UgamatvHunters gun down two kidnappers collecting ransom in Kogi ambush
TWO kidnappers were gunned down in the early hours of Tuesday while collecting ransom demanded before the release of their victims. A statement issued on Tuesday by the Chief Press…
Niger: Doctor among 374 dismissed for certificate racketeering, violating civil service rules
In an effort to clean up this system for efficient civil service delivery, the Niger State Government has dismissed no fewer than 374 civil servants, among them a medical doctor,…
Kaduna records 2,103 new TB cases
The Kaduna State Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme recorded 2,103 new cases of tuberculosis in the first quarter of 2021. The Programme Manager, Dr. Abubakar Sadiq, disclosed this in an…
APGA crisis deepens as National Chairman emerges Anambra guber candidate
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has deepened following the emergence of the factional National Chairman of the party, Chief Edozie Njoku, as the governorship candidate of…
FCT police arrest notorious ‘one-chance’ kingpin, killer
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says that it has arrested a notorious ‘one-chance’ (hit and run) robber who had been terrorising residents of Abuja. The suspect, identified as…
Ohanaeze: Igbo youth group alleges plot to sabotage Obiozor presidency
The Igbo Youth Alliance for Self-Determination has alleged a plot by internal forces within the Ohanaeze Ndigbo to blackmail and arm-twist its President-General George Obiozor. A statement issued Tuesday and…
Senate passes N329.963bn 2021 FCT budget
The Senate on Tuesday approved N329,963,491,523bn as statutory budget for the Federal Capital Territory for the year 2021. The passage followed the consideration of the report of the Committee on…
2023: Group insists Abia gov must come from North
Abia North Citizens Forum has said governorship of the state should return to the zone in 2023. In a communique signed by its leader, Ambassador E. O. Philip and eight others,…
Police demolish 2 houses used as kidnappers’ den in Benue
Two houses belonging to a wanted suspected kidnapper and armed robber known as Aondofa Cephas Chekele, alias Azonto, were, yesterday, demolished by the orders of the Benue State Government. Azonto, UGAMATV…
5 die in tanker, kerosine explosions in Benue, Abia
No fewer than three people were confirmed dead and others injured after a tanker fully loaded with petrol exploded in Amoke community of Apa Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State,…
