The coalition of top operators of the nation’s organised private sector has raised N100 billion with which to assist security agencies in tackling the persistent insecurity across the country.

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday narrowly escaped assassination as his convoy was attacked at the Osun state capital, Osogbo. Aregbesola had earlier attended a federal constituency meeting of the All Progressive Congress in the Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency headquarters, Ijebu-Jesa. He was said to have decided to visit the state capital to […]

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has said there is no division in the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the choice of Mr Umo Eno as his preferred successor. Emmanuel spoke while fielding questions from newsmen, weekend, during the 10th Series of ‘ThegovernorSpeaks’ programme aired […]

By Joseph Erunke THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has called for an end to the recruitment and use of children by armed groups in Nigeria. The international humanitarian agency also called for the immediate release of those in the custody of such groups just as it urged support for former child soldiers in Nigeria’s […]

Widespread attacks by gunmen engulfed the South East last week, fueling fear of return of the dreaded unknown gunmen that held the region hostage some months back