The House of Representatives voted Tuesday night to approve a resolution calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment in the wake of the violent siege of the US Capitol last week. The vote amounts to a symbolic rebuke after Vice President Mike Pence made clear earlier in the…
The Police Command in Zamfara has banned unauthorised use of siren, revolving light, tinted glasses, unregistered, covered and spy plate numbers. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Muhammad Shehu. “The command wishes to warn that unauthorised and Illegal use of…
– The Nigerian police recently paraded two kidnap gangs in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja – Interestingly, a leader of one of the gangs kidnapped the leader of another gang – The kidnapper kidnapped was said to have been a member of the other gang before he broke out to form his own criminal unit….
The death has been reported of an 18-year-old student during a sex romp at the Yobe State Government Lodge, Damaturu. The development was confirmed by the police on Monday. According to available information, the student had left her friends to see a man simply identified as Dr. Albash, who claimed to work with the Federal…
The Joint Action Committee, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities will start a three-day protest today . A statement by the General Secretary of NASU, Mr Peters Adeyemi and president of SSANU, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim on Friday, said, the JAC NASU/SSANU observed that the federal government failed to address…
The authorities of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) on Monday directed the students of the institution to commence online lectures with immediate effect. Already, various faculties in the institution have grouped the students for the easy conduct of online lectures in the university Unilorin, in a statement by the school’s Director of Corporate affairs, Mr….
A British appeal court has overturned an order that prevented a Nigerian construction company from enforcing parts of a $48 million arbitration award. The company is seeking damages over an abandoned hotel project at the Lagos airport. The ruling was delivered in November 2020 but newsmen has just obtained a copy. The award, given in…
The Kaduna State Government has arraigned the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State, Abraham Alberah, and four others for alleged attempted adultery and organising a nude party in breach of the COVID-19 protocol. Alberah is the husband of Aisha Yakubu, the owner of Asher Lounge, the venue of the botched sex…
The US has recorded over 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, setting an all-time high record. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the US recorded 4,085 deaths and nearly 275,000 new cases, on Thursday. This is the third consecutive day of record breaking daily deaths from the coronavirus in the US. States such as California,…
A Niger state online news portal shared this invite of a wedding between an 83-year-old man identified as Alhaji Yushu’a Suleiman and a young girl, Amina Mohammed, said to be 16-year-old. The wedding is slated for Januay 9, 2021, however, the state is not disclosed. The invite is courtesy of one Hajia Kande Wushishi Local Government…