A British Man was found guilty on Wednesday of a plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May. He was caught by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street Office and then using a knife or a gun to attack her. Naa’imur Rahman, 20, of north London,Continue Reading
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Wednesday sought public opinions on his performance in the transportation sector. Amaechi disclosed this in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Mr Israel Ibeleme in Abuja. The Minister, however, appreciated President Muhammadu Buhari and the general public for the opportunity given himContinue Reading
Cameroon has arrested four soldiers suspected of shooting dead two women and two children in the country’s far north where its army is battling jihadist group Boko Haram, two security sources told Reuters. A video of the incident, which has been shared tens of thousands of times on Twitter sinceContinue Reading
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says his directive to Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is rectify issues impeding electricity supply in the country, but not to demonise DisCos. Fashola offered the clarification while reacting to an assertion by Mr Sunny Oduntan, the Executive Director, ResearchContinue Reading
A nursing mother and 154 out of 230 Nigerian football fans stranded in Russia after the 2018 FIFA World Cup arrived the country on Friday night. The stranded football fans including a nursing mother in her mid thirties came through Ethiopian Airline flight number ET-ALP that arrived Nnamdi Azikwe InternationalContinue Reading
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Sen. Abu Ibrahim, says the fear of indiscriminate arrest and detention by state governors may kill passage of the State and Community Police Bill. Ibrahim, who made this known in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, said the bill which had passed firstContinue Reading
The Federal Government says it will soon adopt National Policy on the Protection of Civilians in Conflict Situations, to strengthen and entrench its constitutional practice on civilians protection. The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in Washington, US, while addressing a High-Level Roundtable organised by theContinue Reading
By Ikenna Osuoha The Integrity Group (TIG) on Monday said that vote-buying was not only a criminal offence but the biggest threat to Nigeria’s democracy. The founder of the group, Livingstone Wechie, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that such act contravened sections 124 and 130Continue Reading
The Federal Government has vowed to arrest and prosecute the airline travel agents who cancelled the return tickets of 230 Nigerian football fans stranded after the 2018 World Cup Tournament in Russia. The Nigerian Ambassador to Russia, Prof. Steve Ugba said this in an online video statement made available byContinue Reading
