POLICE INVITATION IS A MERE POLITICAL GAME - Saraki
Mon, 23rd Jul 2018
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has stated that the invitation to him by the Police to report to a station in Guzape over the Offa robbery investigation is a mere afterthought which is designed to achieve political purpose.
Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that he has it on good authority that the Police...
Monday, 23 July 2018

Buhari's aide provokes angry reactions with reminder of assassination attempt.
Posted on 12:37 by Steve Igbokwe
An attempt to celebrate the fourth anniversary of an attack on President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy by his Personal Assistant , Bashir Ahmad has attracted angry remarks from Nigerians .
Ahmad had twitted a photo of the bullet ridden SUV in which the president was attacked while he was travelling as a presidential candidate four years ago.
The Nigerians who responded to the twit were particularly irked by President Buhari’s handling of rampant killings...

Gunmen kill ex-commissioner on Abuja-Kaduna road
Posted on 09:50 by Steve Igbokwe
The immediate past Commissioner for Education in Katsina State, Prof. Halimatu Idris, was killed by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening along the Abuja-Kaduna highway.
Lamenting the loss on Sunday, Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State prayed Allah to forgive the slain professor her shortcomings and grant her family the fortitude to bear the loss.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education on Monday, officially announced the demise of the former commissioner.
In...

Hijab wahala: Abuja school names hostel after Law School graduate
Posted on 07:04 by Steve Igbokwe
The management of Islamic Leadership Academy, Kuje, Abuja has named one of its girls' hostels after Barrister Firdausi Aljannah Amasa.
In 2017,the law graduate of the University of Illorin was disallowed from performing the call to bar ceremony by the Nigerian Law School for insisting on wearing her hijab during the occasion.
However, following the furore generated by the incident, the Nigerian Law School Body Of Benchers in 2018, approved the...

New FCT Police chief talks tough, releases security numbers
Posted on 06:19 by Steve Igbokwe
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja police command has a new boss in the person of tough talking CP Bala Ciroma.
In a statement issued by the spokesman of the command, DSP Anjuguri Manza, CP Ciroma pledged to rid Abuja of criminals.
He called for the support of residents and other security outfits in the city in order to achieve the objective.
He said that residents could help the police with timely information through the following dedicated...

Man kills friend over fleeing cow, N100 in Abuja
Posted on 05:57 by Steve Igbokwe
A fight between two friends over a hundred naira tip given to them for catching a fleeing cow has resulted in the death of one of them.
The unfortunate incident happened last Thursday at the cattle market in Abaji, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
According to eyewitness accounts, the two friends had helped a cattle dealer to catch a run away cow.
An argument over who should take the N100 tip given to them for their efforts by...
Thursday, 19 July 2018

Osinbajo, Saraki, governors meet behind closed doors in Abuja
Posted on 10:53 by Steve Igbokwe
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and some state governors on Thursday, met at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Governors sighted around President Buhari’s office where the meeting held are Aminu Masari of Katsina State, Zamfara State governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, Abdulaziz Yari, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State and Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State.
However, President Buhari left the...
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