The Federal Government says the reported decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is disrespectful of Nigeria as a nation.

By Ugochukwu Alaribe The new Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, Zone 9, Etim Ene Okon has vowed to stop incessant attacks on police formations in the zone. Okon, who assumed duty on Monday, stated this at the Zone 9 police headquarters, Umuahia, Abia State. He promised he was going to expand the same strategies he […]

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja Religious persecution has worsened in Nigeria and 13 other countries in the past two years due to a dramatic increase in the presence of jihadist groups in Africa, the latest Religious Freedom in the World 2021 report has said. According to the report, which is a publication of the Pope’s Foundation, […]

By Joseph Erunke FOUR persons including a federal civil servant based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Capital, have been arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, on allegations of buying and selling of babies and conspiracy to commit crime. “The federal civil servant, Mrs. Wilson Erurom and another middle aged […]

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted yesterday that it has not anointed and would never anoint anybody as its candidate for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.