Category: Breaking News
Taraba Police to embark on search and arrest operations to recover looted items
The Taraba State Police Command has called on those in custody of looted government or private property items to return them, as the command will embark on search,...
We won our unity at great cost, don’t jeopardise it, Buhari tells Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined Nigerians to eschew actions and comments that can jeopardise the unity and progress of the country. Buhari made the appeal on...
Despite wide support, US ‘opposes’ Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as WTO DG
Despite wide support for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate for the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the US has expressed its opposition...
Fintiri gives Adamawa looters 12 hours to return stolen items
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Tuesday, gave looters 12 hours to return all stolen items carted away in the unrest that followed the #EndSARS protests...
Tinubu visits Sanwo-Olu, says I didn’t go nowhere, I remain Asiwaju of Lagos, I’m still Jagaban
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday lamented the recent invasion and wanton looting of public and private assets in the...
EndSARS: UN demands end to attacks, violence on protesters
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called for an end to police brutality and attack on #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria. Guterres, who said he’s...
#EndSARS protests: Presidency appeals for understanding, calm nationwide
Presidency on Wednesday appealed to Nigerians to show understanding with the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and remain calm while it tries to implement police...
Nigerian Ports Authority set ablaze
Suspected hoodlums on Wednesday set ablaze the headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority in Lagos. The building is currently engulfed by the inferno ignited by the...
Protests hit Kano over teenager’s death in police custody
Protests broke out on Monday in the Kofar mata area of Kano State over the reported killing of a teenager in police custody. Amnesty International alleged that the...
Crocodile Smile: Military operation will backfire, #EndSARS protesters, others warn Buhari
#EndSARS protesters, the Alliance for Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond, human rights groups and lawyers on Sunday warned the Federal Government not to go ahead with its...
Breaking: Adamawa APC Party treasurer passes on
The Treasurer of All Progressives Congress ,APC, of Adamawa state chapter, Alhaji Adamu Mohammed passed on. His death as confirmed by the party organising Secretary,...
Two dead, many injured as protesters, hoodlums clash in Benin
No fewer than two persons were killed when protesters and hoodlums clashed along Ring Road, Benin, Edo State, during the #ENDSARS protest on Friday. The hoodlums had...
#EndInsecurityNow protesters storm Kaduna, Gombe, Kano, Bauchi, others
Hundreds of youths, on Thursday, hit the streets of major cities in the North, including Kaduna, Gombe, Kano and Bauchi, to protest the spate of kidnapping, armed...
Breaking News:Edo Assembly Speaker, Okiye impeached
Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Frank Okiye, has been impeached. Okiye was said to have been removed from the leadership of the Assembly by nine lawmakers...
Bring in reforms that would sanitize and strengthen SARS rather than scraping it- Emir of Muri tells IG
The Emir of Muri Emirate in Taraba state, HRH. Abbas Njidda Tafida, has called on the Federal government to look inwards and bring in reforms that would sanitize and...
Breaking : IGP Adamu responded to Nigerians calls,dissolve SARS ,full press statement
PRESS RELEASE IGP DISSOLVES THE SPECIAL ANTI-ROBBERY SQUAD (SARS) · Emplaces other measures to protect the citizens In the finest spirit of democratic,...
#ENDSARS Protest: 100,000 people unfollow Buhari on Twitter within 24 hours
About 100,000 people have unfollowed President Muhammadu Buhari on Twitter as a sign of protest of his management of the current policing crisis across the nation....
Trailer skipped -off, killed 5, 30 others injured in Adamawa
A trailer loaded with cattle skipped-off along Mayo-Belwa-Ganye road of Southern Adamawa on Saturday killed five people and thirty others were confirmed injured. Aminu...
#Fixgombe/Yolaroad: plan protest attracts Fed Govt response,N7b approved
The untold hardship meted on the people and commuters plying the Gombe/Yola for many years has attracted a mass plan protest by some Youths in Adamawa state. Our...
Nuhu Bamali emerges 19th Emir of Zauzzau
Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamali has emerged as the 19th Emir of Zazzau, succeeding the late Emir Shehu Idris. Idris died on Sunday, September 20, 2020, after reigning for 45...
Mrs Helinah Seth dies @ 118, Crowther announces Saturday 17th for the burial
Mother to Adamawa state Deputy Governor, Mama Helinah Metosudo Seth died at 118 years old. Chief Crowther Seth confirmed that the burial arrangement is coming up on...
