By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Several armed bandits were neutralized as air platforms carried out armed reconnaissance missions over locations in Kaduna state. The Air Force jets hit at bandits in Rahama, Tami, Sabon Birni, Galadimawa, Ungwan Farinbatu, Sabuwa, Kutemeshi, Gajere, Sabon Kuyello, Dogon Dawa, Ngade Allah, Kidandan, and adjoining settlements in Birnin Gwari and Giwa local […]

Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State has launched a deradicalization programme to curb youth restiveness and violence in the community and foster a civic culture among the younger generation. Egunjobi in an interview with newsmen at the launch on Wednesday said the programme was borne out of his administration’s commitment to the fight against […]

Activist and former National Deputy Spokesman of the APC, Timi Frank has berated President Buhari on nomination of the immediate-past Service Chiefs for Ambassadorial appointments. He called it a “new low” for Nigeria. He said this while featuring on Plus Politics, a programme by Plus Africa on Monday. He started by apologizing to Nigerians for […]

By Ozioruva Aliu AS the security situation in Edo state continue to deteriorate with the reported killing of three suspected armed robbers in a gun duel with the police shortly after they killed a businessman and robbed several passersby, a socio-political group, Afenmai  Patriotic Development  Association (APDA), made up of sons and daughters from Edo […]

Trado-medical practitioners have called on the federal government to urgently complete clinical analysis on their sample of herbal drugs on novel coronavirus with a view to making the same available to Nigerians.

The WHO on Wednesday advised the consumption of immunity-boosting foods, fruits, and vegetables as a safeguard against COVID-19. Hajia Fatimah Mustapha, the Risk Communicator, Community Engagement, and Focal Person of WHO made the call during a sensitisation workshop on COVID-19 in Ilorin. She said that consumption of fruits and vegetables boosts immunity against COVID-19 and […]

A Lagos-based lawyer-cum-rights campaigner, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), member of the judicial panel of inquiry set up by the Lagos State government to investigate and make recommendation on the #EndSARS protest of Oct. 20, 2020, urged residents on Wednesday to tread with caution while appealing to Lagos residents to refrain from further protests at the […]

By Ikechukwu Odu The residents of the university town of Nsukka, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State were jolted to their marrows when police officers from the police division in the council area raided every nook and cranny of the council area with their vans, weekend. However, explaining what he described as “Operation […]

Former colleagues and friends at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, on Wednesday, held a day of tributes for the late Prof. Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, the former Vice-Chancellor of the institution, who passed on last month.

Protests flared Tuesday in several parts of Sudan over the high cost of living as the United States voiced support for the new government’s efforts to revive the economy. The new cabinet includes rebel leaders and has been tasked with fixing an economy decimated by decades of US sanctions, mismanagement and civil war under ousted […]

By James Ogunnaike Student leaders in Ogun on Wednesday appealed to qualified students in tertiary institutions to get registered with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This it said would enable them to participate in the forthcoming local government election in the state. The student leaders made the appeal in a statement issued in Abeokuta, jointly […]

Russian security services raided the homes of several Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow on Wednesday, in an ongoing crackdown on the US-based religious movement. Moscow outlawed the Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017, labelling it an extremist organisation and has since sentenced several members to lengthy jail terms. The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said on Wednesday […]

THE Senate on Wednesday described the death of former Minister of Information and Culture,  Prince Tony Momoh as very painful and shocking, just as it observed a minute silence in his honour.

The Imo state Police command has said that they had met with the Hausa/Fulani communities in Okigwe local government area of Imo state, for them to live peacefully with their host communities. 

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, vacated an order it made on November 4, 2020, which directed banks to freeze accounts that were linked to alleged promoters of the #EndSARS protest that rocked the nation last year.