Insecurity: Northern leaders pledge support for peace in South-East, South-South
The Northern Traditional Rulers Council for the South-South and South-East Regions has pledged its support to the security agencies and State Governments in tackling security challenges across the regions. The Chairman of the Council, Alhaji Yaro Danladi, disclosed this on Sunday, while briefing newsmen on the resolutions reached at the council’s two-day emergency meeting in […]
On Nigeria’s plan to supply electricity to more neighbouring countries
Following a recent proposal by the Federal to expand the exportation of electricity to neighbouring countries, a familiar national debate may be in the offing. Should Nigeria sell power to neighbouring countries when millions of its citizens live in darkness? While the policy may appear like an economic opportunity and regional leadership benefit, underneath lies […]
The coming hunger
By NICK DAZANG Two grim reports, and which should profoundly concern all Nigerians, were issued recently. One, by the United Nations, through its Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Malick Fall, disclosed that not less than 35 million Nigerians would face food insecurity in this year’s lean season, namely, May to October, and that another […]
Royalty, loyalty and disloyalty: Protecting our traditions from their keepers, by Owei Lakemfa
The simple and straightforward appointment of the Awujale of Ijebu Kingdom, one of the most revered, is stalled like a car with a dead battery. Actions associated with the Benin monarchy, one of the most famous in Africa, is clanging like a faulty engine. Meanwhile, the new Alaafin of Oyo’s public displays are like a man […]
On CBN’s relentless quest to curb bank frauds
By ARIZE NWOBU The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is in the forefront of a collaboration with other regulatory institutions to curb bank frauds and the results are manifest. Fraud losses fell to N25.85 billion from N52.26 billion in 2025, representing a 51 percent drop. Also reported cases dropped to 67, 518 from 70, 111, representing a […]
In the House of ‘My Lord’, There are Judgements, by Chidi Odinkalu
Abdul Leigh Balogun became a judge of the High Court of Lagos State in 1976. In a career as a trial judge spanning 17 years and three different decades, the man better known as A.L.A.L Balogun earned a deserved reputation as one of the most knowledgeable trial judges to adorn the Nigerian judiciary. His reputation for fairness […]
NDLEA intercepts Brazil returnee with cocaine hidden in private part, footwear
*Seizes drugs, 12,500 pentazocine ampoules in 6 states By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested Uche Franklin Onyekwere, a Brazil-based Nigerian businessman, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for concealing cocaine in his private part and the soles of his footwear. Onyekwere, 47, was intercepted on January 29, […]
How fast-rising Nigerian singer, Ifunanaya, died after snake bite in Abuja
An Abuja-based singer, Ifunanya Nwangene, popularly known as Nanyah, has died after suffering a snake bite at her residence on Saturday. According to reports, Nwangene sought urgent medical attention at two different hospitals but was reportedly left untreated due to the unavailability of anti-venom at both facilities. Amemuso Choir, of which Nwangene was a member, […]
I’ll rather build industries than build mega churches — Prophet Sam Ojo
Founder and General Overseer of Freedom Apostolic Revival International Ministry (FARIM), Prophet Samuel Adebayo Ojo, popularly called Baba Authority, has said one of his priorities as a Christian leader is economic empowerment through job creation rather than the construction of large church edifices.
20-yr-old college student found dead with body parts missing in Kogi
By Boluwaji Obahopo Lokoja—A 20-year-old student of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Okene, Kogi State, Suleiman Rahma Onono, has been found dead, with parts of her body reportedly missing. Onono was first reported missing two Saturdays ago, prompting security operatives to launch an investigation into her disappearance. The grim discovery has plunged the college […]
Police in Edo rescue kidnap victims, arrest suspects, pipeline vandals
By Ozioruva Aliu Benin City—The Edo State Police Command has rescued three kidnapped victims—a husband and his two wives in Ekpoma—and arrested eight suspected kidnappers, the Command said on Sunday. In addition, five suspects were arrested for alleged vandalism of a petroleum pipeline in Edo Central Senatorial District. According to a statement by the State […]
