President Bola Tinubu has announced sweeping changes at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited board, removing the Chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure and the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mallam Mele Kyari. This was announced in a statement on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The statement said…
Residents of Otukpo in Benue State on Tuesday staged a protest against the incessant cases of kidnappings and killings by suspected herdsmen. The protesters, mostly youths, occupy the Otukpo-Enugu federal highway, calling on the government to address the growing insecurity in the state. There has been a surge in cases of killings and kidnappings allegedly…
The senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of bias in her recall from the senate. Addressing her supporters on Tuesday in Okehi LGA of Kogi state, she said the commission is aiding and guiding petitioners on how to perfect their illegal acts. The senator, who arrived in…
The National Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop David Bakare, has strongly condemned the killing of 16 travelling hunters intercepted by local vigilantes in Uromi community, Esan North Local Government of Edo state. In an interview with journalists on Sunday in Kaduna, Bakare called for thorough investigations into the ungodly act to…
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Edo and federal governments to fish out and prosecute the killers of the 16 hunters hunters from the north. On Thursday, a mob in the Uromi, Edo state intercepted the hunters of northern who were travelling from Elele, Rivers state to Kano to…
The Saudi Arabian authorities have announced the sighting of the moon’s crescent marking the beginning of Shawwal and the end of Ramadan. With this development, Ramadan will be 29 days long, while Eid-el-Fitr will be celebrated on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. “The crescent moon has been sighted in Saudi Arabia. Eid-Al-Fitr will be celebrated on…
