…Reveals signs, signals in kidnappers’ den, near Nigerian road where they strike twice daily …They gave us tramadol, warned we would die like others if we didn’t take it …They didn’t rape women but beat them, sometimes to death …Ability to speak Hausa language helped me Herdsmen: ‘We’ll kill all policemen, take over Edo State’ […]

Gory tale of kidnap victim from Edo forest where villains are rewarded for killing policemen • Reveals signs, signals in kidnappers’ den, near  Nigerian road where they strike twice daily • They gave us tramadal, warned we would die like others if we didn’t take it • They didn’t rape women but beat them, sometimes to death • […]

Aston University has been named University of the Year 2020 by The Guardian, a crucial league table that focuses on student satisfaction, graduate employability and quality of teaching. In making this award, the judges considered the effectiveness of key criteria including: Graduate employability and earnings – Aston University graduates are among the highest paid in […]

The Rivers Government has not ordered the closure of primary and secondary schools in the state. In a statement issued on Friday in Port Harcourt by the Commissioner of Education, Prof. Kanye Ebeku, the government described as a fake news an earlier report that Gov. Nyesom Wike ordered the closure of schools over concerns that […]

…System could collapse anytime By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief Residents of Abuja, the nation’s capital face a possible outbreak of an epidemic that could spell doom, if the Federal Capital Territory Sewage Treatment Plant, located at Wupa District is allowed to collapse. The plant which was designed to treat the sewage from phases one, two and […]

…Speaks on Nigeria under APC, Ohaneze election …Says PDP ready to take over in Anambra By Anayo Okoli, Regional Editor, South East Professor ABC Nwosu is not new in Nigeria politics and Igbo affairs. He has served as commissioner in the old Anambra State and a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is […]

…Attacks that informed Akeredolu’s action By Evelyn Usman and Dayo Johnson The peace and tranquility hitherto experienced  in Ondo  State, is gradually being replaced by fear and uncertainty, as the state grapples with  a new wave of criminality – kidnapping! Many indigenes and residents alike, have had their  fair share of experience in the hands […]

By Dirisu Yakubu ‘Start early,’ is the unwritten guide politicians from this part of the world keep close to their chests. While some indulge in unending meetings cum consultations with the powers that be to get their nod to contest elections, the A-listers who game the system and can be regarded as Lords in their […]

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State, Hon Ali Bukar Dalori on Friday denied reports mostly in some Social Media platforms alleging that there was a bloody clash between supporters of the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Usman Kadafur and member House of Representatives of Biu, Shani, […]

•Cultism, robberies, kidnappings on the increase By Ozioruva Aliu EDO state has been in the news in the past three months for increasing security situation. The security challenge include violent robberies, kidnappings, cult related killings and other crimes that have completely killed social life in the state capital which was once known for bubbling night […]

•Hunters boss calls for more use of Juju Ola Ajayi, Ibadan The advent of the Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun when kidnapping, rape, armed robbery and destruction of lives and property had reached its peak in the six states of the South West was received with a wild jubilation by people within and outside the […]

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu I have just been consulted to become the National Grand Patron of the newly formed Stingy Men’s Association of Nigeria (SMAN). Of course I promptly turned down the offer knowing that the formers of the association ought to have named it Broke Boys Association of Nigeria (BBAN)! A boy who is […]

By Dirisu Yakubu Ahead of the 2023 election cycle, Nigerians must build an alliance to produce an enlightened President desirous and competent to make the country a better place. This was the submission earlier in the week, of Professor Okey Ndibe, a seasoned columnist and novelist, on the Arise Television breakfast programme, The Morning Show. […]

•Attacks that informed Akeredolu’s action By Evelyn Usman and Dayo Johnson The peace and tranquility hitherto experienced  in Ondo  State, is gradually being replaced by fear and uncertainty, as the state grapples with  a new wave of criminality – kidnapping! Many indigenes and residents alike, have had their  fair share of experience in the hands […]

The Government of Imo State has announced the setting up of four Mobile Courts, two in the State Capital (Owerri) and one each in Orlu and Okigwe Zones, to try those who treat with levity, the protocols on Coivd-19 pandemic preventive. In a statewide broadcast, Friday, Governor Hope Uzodimma spoke on the need for Imo […]