Kidnappers on Thursday night, stormed the Nigerian Army Post Housing Scheme in the Kurudu area of Abuja, abducting two residents. According to The Punch newspapers, the abductees include the wife and one of the in-laws of a lawyer, Cyril Adikwu. The incident, according to a neighbour of the victims, occurred around 10:00 pm in the…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says he is confident that he will win the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku stated this in an interview with journalists on Saturday shortly after a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his presidential bid. Atiku was said to have arrived Obasanjo’s residence located within Olusegun…
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, resolved to invite Deposit Money Banks, also known as commercial banks, on Wednesday over the scarcity of new naira notes. The Punch reports that the Managing Directors/Chief Executive Officers of the banks, under the auspices of the Bankers’ Committee, are to meet with an ad hoc committee of the…
Residents of Jos, the Plateau state capital, have lamented the deplorable state of roads in parts of the metropolis, describing them as death traps. The residents, in a report, published in the latest edition of the state owned newspaper, Sunday Standard, said car crashes occur almost on a daily basis within the metropolis as a result…
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended 11 justices for elevation to the supreme court. In a statement on Wednesday,, NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, said after deliberations at the council’s 104th meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja, 11 out of the 22 on the list have been nominated. The Federal Judicial Service Commission…
President Bola Tinubu is to address a joint session of the national assembly on Thursday, June 12, to commemorate Democracy Day. A statement issued by Akin Rotimi on Sunday said the event was conveyed to the lawmakers via an internal memorandum issued by Yahaya Danzaria, clerk of the House of Representatives Rotimi said the president…
