Breaking: Court orders Nnamdi Kanu to be taken to prison
A Federal High Court judge has ordered that the custody of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, be relinquished by the Department of State Services. Nnamdi Kanu was arraigned before the court on Wednesday, January 20 on trial for charges bordering on treason and his agitations for the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria. Recall that Mr Kanu was supposed to appear before the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, but the much awaited case was adjourned due to the absence of the judge.
Bird Flu: Plateau farmers tasked on timely report
Following the recent killing of about 20,000 birds in Plateau State as a result of a fresh outbreak of Avian Influenza, the Head of Avian Influenza Control Office, Dr. Ayuba Haruna, has appealed to poultry farmers to cooperate with government to curb the spread.
ZARIA KILLINGS: Army acted within its rules of engagement, COAS tells probe panel
The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Yusuf Buratai, yesterday, appeared before a Special Investigative Panel that was constituted by the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, to probe circumstances that led to the bloody clash between the Nigerian Army and the Shiite Muslim sect.
Workers’ sack: Tension heightens in Imo
The tension ignited by the summary dismissal, weekend, of over 3,000 civil servants by Imo State Government has continued to grow unabated in the state.
Lassa Fever: FG confirms 212 cases in 17 states
The Federal Government has confirmed 212 suspected cases of Lassa Fever in 64 Local government areas across 17 states in the country, even as it warned against a conspiracy of silence among the states of the federation.
Visafone acquisition, end for CDMA?
IT became official, January 5, 2016, that the last Nigerian Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA operator standing, Visafone, has finally succumbed to the terrible distress in that genre of telecommunications operation and allowed itself to be swallowed by a GSM counterpart, MTN Nigeria.
Wada to dissolve cabinet today
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State will today formally dissolve his executive cabinet.
Ikot-Akpan Udo, Amazaba communal crisis: Peace meeting deadlocked
The peace meeting convened by Akwa Ibom State Government to resolve the longstanding feud between Ikot-Akpan Udo, Ikot-Abasi and Amazaba communities, Eastern Obolo Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, ended in a deadlock.
515,531 children for measles immunisation in Ekiti
THE Ekiti State Government has disclosed that about 515,531 children between 9 and 59 months old would be immunised in the state under the Integrated Measles Campaign scheduled to hold between January 28 and February 1 this year.
FG vows to jail corrupt judges
LAGOS — The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, yesterday, disclosed that “corrupt judges will go to jail as the government of President Muhammadu Buhari will actively promote and ensure that corrupt judges are prosecuted and their illegally acquired assets are returned to the state.”
Budget 2016: Buhari writes Senate
ABUJA — PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, regretted the confusion the ‘missing 2016 budget’ had caused in the polity and urged the lawmakers to work with the corrected version that the Presidency submitted, last week.