Breaking:Adamawa Deputy Governor’s Mother Passes on
Mother Adamawa state Deputy Governor,Chief Crowther Seth Seth passed on. Crowther Seth told TGNEWS reporter that the sad incidence occurred at the early hours of today....
Independence: We must fight obstacles to moving forward-Gov Fintiri celebrate Nigerians
The 2020 independence day celebration came at a time that Nigerians must come together to fight all obstacle to moving forward according to the Executive Governor of...
FEC approves N13.08trn 2021 budget estimate
Federal Executive Council has approved a budget estimate of N13.08trn for the 2021 fiscal year. The fiscal document was approved at a meeting of the council on Wednesday...
Flood Disaster: Heavy downpour renders Wukari residents homeless
Residents of Akwana Community in Wukari local government area of Taraba State were on Tuesday morning rendered homeless by an early morning heavy rainfall in the area....
Nigeria @ 60: Queen Elizabeth of England congratulate Buhari
Her Majesty, The Queen of England, has sent a message of felicitation to President Muhammadu Buhari on the occasion of Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary, October...
Kuwait’s emir Al-Sabah dies at 91
Kuwait’s emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, regarded as the architect of the nation’s modern foreign policy, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, according to the...
NLC bow to pressure, calls off strike, as FG reverse electricity tariff hike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have reportedly decided to back down from the proposed strike slated for Monday, September 28, 2020....
Abel Diah: Taraba former Speaker loses Father-Inlaw @93
Taraba State former Speaker and Member representing Mbamnga constituency in the state Assembly, Rt Hon Abel Peter Diah lost his Father-Inlaw, Rev Abel Kangla, JP. Kangla...
Musa Duhu: We lost a coach, a renown food ball Icon in Adamawa-Mauludu
The Death of Adamawa state Football Association official, Alhaji Musa Duhu was described as a shocking one and turned the association into outer darkness. Alhaji Mauludu...
We’ve lost a Father who was a Peace and Unity figure in Kaduna-Bamako mourns the death of Shehu Idris
The death of Dr Shehu Idris, a long serving Mornach of Zaria Emirate,Kaduna State was described a monumental loss to not only the people of the State but the entire...
Breaking: Emir of Zaria, Shehu Idris Passes on
The twitter handle of the former senator representing Kaduna Central, Comrade Shehu Sani revealed that the premier ruler of Zaria Emirate, Alhaji Dr Shehu Idris passed...
Edo election: Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu win polling units
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, of the Peoples Democratic Party has won his polling unit in Oredo Ward 4, Unit 19 in the governorship election. Similarly, his main...
Ize-Iyamu votes, says ‘I am very confident of winning’
All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has cast his vote. Ize-Iyamu voted at 9:30 am at polling unit 26, ward 5 in...
DANJUMA JALO: ANOTHER PAINFUL EXIT-HE BONI HARUNA MOURNS
The Former Governor of Adamawa state His Excellency Mr Boni Haruna has described the death of Danjuma Jalo another painful exit. Boni in statement said the news of the...
Breaking: former Adamawa Governor decamps to APC
The former Governor of Adamawa state, Rt Hon Bala James Nggilari has decamped to the All Progressives Congress(APC). James lamented that the People’s Democratic...
RT HON BUBA’S CONDOLENCE MESSAGE ON THE DEATH OF LATE LAMIDO’S WIFE,HAJJA KHADIJAH
His Royal Majesty Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa The Lamido of Adamawa and Chairman Adamawa State Traditional Council Lamido’s Palace Yola, Adamawa state....
Adamawa APC loses a zealous politician-former Gov Boni mourns the death of Aliyu
The former Governor of Adamawa State, Mr Boni Haruna mourned the death of Aliyu Bakari who died at the National Hospital Abuja,Wednesday afternoon. Haruna in a...
Breaking News:Adamawa APC losses Aliyu Bakari, vice Chair central
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa loss one of its loyal member, Alhaji Aliyu Bakari. Aliyu is the current vice chairman of APC central. Family sources...
Ribadu condoles with Adamawa emirate over demise of late Lamido’s wife
The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu has expressed deep shock over the death of Hajiya Khadija Aliyu Mustapha,...