Family battles to save son allegedly shot during Army raid
…Claims officers involved promised to process the bills *No evidence to support such – Army By Efe Onodjae For over two months, 26-year-old Franklin Ivara has remained on a hospital bed, battling excruciating pain from an alleged gunshot wound that shattered his left leg during a military operation in Itigidi Community, Abi Local Government Area […]
3 persons missing, 2 rescued as two-storey building collapses in Ikorodu
By Bose Adelaja Three people were missing while two others were rescued at Haruna area, in Ikorodu, Lagos state after a two-storey building collapsed. The collapse was said to have occurred on Monday night, at 97, Lagos Road, Haruna bus stop though the rescue operation is still ongoing. The three missing persons were suspected to […]
Powell understood Africa, was a trusted colleague — Obasanjo
Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who became a US war hero and the first clack secretary of state but saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, died yesterday of COVID-19 complications at 84.
Nnamdi Kanu’s broadcast led to killing of security agents — FG
The Federal Government has filed an amended seven-count charge against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
Control of Quarry Site: 5 youths dead, as Ebubeagu storms Ebonyi community
By Peter Okutu, ABAKILIKI No fewer than five youths were allegedly killed while many were injured by operatives of a local unit of Ebubeagu security outfit, in Amasiri, in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Some of the injured persons were alleged to have been taken to Abakaliki by security operatives from […]
BUDGET 2022: FG plans aggressive VAT, other tax regime
Amidst on-going controversy over its rights to collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, across the country, the Federal Government is set to implement an aggressive VAT revenue drive which it expects to yield about N316 billion next year.
