An Ikeja high court, Lagos, on Friday, sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (aka Evans) and two others to life imprisonment after four years of trial. The were convicted for conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The other two convicts are Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu. However, one Ogechi Uchechukwe and two former soldiers,…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law. Buhari in an address during the signing of the document said in line with established tradition, he received inputs from relevant ministries, departments and agencies of government after careful and thorough reviews of the Bill and its implications to democratic processes…
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has explained why the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is yet to completely deploy the Super Tucano fighter jets. Speaking on Friday during a dialogue with the media, Amao said some of the equipment were still being expected, although the air force personnel have begun using the…
Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has said that with the declaration of bandits as terrorists, the army now have the necessary legal backing to deal with the criminals. According to him, the Nigerian military was reluctant to bomb the bandits because of concerns about facing the International Criminal Court (ICC). A federal high court…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has decried the state of the country, and urged for a change in the system. Kukah said this on Wednesday during the Pastor E.A Adeboye’s eighth annual public lecture held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God camp, kilometre 46, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. He said, “Successive uncaring governments…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The Senate has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to declare all know leaders of terrorist wanted. The call was made on Wednesday in a six-point resolution reached by the senate following a motion considered on the urgent need to stem the increasing spate of kidnappings and insecurity across…
