BREAKING: Gunmen Break Into Abuja Home, Abduct Father And Son

A father, Abdullahi Benda, and his 23-year-old son, Jibrin Abdullahi Benda, have been abducted at Yangoji village in Kwali Area council of Abuja. A neighbour simply identified as Zakari said the incident happened in the wee hours of Friday. He said the kidnappers, who positioned themselves at strategic places, scaled the fence of the victim’s house. “In fact, one of the kidnappers was even standing at a window at the back of my room shooting into the air, because it is a fence that separates us with the victim.” “The other members of the gang jumped over the fence and

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How does water gush out from the roof of a renovated N5.5bn Ibadan stadium? Nigerians react

Reactions have trailed the commissioning of the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan by the Oyo State State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday. Former Super Eagles players had played ex-Shooting Stars players in a friendly game before the current Shooting players defeated Slovenian club, NK Tabor Sezana 4-0 in another friendly. While the game against the Slovenian club was on, there was a downpour, which caused the newly refurbished pitch to be water-logged. Videos also surfaced online of part of the stadium’s roof leaking while the game was on. The PUNCH reported August 2020 that the remodeling of the sports complex was

Why we suspended Secondus –Rivers PDP

The Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Desmond Akawor, has explained that the party suspended the embattled National Chairman, Uche Secondus, because he was not financially committed to the party. Akawor said this when he appeared as a guest on 92.3 Nigeria Info, Port Harcourt programme ‘Hard facts’ on Thursday. He said “As of today, he remains suspended. He was suspended at the Ward level, of course ratified by the Local Government Area and the State level. As of today, he is no longer our national chairman. “We now have an acting chairman. He (Secondus) completely derailed from

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APC expels council chairman for ‘insulting’ Buhari

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled the party’s Caretaker Chairman for Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Alhaji Sulaiman Adamu, for making derogatory statements about President Muhammadu Buhari. The party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) ratified Adamu’s expulsion from the party at its 16th meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. A statement on Thursday in Abuja by CECPC Secretary, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, said the expulsion takes immediate effect. The statement said: “The CECPC received and deliberated on the report of his (Adamu’s) infractions and recommendations of the seven-member disciplinary committee set up by the Adamawa

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5,890 Boko Haram members have surrendered, says DHQ

    No fewer than 5,890 members of Boko Haram have surrendered to troops in the Northeast following intensive bombardment of their hideouts, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has said. Some 565 of those who surrendered comprising three Commanders, four Amirs, five Nakibs and others have been handed over to the Borno State Government for further management after profiling them. Acting Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Brig-Gen. Ben Onyeuko, who released the information, said the kinetic and non-kinetic approaches adopted in the prosecution of the counterinsurgency war were yielding fruit. “Within the period under review, troops of Operation Hadin Kai sustained

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