that he would…
Nigeria’s Vice President’s Church Hit By Suicide Bomber, Kill Six
A church on the outskirts of Potiskum, Yobe State was on Sunday morning attacked by a suicide bomber, suspected to belong to the Boko Haram Islamic sect, killing six persons, including the Pastor and a family of three in the…
Gunmen Storm Zamfara Communities, Kill 30
No fewer than 30 people have been reported dead following fresh attacks by gunmen in Birnin-Magaji local government area of Zamfara, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Chairman of the council, Muhammad Gusami, said on Sunday that the…
Ohaneze Youths Protest Buhari’s Lopsided Appointment, Boko Haram Suspects’ Relocation
The Youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed disaffection over appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. The group, which operates under the aegis of Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, therefore, called on the President to carry every section…
