The Lagos state police command has arrested Funke Akindele, Nollywood actress, for hosting a house party, in violation to the lockdown order in the state government.She was picked up on Sunday evening and taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti (SCID), Yaba on Sunday evening.Spokesman of the Lagos Police Command, Bala Elkana, announced Akindele’s…
The late General Joshua Dogonyaro (rtd), who died on Thursday at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) at a ripe age of 80, will be remembered for many things during his military carrier. One is the coup speech he read when the military regime of then Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the current Nigerian President was…
Although this could be a mere coincidence, there is a feeling among a section of Nigerians that the arrest of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, only a day after Mr. Hope’s counsel to his kinsmen somehow underscored the plausibility of his political sensibilities and beliefs. Come to think of it, has that arrest not shown…
The Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF), held its congress meeting on Saturday at HEKAN Church, Kaduna. The meeting which was Presided by the chairman of the forum, Ejoga Inalegwu, was attended by members in the northern states. Cross section of members at the forum at the meeting.
The senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, Sunday Katung has said that his recent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was informed by the “unprecedented federal attention to Southern Kaduna.” Speaking with journalists at the weekend, Katung said that even if he had remained in the PDP, he…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed allegations that senators were paid $15,000 bribe each to approve the state of emergency declaration in Rivers state. President Bola Tinubu had, on Tuesday, declared a state of emergency in Rivers state, citing the prolonged political crisis and vandalisation of oil installations. The Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his…
