The Federal Government says the reported decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is disrespectful of Nigeria as a nation.

By Ugochukwu Alaribe The new Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, Zone 9, Etim Ene Okon has vowed to stop incessant attacks on police formations in the zone. Okon, who assumed duty on Monday, stated this at the Zone 9 police headquarters, Umuahia, Abia State. He promised he was going to expand the same strategies he […]

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja Religious persecution has worsened in Nigeria and 13 other countries in the past two years due to a dramatic increase in the presence of jihadist groups in Africa, the latest Religious Freedom in the World 2021 report has said. According to the report, which is a publication of the Pope’s Foundation, […]

By Joseph Erunke FOUR persons including a federal civil servant based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Capital, have been arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, on allegations of buying and selling of babies and conspiracy to commit crime. “The federal civil servant, Mrs. Wilson Erurom and another middle aged […]

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted yesterday that it has not anointed and would never anoint anybody as its candidate for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.

By Nwabueze Okonkwo ONITSHA – Chief Mbazulike Amechi, first republic Aviation Minister has said that anybody saying that Nigeria is alright and stronger at the moment is not only sick but is living in a fool’s paradise. Reacting to a recent statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari shortly before he left Nigeria for a medical […]

In politics, two years is an equivalent of a month or less. In this clime, politicians perpetually seek new ways of repositioning themselves ahead of a big test; one capable of shaping the life of a nation and its people. Although the next general elections are not due until 2023; governors elected on the platform of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have hit the road on what promises to be a long, bumpy ride to power, particularly at the centre, should Nigerians decide to give the party’s governance blueprint a trial once again.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to resume nationwide Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) on April 28 to allow eligible voters register, ahead of 2023 poll. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami made this known when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ilorin. […]

Co-Chairman, Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, has warmed that both the elite and the entire populace would be consumed by the boiling anger in the land except urgent steps are taken to arrest the precarious security situation in the country.

ABUJA-FOUR persons including a federal civil servant based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Capital, have been arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons,NAPTIP, on allegations of buying and selling of babies and conspiracy to commit crime.

The Igbo National Council, INC, yesterday said that the United Kingdom wanted to pacify the Igbo people, over the wrongs did to them.

By Peter Okutu ANOTHER crisis is said to have reared its ugly head in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, despite efforts by the present administration to maintain peace and order in the State. Vanguard gathered that the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway has been blocked as commuters and drivers are not moving in and outside the […]

Barely 48 hours after a truck laden with petrol exploded at Oshigbudu in Agatu Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state which claimed 12 lives and razed about 100 houses, cars and motorcycles, another petrol laden tanker early Tuesday exploded in the same community.

A group of young professionals in Osun, under the auspices of Osun Shall Rise Again, (OSRA), has called on former governor and Interior Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, to concentrate on the nation’s internal security rather than distracting Governor Adegboyega Oyetola with frivolity.

The Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech) has released the cut-off marks for placement of candidates for its full-time National Diploma (ND) programme for the 2020/2021 academic session. Mr Joe Ejiofor, the Deputy Registrar of the college, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday. Ejiofor said that […]