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Catholic priest kidnapped while preparing for Mass in Imo State

By Nnadi Christopher Ikechukwu It was another day of rage in Imo state as a priest with Okigwe Catholic Diocese in Imo State, Rev Fr Jude Maduka, has been kidnapped. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the priest was kidnapped on Sunday morning while preparing for the Sunday’s Eucharistic Mass celebration on Sunday morning. Rev Fr Maduka, […]

Presidential Tribunal adjourns Peter Obi’s petition against Tinubu till May 17

By Olugbenga Ige The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has adjourned the petition of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, till Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Naija News reports that the tribunal panel of judges gave the ruling on Wednesday during the hearing of Obi’s petition challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu in […]

Ex-Information Minister, Tony Momoh Dies

  (NNP) Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information, has died.  Momoh, more known for his incredible exploits as a journalist, was one of the founding members of the All Progressive Congress APC. He was a minister in Gen. Ibrahim Babangida’s regime from 1986-90. The cause of death has not been disclosed. He was 81. -New […]

Ekiti: Woman arraigned for receiving stolen police property during #EndSARS protest

From Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti A 23-year-old woman, Afuye Christianah, was on Monday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly receiving stolen property. Christianah, whose address was not given, is facing a charge of receiving stolen property. The prosecutor, Insp Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometimes in November 2020 […]

DJ Switch replies Lai Mohammed

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Nigerian disc jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch has replied Nigeria’s minister of information, Lai Mohammed, stating that he is misinformed. The DJ who has come under attack from the federal government, took a swipe at the minister via her Twitter page. Previously, Lai Mohammed has threatened to reveal […]

Nigeria is a dictatorship, DJ Switch says, asks Governor Sanwo-Olu to tell Nigerians truth about Lekki massacre

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has insisted that the Nigerian Army acted professionally and kept to the rules of engagement in the handling the #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020. He disclosed this while reacting to a report by CNN on Wednesday, which revealed how soldiers of […]

[VIDEO] Lekki shootings: DJ Switch will be exposed as a fraud -Lai Mohammed

UN Deputy Secretary-General commend governors’ handling of #EndSARS protests

Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed met on Tuesday with the governors of the 36 states of the Federation on the platform of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), commending their maturity in the handling of the #EndSARS protests. She came to the commendation when she visited the NGF Secretariat as part of her tour of […]

We will not allow repeat of EndSARs protests, Security Council vows (Then make the country better, otherwise it will continue peacefully)

The National Security Council on Tuesday vowed to deploy more decisive measures with a view to averting a repeat of the EndSARS protest while also dealing with the deteriorating insecurity in parts of the country. Addressing State House Correspondents shortly after a meeting convened by President Mohammadu Buhari in Aso Rock, Minister of Police Affairs, […]

Nigerians plan to close account with banks freezing #EndSARS protesters accounts

Nigerians are calling for mass boycott of banks, who acted on an order from the Central Bank of Nigeria to freeze the accounts of some #EndSARS protest organisers. The accounts of some prominent organisers of the protest had been frozen since October 19 on the orders of the CBN before the apex bank approached the […]