The terrorists, who abducted passengers on a Kaduna-bound train last month, have threatened to kill them if the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari, fails to meet their demands.In a video released on Wednesday, the armed men said they were not interested in money, adding that the Federal Government knows what they were asking for….
Terrorists killed 17 soldiers in an attack at a military base in Polwire, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, The PUNCH learnt. A source told our correspondent that 40 wounded soldiers were taken to the 44 Army Reference Hospital facility, including 17 of them (soldiers) confirmed to have been killed by the terrorists. The source…
A document from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria has exposed how the Sokoto State Government led by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwa stole, diverted about N189 billion from the state-owned accounts to private individuals. The document signed by DCE AS Abubakar and addressed to the chairman of the commission, Abdulrasheed…
 A leaked has detailed how Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, wanted to award a N3.7 billion rail security contract to a company with N84.9 million turnover. Amaechi had while reacting to the unfortunate attack on a Kaduna bound train by terrorists on Monday night, after visiting the victims, said the attack could have been prevented if his request…
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has announced that there is no plan to extend the deadline for filing individual annual tax returns beyond its statutory date of March 31. The Executive Chairman, Mr. Ayodele Subair made this known on Friday, March 25, 2022 at the LIRS headquarters, Alausa, Ikeja as he advises all…
Hours into the convention, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, pulled out of the race for the national deputy chairman (North). In a letter addressed to the caretaker committee chairman, Mai Mala Buni, the former Speaker wrote in part, “It was thought that my emergence will no doubt strengthen the party’s…
After days of negotiations and disagreements, the preferred candidate of the President, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the position of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, was ratified as the new party chairman late Saturday night. The ratification of Adamu and other members of the incoming National Working Committee…
……Warns Nigerians to reject political moneybags Publisher of Ovation Magazine and businessman, Dele Momodu, Friday in Abuja warned stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party and all Nigerians against moneybags politics, saying the presidency is not for the highest bidder. This is as he kicked against the notion that a southern candidate cannot garner enough votes…
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has granted an order for the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to take over valuable assets of a Lagos businessman, Tijani Babatunde Folawiyo, over an unpaid debt of N727.9 million. The order was sequel to an application filed before the court by the law firm of Seun…
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, in his bid to secure a re-election, is clamping down on his opponents. Amongst them is Muhammad Jibrin Barde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whose campaign office at Liberty Hotel Junction, GRA area of the state, was demolished. In what appeared to be an outright disobedience to the ruling…
