Navy records zero piracy cases in four years — CNS
By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR Nigeria has gone four straight years without a single reported piracy incident in its territorial waters, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, declared. He credied the success to sustained maritime patrols and regional cooperation which has brought under control what he described as a menace that once made […]
Governor Oborevwori and the triangular tide
By: Enewaridideke Ekanpou A tide is a tide anywhere but a tide assumes connotative colours when it becomes triangular in built and action. Like a cumulonimbus cloud endowed with both positive and negative potentials, there must be something hidden behind a triangular tide.There must be something equally iconographic about a triangular tide too when viewed […]
Tragedy in custody: The deaths of young miners in Niger State
By OWOLOLA ADEBOLA In the early hours of 17 September 2026, a grim discovery was made in Minna, capital of Nigeria’s mineral-rich Niger State. Thirty-seven young men and boys, arrested days earlier on suspicion of illegal mining, were found dead in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Many of the […]
Curtains of Fear: How keke tarpaulins hide robbers, rapists in Warri, Effurun
A few meters after the DSC roundabout one of those on the backseat brought out a knife probably hidden in his pocket , stabbed her in the leg, snatched her bag and pushed her out.
‘Domestic challenges should take priority’, APC chieftain backs Tinubu’s UNGA absence
By Adeola Badru A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has backed President Bola Tinubu’s decision to delegate Vice-President Kashim Shettima to represent him at the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), arguing that the government’s immediate priority should remain addressing challenges confronting Nigerians at home. Mumuni spoke amid public […]
Ogun community seek Customs training school, better education
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Residents of Imeko, a border community in Ogun State, have called on the Federal Government to establish a training institution for the Nigeria Customs Service in the town, citing its historical significance as a frontier settlement and its strategic location along Nigeria’s international border. The Onimeko of Imeko, Oba Benjamin Olanite, […]
