GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom has raised an alarm over an alleged plot by cattle herdsmen from across the West African sub-region to invade Benue State to prevent the implementation of it planned anti-open grazing law.
FORMER Ohaneze Ndigbo general secretary Chief Nduka Eya has revealed that his driver masterminded his recent abduction by a group of kidnappers last week as part of a plan to extort an exorbitant ransom from him.
KOGI State civil servant Johnson Musa has been arraigned before a Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court for exposing the fact that Governor Yahaya Bello lives in a plum Abuja residence and not in the state.
NIGERIAN military chiefs have attributed the recent rise in suicide bombings to parents across the northeast of the country donating their daughters to Boko Haram who use them as mules to carry out attacks.
FULANI cattle herdsman Ali Haruna has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Ado Ekiti High Court after his livestock were adjudged to have damaged crops worth N1.5m ($4,000) on a farm within the state.
AREWA youth groups have indicated that they may pressurise the National Assembly to pass legislation calling for a referendum on allowing the southeast to remain part of Nigeria as a way of addressing the ongoing political imbroglio in the country.
LEICESTER City are contemplating selling Super Eagles winger Ahmed Musa to Premier League rivals West Bromwich Albion (WBA) having successfully secured the services of compatriot Kelechi Iheanacho from Manchester City over the last week.
WASHINGTON has finally agreed to sell Nigeria 12 A-29 Super Tucano attack planes in a deal worth $593m as part of its contribution towards assisting in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents operating in the northeast of the country.
NIGERIA is to begin taxing first and business class airline tickets soon as part of the government's continued drive to increase its revenue pool and end its dependency on crude oil export income.
NIGERIAN-born heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been mandated by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to defend his title against Cuba's Luis Ortiz pointing out that he has 30 days to reach a deal on the fight.
GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom has raised an alarm over an alleged plot by cattle herdsmen from across the West African sub-region to invade Benue State to prevent the implementation of it planned anti-open grazing law.
FORMER Ohaneze Ndigbo general secretary Chief Nduka Eya has revealed that his driver masterminded his recent abduction by a group of kidnappers last week as part of a plan to extort an exorbitant ransom from him.
KOGI State civil servant Johnson Musa has been arraigned before a Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court for exposing the fact that Governor Yahaya Bello lives in a plum Abuja residence and not in the state.
NIGERIAN military chiefs have attributed the recent rise in suicide bombings to parents across the northeast of the country donating their daughters to Boko Haram who use them as mules to carry out attacks.
FULANI cattle herdsman Ali Haruna has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Ado Ekiti High Court after his livestock were adjudged to have damaged crops worth N1.5m ($4,000) on a farm within the state.
AREWA youth groups have indicated that they may pressurise the National Assembly to pass legislation calling for a referendum on allowing the southeast to remain part of Nigeria as a way of addressing the ongoing political imbroglio in the country.
LEICESTER City are contemplating selling Super Eagles winger Ahmed Musa to Premier League rivals West Bromwich Albion (WBA) having successfully secured the services of compatriot Kelechi Iheanacho from Manchester City over the last week.
WASHINGTON has finally agreed to sell Nigeria 12 A-29 Super Tucano attack planes in a deal worth $593m as part of its contribution towards assisting in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents operating in the northeast of the country.
NIGERIA is to begin taxing first and business class airline tickets soon as part of the government's continued drive to increase its revenue pool and end its dependency on crude oil export income.
NIGERIAN-born heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been mandated by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to defend his title against Cuba's Luis Ortiz pointing out that he has 30 days to reach a deal on the fight.
