Home Affairs Commissioner bags MMPN Amirul-Hajj-of-the-Year Award
Dr. Abdul Hakeem Abdul Lateef, the Hon Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs has been honoured with year 2017 Amir Hajj by the Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria, Lagos Chapter. The award was presented to him during MMPN annual conference held Saturday, January 6, 2018 at the Multi Purpose Hall of Alausa Secretariat Mosque, Lagos.
Edo LG polls to hold March 3
BENIN—Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, has announced March 3, 2018 for the conduct of local government elections in the state.
Insurgency: House C’ttee on Army begins two-day visit to North-Eeast
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Army on Thursday began a two-day working visit to appraise the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the North-East.
Arsenal legend blasts Wenger over Iwobi
Former Arsenal legendary striker, Ian Wright said coach Arsene Wenger was wrong to have played Alex Iwobi against Chelsea in their Caraboa Cup semi-final after the player was reported to be partying ahead of Arsenal’s FA Cup loss to Nottingham Forest.
Warn your children against cultism, Lagos CP tells parents
LAGOS State Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Imohimi Edgal, Thursday appealed to parents to warn their children and wards against cultism, threatening that anyone nabbed in cult-related crimes would face severe consequences including long jail term.
LASG spreads distribution of LAKE rice to shopping malls, supermarkets
As part of measures to ensure even and fair distribution of LAKE Rice product to the nooks and crannies of Lagos, the State Government has extended hands of participation on marketing and distribution of the product to shopping malls and supermarkets in the State.
Insinuations, allegations that attacks, killings are because Buhari is Fulaniman unkind, incorrect – FG
The Federal Government has released a factsheet on attacks, killings by herdsmen in Benue, other states of the country saying that ‘insinuations and allegations that the attacks and killings were because President Muhammadu Buhari is Fulaniman are both unkind and incorrect’
Fayose queries Buhari’s NIA DG’s appointment
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has chided President Muhammadu Buhari over replacement of the sacked National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Director General, Ambassador Ayo Oke with Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, a northerner, saying; “The President has further demonstrated to Nigerians that he is an unrepentant sectional leader, who does not care about the feelings of people from other parts of the country.”
Reno replies Presidency, says Jonathan dealt decisively with the Fulani Herdsmen crisis
Former President Jonathan wishes to express his condolences to the government and people of Benue, Kaduna, Taraba, Adamawa and Nasarawa states, over the recent spate of killings occasioned by herdsmen/farmers clashes.
Benue received 73 corpses in return despite massive support to APC – Bishop Avenya
The Catholic Bishop of Gboko Diocese, Most Rev. Williams Avenya, has lamented that the people of Benue state could only receive 73 corpses in return despite their massive support to the All Progressives Congress, APC party during the last election. Bishop Avenya who condemned the recent massacre of innocent indigenes of the state by herdsmen […]
PDP mourns as Benue buries victims of herdsmen attack
By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday prayed for the repose of the victims of last week’s killings in Guma and Logo local government areas of Benue State who were laid to rest in a mass burial Thursday. In a condolence message posted on its official Twitter Handle, the party sympathized […]
