Five persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of over 30 residents in Bwai, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokesman of the Plateau state police command, Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. On Tuesday, two communities in…
Russian football clubs and national teams have been suspended from all competitions by FIFA and UEFA after the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The two football governing bodies announced this in a joint statement on Monday. The world and European football governing bodies said they would be banned “until further notice”. According to the BBC, FIFA…
A federal lawmaker, representing Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu federal constituency of Benue state, Dr. Francis Agbo, has condemned the attack on a former councillor who represented Apa Ward Ado LGA, Williams Ochonu and others. The former councilor, alongside others were said to have been beaten to stupor on Sunday, by gun-wielding hoodlums in Otukpo. Agbo, in a statement…
The senate has ordered for investigation into the alleged assault on Clement Sagwak by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar. The CCT Chairman was caught on video as he stepped out of his car at Banex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja, appearing to hit Sagwak a security guard who had…
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and prosecute those planning to install an interim government. The DSS had on Wednesday in a statement, there were plot “by some key players” to install an interim government and stop the President Elect,…
The Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has condemned the persistent killings by criminal herdsmen in Benue state. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, president-general of CBCN, Bishop Leonard Kawas, called on Presidemmnt Bola Tinubu to declare emergency rule in Benue to address the killings. Kawas also condemned the alleged threat on the Catholic…
