The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum( AYCF) has condemned the alleged killing of eight Northerners in an attack by gunmen on Tuesday in Abia state. It was learnt that gunmen reportedly invaded the newly constructed Abia Cattle Market in Omumauzor, Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia state on Tuesday night, killing several persons and injuring…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, struck out the terrorism charge filed against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group. The appellate court in a judgment by a three-member panel held that Kanu’s extradition from…
President Bola Tinubu has suspended the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Willie Bassey, director of information, office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), announced this in a statement on Wednesday. The statement said Tinubu gave the approval for Bawa’s suspension to allow for a proper…
The presiding bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has declared that it is immoral to force people to take COVID-19 vaccine. He also said that he will not will take the vaccine. Speaking on Saturday during his Church programme, “Hour of Prayer service,” he said,“I have never seen a generation where…
An independent review panel has said that the Covid-19 pandemic was preventable, according to reports by the BBC. The panel, set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), said the combined response of the WHO and global governments was a “toxic cocktail”. The WHO should have declared a global emergency earlier than it did, its…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika- Zaria, has given the Kaduna State government and security agencies a 10-day ultimatum for the unconditional release of their colleague, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola. Popoola, a mother of five and medical practitioner at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, was abducted alongside her…
