…As Amaechi targets daily traffic of 9, 364 passengers By Dirisu Yakubu President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Kano-Maradi rail line would enhance import and export trade between Nigeria, Niger Republic and neighbouring countries when completed in 2023. The President stated this Tuesday while performing the groundbreaking ceremony of the mega project in Katsina, capital […]

  By Perez Brisibe   UGHELLI – AN unidentified female cook and two others were yesterday morning arrested in connection with the kidnapping of one Emmanuel Piopio who was abducted at Agbarho in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State.   The victim according to police sources was abducted last Sunday along Ekwerhe road, […]

 NURTW, RTEAN on collision course over the hike – PDP kicks Ondo state government has directed residents of the state to reject the hike in taxi fare introduced by the National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW. Also, Commercial Drivers operating under Road Transport Employeers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) have rejected the hike in transport fares […]

By Femi Bolaji Gunmen have again struck in the early hours of Tuesday in Jalingo, Taraba state capital and abducted one Bala Baba. The incident happened at the residence of the victim in Sabongari, a suburb of the state capital. This came less than 48 hours after the state NLC chairman, Peter Jediel was kidnapped […]

.Embarks on fact-finding tour, to provide grazing areas By Ozioruva Aliu THE governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki yesterday condemned the attempts to politicise the security situation in the country just as he said his administration was working to isolate and deal with the issues as they emerge so as to provide lasting security to […]

By Gabriel Enogholase Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said that his administration will not politicise security issues in the state, saying that efforts were being taken to isolate and deal with the issues as they emerge so as to provide lasting security to communities across the state. The governor made the remark when […]

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says voter turnout across Nigeria hovered around 30 to 35 per cent of registered voters in the last two electoral cycles. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this in Abuja at the Commission’s first consultative meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for 2021 on Tuesday. Yakubu said while some elections recorded […]

By Aliyu Dangida Hundreds of beggars have besieged the residence of Jigawa state governor, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar at his country home town in Babura, broke covid-19 protocols and demanded for walfare. Governor Badaru was in Babura to revalidate his APC membership for the ongoing nationwide registration exercise, the destitutes and beggars were seen in their […]

By Dennis Agbo Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has said that the data that will be generated from the ongoing All Progressives Congress, APC, revalidation and registration of the party’s membership will help to improve job creation in Nigeria. He, therefore, urged Nigerian youths to join the party in mass, stating that […]

Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu has said that the data that will be generated from the ongoing All Progressives Congress, APC, revalidation and registration of the party’s membership will help to improve job creation in Nigeria.

Iraq on Tuesday hanged five people convicted on “terrorism” charges in a notorious southern prison, security sources said, despite an international outcry in recent months over the country’s execution record. The five men, all Iraqi, were executed in the Nasiriyah prison in Dhi Qar province, the only one in Iraq that carries out capital punishment, […]

More facts emerged on Tuesday that the former caretaker chairman for Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, Haruna Musa currently being remanded at a Katsina Correctional Centre actually has five charges brought against him by the police in connection with last December abduction of 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. The charges […]

Former second Vice-President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Monday Ubani, has accused the Lagos State government of aiding suspected land grabbers through some of its agencies.

By Festus Ahon A total of 225 officers (Lieutenants) of the Nigerian Army are participating for the 2021 Lieutenant to Captain Practical Promotion Examinations under strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols which is holding in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The Acting Commander, Training and Doctrine Command Nigerian Army, TRADOC NA who is also the Examination […]

By Najib Sani, Bauchi Bauchi state governor Bala Mohammed has promised to protect children and women in the state by implementing the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act recently passed by the Bauchi State House of Assembly. The governor made the pronouncement on Tuesday during the launching of an action plan for women, peace and […]