Troops of Operation Forest Sanity foiled a kidnap attempt in the Ungwan Madaki general area of Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. 

The oldest kidnapped passenger in the ill fated AK 9 Abuja-Kaduna train and  a grandmother, Mama Halimatu Atta who  is 90 years old has been released by terrorists on Friday, together with her 53 years old daughter, Adama Atta.

Prominent Nollywood actor and member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) and Clemson Cornell, aka Agbogidi have recounted his one-week ordeal with his abductor The actors were reported missing on 28 July after their family members confirmed they didn’t return home from a film location at Ozalla Town, Enugu State. The abductors contacted their […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed his view on ‘émilokan’ and other viral Yoruba words created by the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Obasanjo said Tinubu has created new ‘vocabularies’ into Yoruba political dictionary. Obasanjo, on Thursday, however jokingly reacted to this saying he told Tinubu when he visited him that […]

THE committee seeking to broke truce between feuding Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has opened discussions in Port Harcourt

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed its displeasure over the shutting down of 52 broadcast stations by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for failing to pay their renewal licence fees. In a press statement signed by its President, Mustapha Isah and the General Secretary, Iyobosa Uwugiaren, on Friday, the professional body of all […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The group, Campaign for Equal Rights and Opportunities for all Nigerians, CERON, have asked the Benue state government to, without further delay, drag Miyetti Allah group to the International Criminal Court, ICC, at The Hague over the mindless killings and plundering of communities in the state. CERON also asked the state […]

The Edo Government on Friday gave the state Police Command seven days to conclude investigation into the discovery of a suspected ritual shrine in the state.

By Biodun Busari Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu’s lead lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said there are court processes before the Court of Appeal, which will come up on October 11. He then assured Kanu’s supporters that it would be an interesting argument, adding that details could not be revealed. Ejiofor […]

By Miftaudeen Raji  A 21-year-old Hanna Bennis has been charged to court for the murder of her 58-year-old mother, Aziza Bennis, whom she stabbed more than 30 times in their West London residence.  Daily Mail reports that Hanna filmed a blood-stained knife and the ‘murder’ scene on her phone after the incident. Hanna has been […]