The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) plans to create additional 956 polling units in Sokoto state. INEC’s National Commissioner, Mr Festus Okoye, made the disclosure during a stakeholders meeting on conversion of polling units, on Tuesday in Sokoto. Okoye said the conversion would adjust the number of polling units from 3,035 to 3,991, with a […]

As the spate of attacks and violent killings rises nationwide, the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday said that the Federal Government was trailing those behind the mayhem with a view to unmasking and prosecuting the masterminds of the dastardly acts.

Ms Ulla Mueller, the Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), says holding government at all levels accountable is paramount in ending Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria. Mueller said this at a forum to commemorate the World Midwives Day in Abuja on Tuesday. She said that holding government accountable would go a […]

…List six-point agenda By Dirisu Yakubu Former Presidential Candidate in the 2019 general election, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has called for the implementation of a six point agenda, to stabilize the country amidst growing insecurity. The businessman cum politician in a statement a titled, “The Dark Days are Here, but the Light will Come,” said darkness walks […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Security agencies in Kaduna state have reported that armed bandits invaded Mazari, a community close to Buruku in Chikun LGA. This was disclosed on Tuesday by Samuel Aruwan , commissioner, ministry for home affairs and home security. According to the report, one Mariya Sale was killed in the attack and 3 others […]

The Makurdi Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested four suspected members of a syndicate of internet fraudsters in Makurdi, the Benue State capital

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, pledged to liaise with relevant authorities to secure release of the adducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State.

The resilience of the Nigerian banking industry in the face of economic recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is reflected in the financial performance of Access Bank Plc for the year ended December 2020.

By Samuel Oyadongha TWO persons reportedly lost their lives following a violent clash between two rival cult groups at the popular Swali market in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. Though names of the deceased said to be traders could not be immediately ascertained, two others sustained serious injuries and were rushed to the Federal […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Hours after abductors of Greenfield students threatened to kill the remaining students in their captivity; one more student was released on Tuesday. The mother of the student, Laurentia Attahiru confirmed to journalist that her son was released but declined to give details. The authorities are yet to comment on the development. Vanguard […]