Ibrahim Ahmadu, Author at Freedom Online

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, on Wednesday in Abuja dismissed the assertion that the Federal Government...

FRSC: Ocholi’s driver has no valid licence, attributes crash to excessive speeding

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday identified excessive speed, burst tyre and sudden application of brake as factors...

Malpractice increases as NECO releases Nov/Dec 2015 results

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the November/December 2015 Senior School Certificate Examinations. Prof. Abdulrashid Garba,...

Murder: Court sentences two to death by hanging

An FCT High Court on Wednesday, sentenced one Vitalis Ugwu and Onyebuchi Agbede to death by hanging for murder. Ugwu,...

Reps to MTN: You must pay N1.04trn fine

House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications on Wednesday insisted that MTN must pay the N1. 04 trillion fine imposed on...

N400m fraud: Metuh has case to answer, court rules

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court on Wednesday ruled that the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples...

Why we are against NNPC unbundling, by NUPENG, PENGASSAN

Oil workers unions on Wednesday shut down the operations of Nigerian National petroleum Corporation (NNPC) nationwide. The unions are Nigeria...

General dies in auto crash

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of its Chief of Training and Operations, Major-General Yushau Mahmood Abubakar in a...

Imposition of candidates over in PDP, say Sheriff, Ekweremadu

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has promised that candidates would not be imposed...

APC berates security agencies over Rivers’ killing

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says security agencies in Rivers State should take responsibility for the recent killing of its...

Orubebe faces one count charge of false asset declaration

The Federal Government on Tuesday streamlined the four-count charge preferred against former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, into...

Nigeria, S/Africa must unite to lead Africa’s economic growth, says Zuma; seeks reform of UN organs

South African President, Jacob Zuma, has called for unity between Nigeria and South Africa to drive economic growth in Africa....

Reps summon DSS over invasion of Ekiti Assembly Complex

The House of Representatives has summoned the Director-General, Department of State Service (DSS) to appear before it within 48 hours...

Thunder kills bricklayer in Kwara

A middle age man, simply identified as Adeyemi, died in Osi, Kwara State, on Monday following a thunder strike. The...

FG, Switzerland sign pact on repatriation of $321m looted fund

The Federal Government and the Swiss Government said on Tuesday that negotiation was ongoing in the process to repatriate $321...

Ex-IG Coomassie calls for scrapping of State Electoral Commissions

A former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, on Monday canvassed for a central electoral body to conduct all elections...

Kanu’s trial: Court grants FG leave to present witnesses behind screen

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday granted the Federal Government leave for its witnesses to testify behind screen in...

Yobe dep gov involved in accident, escapes unhurt; 18 passengers die in Bauchi auto-crash

Deputy Governor of Yobe State, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, was on Monday involved in an accident at Dakatsalle town in Bebeji...

Kano Assembly member’s step mother kidnapped, N50m ransom demanded