The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to Mr Bello. They are being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Abuja. Sources within the Police say their arrests and detention followed an order by the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, directing their immediate withdrawal from the former governor. The source who…
The festival in Ibi town, a significant fixture on Taraba State’s tourism calendar, featured captivating cultural performances that drew spectators. Among the highlights were canoe races, calabash swimming, and various traditional fishing demonstrations. Our correspondent, Sodiq Adelakun, was there to capture the mood and vibrance of the festival. Fishermen cast their nets as spectators observe…
Governor Ododo’s Special Adviser on Media Ismaila Isah revealed in a statement and quoted his principal to have made the comment when he received a delegation of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) at the Government House, Lokoja on Thursday. The Governor noted that as a transit state that boundaries 10 other states,…
An Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least 10 people, including six children, hospital authorities said, as Israel pursues its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. Funerals were held on Saturday for those killed in the deadly strike on Rafah’s western Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood the…
Lawmakers in Togo have approved changes to the constitution linked to presidential term limits and how presidents are elected, which some opposition politicians and civil society groups have denounced as a constitutional coup. Togo’s parliament had already adopted the amendments on March 25, but the reforms led to an opposition backlash so President Faure Gnassingbe…
A human rights lawyer, Deji Ajare, has urged the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Umar Yusuf, to begin impeachment proceedings against the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, over allegations of misconduct and abuse of office. Ajare made the call in a letter addressed to the speaker, through the clerk of the House…
Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has shown up at the New York’s Times Square in the United States to support Nigerian chess Master, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. In a video making the rounds on social media, Davido and Onakoya could…
Moses Ideho, Counsel to FIRS, hinted at moves to serve the charge of the fleeing defendant, on Tigran Gambaryan, the defendant who has been available since the matter started. This comes days after the Presiding Judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, had ruled that it was proper to serve on Gambaryan, the charge against Binance, which is…
It is hoped that the easier-to-make vaccine will help address a surge in cases of the bacterial disease that is usually spread through contaminated food or water. The depletion of the global vaccine stockpile has left poorer countries, including several in Africa, scrambling to contain epidemics. Left untreated, cholera can be fatal within hours, even…
