Members of Fright Forwarders Transport Association have barricaded the Port Harcourt International Airport Junction, stopping vehicular movements.
The members of the Association blocked the roads with their containers in protest against an attack on one of their members by security operatives at a checkpoint around the airport junction.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that the incident took place Friday night after an argument broke out between a security agent and a driver.
As at press time, there is no vehicular movement around the Airport junction as members have vowed to …
The renewed troubleshooting of renowned Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahnad Gumi, has continued to cause controversies among Nigerians, especially on the social media platform, Twitter.
Nigerians were first piqued when reports and images surfaced online of the meeting Gumi had with two set of bandits in forests in Zamfara State.
In the images that accompanied the reports, the Islamic cleric was seen with heavily armed bandits, who gleefully told him that they took up arms because of the certain injustices done to them by the Nigerian state.
The images took many …
The Deputy Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Felicia Bassey, has advocated the emergence of a woman as president of Nigeria.
Bassey made the call following the emergence of Ngozi Okonjo Iweala as the head of the World Trade Organisation and Kamala Harry as Vice President of the United States of America, USA.
She said Nigerian women have the intellectual capacity and other endowments to lead the country.
In an interview on Friday, the lawmaker said the perennial issue of insecurity and economic downturn in …
The king of Eswatini formerly Swaziland on Friday revealed that he had recovered from Covid-19 in January after taking an anti-viral drug sent by Taiwan, with which the kingdom maintains diplomatic relations.
The tiny southern African country is the only state on the continent still resisting Chinese pressure to cut ties with Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a renegade province.
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King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, on Friday thanked the Taiwanese president for sending the medication, which he did not name, and said the government would ‘immediately‘ procure …
The Reds are heading into this fixture on a positive note, as they grabbed a crucial triumph against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg.
The reigning champions have been going through a rough patch for quite a while now, and they are well aware of the fact that from now on, they need to be steady enough for the remaining games to ensure their spot
According to a report from SITE Intelligence Group, the Islamic State group yesterday claimed responsibility for the February 3 killing of four soldiers in a rugged region of central Tunisia.
SITE which is a US monitor of jihadist groups on Thursday said that the soldiers were killed in three blasts ignited by its fighters near Mount Mghila and that a ‘spy‘ was beheaded separately by IS.
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The defense ministry announced the losses the same day, saying the soldiers in ‘a military unit tasked with carrying …
Odua Peoples Congress, Agbekoya, Hunters Group, Isokan Ile Yoruba, Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Ibarapa Group, and Community Society Awareness Initiative have vowed to do everything they can to defend Yorubaland against invasion by killer herdsmen.
This was made known in a communique issued after their meeting on Friday in Lagos. The groups, under the aegis of South-West Security Stakeholders, urged the Obas and traditional leaders of Yorubaland to always inform them of any invasion in their domain or territory.
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A copy of the communique made available to our correspondent …
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has blamed the heightened tension in the state over the idea of grazing lands on those he described as the same political opponents he discredited and defeated in the last gubernatorial poll in the state.
The governor who had been reported to have earlier promised to establish grazing lands for herders, but in a swift twist, while speaking to State House correspondents after meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, at the presidential villa, Abuja, weekend, he said his government was only encouraging private citizens to do business …
No fewer than 17 women and an unknown number of children were reportedly kidnapped in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State en route a wedding ceremony in Funtua Local Government Area of the state.
A source which wised to remain anonymous from the area disclosed that the majority of the women were carrying children when they were intercepted on Thursday by unknown gunmen who whisked them away to an unknown location.
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‘The incident happened when the women were on their way from Unguwar Rimi Village to Garin Maigora …
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged both Muslim and Christian clerics to channel their prayers, commitment, fasting, sermons towards promoting peace and stability across the country.
Tinubu, gave the charge on Friday while addressing the mammoth crowd at the eight days ‘fidau‘ prayer for the soul of the late first civilian Governor, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, LJK, held at his Bishop Street, residence, Illupeju, Lagos
Tinubu urged Nigerians to seek peace in its truest form …
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has ordered the arrest of cattle found loitering the streets of Akure.
Akeredolu said the order was to reiterate his administration’s resolve to ban open grazing in the State.
The Governor disclosed this in a chat with TVC.
‘We are banning open grazing. If I see a cow I will arrest it. They can’t move in Akure town. We wouldn’t allow it. It is not going to happen. We must put an end to it,’ he said.
The governor’s decision followed recent criminal activities linked to herdsmen in the State.
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Kaduna based popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmed Gumi, has said that the students of Government Science College, Kagara and others abducted in Niger State would soon be released.
The cleric gave the assurance after meeting with the bandits in the forests between Tegina in Niger State and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State.
A source quoted by the report, who was privy to the meeting, said Sheikh Gumi had a meeting with the leader of the bandits and other top commanders at the Dutsen Magaji forest.
The source also …
