The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, said it had arrested 17 suspected cultists. In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, spokesperson of the command, Mariam Yusuf said the suspects were arrested between April 5 and April 9, 2021, by police operatives from the Command’s Anti Cultism unit along Gwagwalada, Gwagwa, Lugbe and Kurudma axis…
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the revocation and withdrawal of the broadcast licenses of 52 broadcast stations across the country, including African Independent Television (AiT) and Silverbird television by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). In a statement in Lagos on Friday, the MRA described the action as ill-advised, insensitive and antithetical to the…
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has dismissed reports that its General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, met with Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). There were reports that Adeboye is not opposed to the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket and that he is in support of the presidential bid of…
The commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), in Plateau, Maj. Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, has temporarily relocated to Mangu LGA of the state. OPSH is a special military task force saddled with the responsibility of maintaining peace in Plateau state and its environs. Abubakar, who doubles as the general officer commanding (GOC) of the 3 division…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The Chairman of Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State, Vincent Venman, has denied allegations that he assaulted the former council chairman of Langtang North, Joshua Ubandoma at a recent function. Venman was alleged to have slapped Ubandoma during the annual “Resettlement Day celebrations”, held last Saturday in Sabon Gida,…
The founder of a non governmental organisation- Pregnancy Support Foundation (PSF), Mrs. Adesua Oni, has called for urgent steps to address the increasing rate of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Speaking in an interview with journalists during a medical outreach for pregnant women in the Mando area of Kaduna metropolis, she noted that Nigeria’s maternal mortality…
