Author: City Radio

Cultists on Christmas Eve killed a broadcaster in Edo State, Hillary Odia. Odia, a staff of Independent Television and Radio, was murdered on Sunday night around 2nd East Circular, in Benin City, the state capital. A spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident, disclosing that “a sizeable number of arrests […]

Governor Caleb Mutfwang has criticised what he described as the “lack of political will” by the Federal Government to flush out marauding terrorists on the Plateau, saying that insurgents have been occupying schools in the Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of the state for five years without being dislodged. Mutfwang on Tuesday, said the crisis on […]

Air strikes by the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed six illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to the Air Force, the operation happened on 23 December 2023, “The illegal sites were sighted clustered within a radius of about 80 metres at a […]

President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the heinous and brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted in the tragic loss of many lives. President Tinubu directed security agencies to immediately move in, scour every stretch of the zone, and apprehend the culprits. The president made the directive in […]

President Bola Tinubu has sent birthday wishes to celebrate with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, on his 70th birthday. The President commended the SGF for his consistency and perpetual dedication to duty in coordinating the affairs of the government, noting his rich portfolio of leadership experience and laurels […]

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has made it clear that supervisory officers would be held responsible for policemen caught extorting Nigerians. Police spokesperson Olumuyiwa Adejobi said he caught some policemen in the act of extortion on Christmas day while driving along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Adejobi added that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) […]

The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, revealed on Tuesday that the federal government would, from next year, wage a relentless war against economic saboteurs who made lives difficult and unbearable for Nigerians. Bamidele, also Chairman of the Southern Senators Forum in the ninth National Assembly, insisted that the National Assembly would pass the […]

No fewer than seventy six persons were reportedly killed by assailants in fresh attacks on several communities of Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. Transition Implementation Committee Chairman of Bokkos Local Government Area, Monday Kasa, said that the coordinated attacks occurred on Saturday and lasted into the Christmas Eve when residents were […]

Former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele has reacted to the raging allegations made by the Special Investigator, Sam Obazee, after his release at the weekend from Kuje Prisons. In a statement he personally signed yesterday, Emefiele wrote: “After my release on bail from the correctional centre, Kuje, my attention was drawn to publications released by […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency command in Cross River, says a total of 2.05 tons of hard drugs were seized from drugs peddlers between January and December in the state. The state commander, Rachel Umebuali, disclosed this in an interview in Calabar on Monday. Umebuali, who is also the Commander of Narcotics (CN), also […]