Troops of the Operation Whirl-Stroke (OPWS) of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday, August 14, revealed that they have uncovered an illegal arms manufacturing factory in Buruku local government area of Benue state. Force Commander of the OPWS, Troops of the Operation Whirl-Stroke (OPWS) of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday, August {Read More..}
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, August 13, vowed to fight insecurity in the country within the next four years. Speaking in Katsina state, President Buhari said those behind kidnapping and banditry in the country are not true faithful, adding that it is either such persons do not know God or {Read More..}
Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) are considering having their second wedding this fall and keeping the ceremony intimate, a source tells Get247News. “Justin and Hailey still don’t have a wedding date but they are starting to look at fall dates. … It will be very small,” the source {Read More..}
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has accused the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu of political double-speak on matters concerning the unity of Nigeria. We report that the group which was reacting to an article by Tinubu on Monday, August 11, 2019, with {Read More..}
A Canada-based organization, 1Million Teachers Inc, has appointed the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, as the Chairman of its Advisory Board in Nigeria. The monarch is also to be a board member of the organization’s parent body, 1 Million Teachers Canada. According to a statement on Tuesday, 1Million Teachers {Read More..}
The Nigerian police on Wednesday announced the demise of three officers and severe injuries on other personnel after Nigerian soldiers opened fire on a police team in Taraba. The incident occurred along Ibi-Jalingo Road, police said. The officers were of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Felix Adolije, an assistant police {Read More..}
Omoyele Sowore who is the convener of the RevolutionNow protest has spoken from the detention of the Department of State Services (DSS) saying he thanked Nigerians for the peaceful protest. According to Sahara Reporters, Sowore spoke on Monday, August 5, when he was visited by the Take It Back movement {Read More..}
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the freezing of three bank accounts allegedly belonging to the Lagos State Government over an alleged N9.9bn fraud. The accounts domiciled in First City Monument Bank, Access Bank and Zenith Bank are numbered 5617984012, 0060949275 and 1011691254, respectively. Justice Chuka Obiozor {Read More..}
R. Kelly is now facing four sets of separate sex-crime charges, with the newest filed Monday by authorities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced at a news conference in Minneapolis that Kelly is being charged with two counts of prostitution and solicitation involving a girl under 18 {Read More..}
The Nigeria Police Force has detained Victor Ogungbero, a video editor and cameraman with Sahara Reporters. He is being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State. Ogungbenro was arrested alongside eight others at the scene of RevolutionNow protest in front of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. {Read More..}
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that in three years, five million Nigerian have been lifted out of poverty by his administration. The president made the assertion on Thursday, August 1 at the opening of the global youth employment forum of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Abuja, The Cable reports. {Read More..}
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Nigerian Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch as Children and Families’ minister, as part of his government reshuffle. The British-Nigerian 39-year-old Badenoch is a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden. Badenoch announced her new appointment on Monday, July 29. She tweeted: I’m {Read More..}
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