A federal high court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Abba Kyari, in the sum of N50 million. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had in June 2022, filed a 24-count charge marked against Kyari and his two siblings – Mohammed Kyari and Ali Kyari over non-disclosure…
The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has called for investigation into the recent road accident that claimed the lives of a baby, driver and 12 pastors, near Benin City, Edo state. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, the CAN president also called on security agencies to increase their…
The Nasarawa state chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has commenced a five-day warning strike following the failure of the state government to meet its demands. At a press briefing in Lafia on Wednesday, the state Chairman of NMA, Dr. Peter Attah, said the decision to embark on the five-day warning strike was reached…
An armed gang, suspected to be assassins have killed Ahmad Abubakar Kotorkoshi, welfare officer of the Gusau chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Zamfara state. In a statement on Wednesday in Gusau, chairman of the chapter, Junaidu Abubakar, said the deceased, popularly known as Ahmed Kotorkoshi, was gruesomely murdered at his Kotorkoshi residence, Bungudu…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has banned Mmesoma Ejikeme, the school girl who allegedly forged her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result from taking the board’s examinations for three years. Spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday. The board also insisted that high-level investigations had revealed…
Civilian staff of the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), Kaduna, have accused the management of the corporation for allegedly ordering soldiers to beat them during a peaceful protest to demand for the non payment of their allowances. The peaceful protest which held on Monday at the Kakuri factory of the corporation, was the second…
