Nigeria today

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of the acting Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, as the substantive CJN. This is contained in a letter from the President read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at plenary. Buhari said his letter was according Read More from Punch Newspapers - Latest News https://ift.tt/HZ4Jib1

Some bandits were reported to have invaded Ungwan Keke in the New Millenium settlement, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and abducted scores of residents of the area. A source told one of our correspondents that no fewer than 30 residents of the area were taken away by the hoodlums in the raid that Read More from Punch Newspapers - Latest News https://ift.tt/mNLCHPo

Four persons died while six others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a truck on the Iperu bridge, Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, confirmed this to newsmen in Abeokuta on Tuesday. He said, “The accident occurred Read More from Punch Newspapers - Latest News https://ift.tt/SQ8YrCI

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that there is no faction in its movement and agitation, contrary to reports making the rounds of factions within the group. In a statement on Tuesday, IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, insisted that Nnamdi Kanu remains the group’s only leader, adding that any persons claiming to be IPOB autopilot Read More from Punch Newspapers - Latest News https://ift.tt/9L0uvbt

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress are protesting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The protest which is currently holding is also an opportunity for the NLC to bring the attention of the government to other issues affecting the nation. The protesters, Read More from Punch Newspapers - Latest News https://ift.tt/4ZCFe7H