NIMC warns Nigerians against fake NIN correction portal
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has alerted Nigerians to a fraudulent social media post promoting a purported free portal for correcting National Identification Number (NIN) records.
Insecurity: Declare security emergency now, CAN tells FG
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday called on the Federal Government to declare a national security emergency as killings, kidnappings and terrorist attacks continue to spread across the country, warning that the nation is drifting deeper into crisis.
Tinubu lauds MREIF as Fund delivers N128bn mortgages to 1,859 families
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA —— PRESIDENTBola Tinubu has hailed the Ministry of Finance Incorporated Real Estate Investment Fund, MREIF, after the scheme delivered N128 billion in affordable mortgages to 1,859 Nigerian families across 25 states under the Renewed Hope Agenda. The beneficiaries, drawn from the six geopolitical zones of the country, accessed mortgages of up […]
Prostitution’s no job, trafficking survivors warn Nigerian girls
Three Nigerian women trafficked to Mali under the guise of securing legitimate jobs have recounted harrowing experiences of sexual exploitation, torture and abuse, after returning home through the intervention of the Global Anti-Human Trafficking Organisation, GAHTO.
Criminal allegations: Police invite man who shared video on extrajudicial killing of Oghenemine
POLICE in Delta State have invited for questioning over criminal allegations, Harrison Gwamnishu, the safe society activist, who shared the viral video in which ASP Usman Nuhu shot dead an unarmed suspect, Oghenemine Ogidi, in Effurun, Delta State.
INEC data leak sparks row
Nollywood actor, Mr Emeka Ike, has said he is prepared to take action against Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, over alleged exposure of his personal data from the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Court halts Coroner’s inquest into death of Chimamanda’s son
The hospital is contesting the coroner court’s decision to proceed with an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the child’s death despite claims that the deceased’s body had been cremated before the coroner’s jurisdiction was activated.
Take the war to terrorists, their sympathisers and sponsors, by Rotimi Fasan
In the latest footage released by the Ansaru faction of the Boko Haram terrorists that kidnapped 46 Nigerians in two communities in Ogbomoso Local Government Area of Oyo State, nearly all of them being schoolchildren and their teachers, one of the terrorists can be seen pointing the barrel of his weapon in the face of Mrs. […]
Insecurity: Incompetence, collusion or both? By Ochereome Nnanna
My Geography teacher in secondary school, Mr Ikoro, candidly dropped a wise saying that has stuck for over 50 years (I have quoted it here perhaps more than once): “Every charitable or uncharitable attitude is a boomerang”. People now frequently use the Hindu Sanskrit word: “karma” to clothe the principle that a person’s action – good […]
Naira appreciates to N1,385/$ in parallel market
THE Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,385 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,395 per dollar on Monday.
Plateau 2027: PIGD says Biggs must offer vision, not verbal fireworks
The Plateau Initiative for Growth and Development, PIGD, has called on political actors in Plateau State, especially the factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday Bigg….
