By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The crisis of confidence afflicting the Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, assumed a curious twist on Thursday following the decision by a chieftain of the party and Commandant General of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akoh, to retrieve the Jeep he had given the state party […]

….For flouting govt’s anti-open grazing law By Dayo Johnson The Ondo State security outfit, codenamed Amotekun, has arrested 52-year-old Ibrahim Musa, his two underaged sons and 49 cows for flouting the state government’s open grazing law. Musa and his twin six-year-old sons, Audi and Musa, were arrested for harassing and threatening a 70-year-old female farmer, […]

The Minister of defence Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (retd) has dismissed allegations of violation of human rights levelled against the country by the international community on the account of the mode of operation of the nation’s fighting forces in the ongoing counter-terrorism operations in the North-East.

THE Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, yesterday, decried the worsening situation of insecurity across the country, saying the South West has lost more than N3 billion as payment to kidnappers, while over 200 lives have been lost in four years, as a result of the menace.

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, urged politicians to pay more attention to the unity, peace and progress of the country, rather than focusing on the 2023 general elections

By Adesina Wahab A former student of the Lagos State University, LASU, Yusuf Nurudeen Alowonle, alias Omomeewa, has been shot dead by some gunmen not too far from the school main gate in Ojo, Lagos. Alowonle, who two years ago contested the position of the president of the Students Union Government of the university but […]

CONDEMNATIONS and outright rejection have continued to trail a plan by some Shuwa Arabs, which is said to be an ethnic group from Borno State, to crown one Idris Adanno as the Sultan of Shuwa Arab of Edo State.

But sadly in Nigeria’s situation, the host communities have not had their fair shares. Just like Nigeria in this case, they have been roundly short-changed.

By Juliet Umeh Malware attacks in Africa, including Nigeria, have increased to 85 million in just six months. This is according to a report released by a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, Kaspersky. It stated that four countries accounted for 85 million attacks, with South Africa being the most targeted with 32 million; followed […]

Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, said yesterday that the Federal Government raised the sum of N669 billion from the Nigerian capital market through issuance of Sukuk Bonds.

Two Hundred Students have benefitted from the I.G Aguowo Health and Academic Foundation.

The recent review of Electronic-call-up system by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and extortion by security agents have been attributed as the major reasons for the return of gridlock along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, thereby subjecting motorists to harrowing situation commuting the route.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi has lamented the dearth of mental health support system in the country.

The events took place on 10 August during a demonstration at the PK3 against MINUSCA, whose truck had previously fatally rammed a motorcycle taxi, causing two deaths and injuries. After the accident, residents of the area gathered at the PK 3, in a protest against MINUSCA, which angered the soldiers of the UN mission.

The recent review of the electronic-call-up system by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and extortion by security agents have been attributed as the major reasons for the return of gridlock along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, thereby subjecting motorists to harrowing situation commuting the route.