By Perez Brisibe THE Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administrative and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, Monday condemned the killing of an Azerbaijani sailor by gunmen during last Saturday kidnap attack by suspected pirates off Nigeria’s coast in the Gulf of Guinea. The incident which led to the death of the sailor also resulted […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Suspected gunmen have killed a police officer in Kafanchan who went to arrest an Indian hemp smoker. They also carted away his rifle on Saturday night along Jos street in Kafanchan, the headquarters of Jema’a local government area of Kaduna State. Journalists were told that the Police Officer, Sgt. John Auta, was […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja Barely 24 hours after operatives of the Police-led anti-kidnapping Joint Taskforce, JTF, were withdrawn, bandits have struck an orphanage in the Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, abducting at least eight orphans and three others. The Rachael Orphanage Home opposite UBE Junior Secondary School in Naharati area […]

*Pregnant woman, ex-SUG president die *University postpones examinations indefinitely over truck accident in Ondo By Dayo Johnson— Akure The mother of three siblings, all undergraduates of the Adekunle Ajasin University, who are among those crushed to death by a truck in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, on Saturday, died immediately she learned of her children’s death. […]

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 52-year-old man, Usman Abdullahi, to three months Community Service for stealing two Infinix phones. Abdullahi, whose address was not provided, was sentenced on a one count charge of stealing. The Magistrate, Mr Dehinde Dipeolu, sentenced Abdullahi after he pleaded guilty of the charge of stealing, and begged […]

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital has sentenced a pastor John Abiodun to two years imprisonment for telling lies and publishing false allegation.

We’re not recruiting — NDDC By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Due process advocates, the Transparency, Accountability, Equity, and Unity Network have urged President Mohammadu Buhari to cancel the perceived resumption of secret employment in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) against due process. But NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Dr Ibitoye Abisede, in the commission’s […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike has denied authorising the flood of 2023 presidential campaign posters bearing his name in major streets of Abuja since Monday. Wike in a swift denial through Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, stated, “For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Wike has not informed anyone that he […]

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the Governing Council of the National Agency for Food and  Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, to approve the Fats and Oils Regulations Bill as a New Year gift to Nigerians.

By Harris Emanuel Akwa Ibom State government has denied allegations of secret employment of workers into the civil service. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Iniobong Ememobong, who dispelled the insinuations, said the state government has never failed to publicize its employment slots to enable the generality of job seekers to avail themselves of such […]

Mr Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the U.S. President, Joe Biden to take a stronger position against corrupt Nigerians and politicians.

A chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao, has blamed Governor Seyi Makinde over his failure to take urgent actions against series of gruesome killings, kidnapping, raping, among others, going on in Ibarapaland.

…Calls for the replacement of the committee if the Party wants to get it right By Chizoba Egwumba The Progressives Youths in South East APC under the Umbrella of South East APC Young Progressives Forum led by its National Coordinator, Comrade Paschal Candle has rejected in totality the 7 Man Committee for APC Party Registration […]

…As State Assembly embarks on consultation visits By Dirisu Yakubu Governor Yahaya Bello’s rumoured 2023 Presidential ambition rallied to a huge boost at the weekend with an international press conference conveyed in London, United Kingdom to draw the attention of Nigerians home and abroad to the big project. With participants from other countries joining via […]

Former Paris Saint-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel is in line to take over from sacked Chelsea boss, Frank Lampard reports said on Monday. Tuchel only became available a month ago when he left PSG, less than five months after taking them to the Champions League final, which they lost to Bayern Munich. The 47-year-old German won […]