Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has condemned the burning of the church building of the Redeemed Christian Church of God by suspected hoodlums in Kontagora town. Bago, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Print Media, Aisha Wakaso, issued on Sunday in Minna, the state capital described the attack on the church “as mindless and cowardly.” The News Agency of Nigeria reports that suspected hoodlums in the early hours of Saturday looted items and...
Globally subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. I will highlight a few, how they are being manipulated and how huge sums of money can be recovered not just to subsidize fuel but also provide funds for development. ...
At least seven persons from the same family in Runjin Barmo village of Kajiji District in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State have reportedly died as a result of consumption of contaminated cassava delicacy. This is contained in a statement signed and made available by the Information Officer, State Ministry of Health, Nura Bello, on behalf of the state Commissioner for Health on Sunday evening. The statement revealed that the village head of the...
Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist and Convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, has issued a stern warning that all individuals responsible for the attacks and killings of peaceful protesters during the #EndBadGovernance demonstrations will be made to pay dearly for their actions. Sowore condemned the unjust treatment of peaceful protesters, who were attacked, killed, arrested, and detained during the 10-day nationwide protest against hunger, hardship, and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. He...
A farmer identified as Sunday Ayeni has been killed on his farm located at Uba Oka Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. It was gathered that the lifeless body of the deceased was found on the farm with machete cuts on his body. The incident came a few days after the late farmer received compensation for his farm that was destroyed by cows of some herdsmen in the area....
No fewer than three persons have been reportedly abducted along the Nkpologwu-Akpo Road, Nkpologwu, in Aguata Local Government Area of the Anambra State by unidentified assailants. Although the details of the incident remain sketchy, it was gathered that the armed assailants kidnapped the three men at different locations in the community early Sunday. The kidnap is said to be coming after some gunmen attacked a police checkpoint at the Omata junction along the Nnewi Oba...
A fire has engulfed the store of global electronics maker LG at Abule Osun, Trade Fair, Lagos State. The incident, which occurred around midnight on Sunday, destroyed goods worth millions of naira. This was revealed in a statement released by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency through its Head of Public Affairs Unit, Nosa Okunbor. He stated that the agency received distress calls through its toll-free emergency lines at 12:15 am, with fire officials arriving...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, in a nationwide operation, seized multi-billion-naira worth of cocaine concealed in heavy-duty automobile pivot shafts, Ghanaian fabric, Kente, and other items. This was made known in a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and shared on the agency’s website on Sunday. Suspect The agency disclosed that it also intercepted 2.32kg of cocaine at a courier firm in Lagos, and recovered 10.494kg of cocaine...
Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and Convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, has announced that organisers of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests will take legal action against the Nigerian government. This decision comes after peaceful protesters faced attacks, killings, arrests, and detentions by police and other security agencies during the 10-day nationwide demonstration against hunger, hardship, and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In an interview with Saturday PUNCH, Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the Africa...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have countered attempts by drug cartels to capitalise on recent protests to expand their activities. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in videos shared on X.com on Sunday. According to Babafemi, the cartels had planned to take advantage of the protests to move their “markets” across land, sea, and air. However, NDLEA operatives, armed with personnel, intelligence, cutting-edge technology, and sniffer dogs,...
