Court reaffirms Okah’s conviction.
South Africa’s top court on Friday reinstated a 24 year prison sentence for Henry Okah convicted of a series of terror attacks in Nigeria eight years ago. Okah was jailed in 2013 for masterminding a number of attacks, including twin bombings which killed 12 people in the Nigerian capital Abuja during independence day celebrations in […]
Police foil plot to smuggle cocain through embassy.
Police in Argentina have foiled a plot to smuggle cocaine to Europe through the Russian embassy’s diplomatic courier service, following an elaborate sting operation involving a shadowy Moscow intelligence chief. Five suspected members of the drug gang, including a former accountant at the embassy and a Buenos Aires police officer, have been arrested in Argentina […]
Killer yells ‘murderers’ when he was about to be executed.
A man convicted of raping and killing a college student yelled “murderers!” three times as he was put to death by lethal injection. Eric Scott Branch thrashed about on his stretcher and shouted and screamed before he fell silent. He was pronounced dead at 7.05pm on Thursday at Florida State Prison. The 47-year-old was executed […]
Arsenal to face AC Milan , Dortmund to face Salzburg in Europa round of 16.
The Gunners take on the side that dumped them out of the Champions League in 2012, with Gennaro Gattuso’s men at home in the first leg Arsenal have been drawn against Serie A side AC Milan in the last 16 of the Europa League. The Gunners narrowly overcame Ostersunds in the second leg of their […]
Dapchi Kidnap: FG should stop lying to Nigerians – PDP.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has said that Nigerians should hold President Mohammedu Buhari responsible for the Monday abduction of over hundred girls from a secondary school in Dapchi, Yobe State. The party also accused FG of lying to Nigerians. In a statement released on Friday by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola […]
Aisha attack Lai Mohammed over statement on missing school girls in Yobe State.
Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of Bring Back Our Girls Group, BBOG, has criticized a statement credited to Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, that members of the Boko Haram section were targeting soft targets because the military had succeed in chasing them out of the dreaded Sambisa forest. Mohammed, on Thursday while addressing reporters at Government Girls […]
PDP kicks against plans to sensor social media.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government over what it perceives as an attempt to censor the media. This was revealed on Thursday in a statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who faulted the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for urging the media to contextualise […]
Army removes Usman as spokesman.
Sani Usman, a Brigadier-General, has been replaced as spokesman of the Nigerian Army. In his stead, Jude Chukwu, also a Brigadier-General, has been appointed with a formal handover ceremony slated for Monday. Usman is currently attending a senior executive course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, while Chukwu is […]
Transparency international report has vindicated us – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the latest report by Transparency International (TI) showing that corruption has worsened under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has vindicated its stand that the current Federal Government is inherently and overtly corrupt. The party, in a statement on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, stated […]
Oyegun sabotaging reconciliatory efforts – Tinubu tells Buhari in a letter.
A former Governor of Lagos State and a foremost leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun of frustrating reconciliatory efforts within the ruling party. THEWILL recalls that Buhari earlier this month gave Tinubu the […]
Rivers state takes over case of retired Major.
A high court in Port Harcourt has granted the state government’s application to take over from the police in the prosecution of one Rtd. Maj. Festus Welewa and two others who are standing trial for allegedly sponsoring criminality in Aluu, in Ikwerre Local Government Area. The Retired Major and the two others, Ephraim Welewa and […]