Tinubu sends state police bill to Reps for constitutional approval
"This Bill builds on the significant work already done in this regard by the House of Representatives and incorporates additional safeguards to ensure that the creation of a dual policing structure to address our nation's evolving national security challenges can be achieved quickly and effectively to the benefit of all Nigerians," he said.
Next downpour could kill more, flood-hit Cross River community cries out
By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR — For residents of the riverside settlement of Efut Efio Ene, the sky is no longer a sight of hope, but a countdown to possible death. Every dark cloud brings fresh dread and every heavy downpour, they say, could sweep away more lives. Years of unchecked flooding have turned homes into ruins, […]
The canopy that became a threat: Calabar’s ornamental trees turn from beauty to danger
By Emma Una Arriving Calabar, the Cross River State capital, once meant entering a green cathedral. Now, it means dodging a death sentence. The ornamental trees lining Calabar’s roads were its proudest signature, a living archway of imported giants first introduced by Mr. Clement Ebri in the 1990s and expanded by Mr. Donald Duke in 1999. […]
From NDDC boss to monarch: Ogbuku ascends ancestral throne as Daufa VI
By Samuel Oyadongha AYAKORO — In the quiet water-fringed settlement of Ayakoro in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, where the Niger-Delta’s mangroves meet memory, they have a saying: a true leader is not announced, but recalled. The community recalled one of its own Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, the high-flying Managing Director of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), […]
19-year-old beaten to death over missing N17,000 in Nsukka
Tension has continued to mount in Amoka Village, Nru Nsukka, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, following the alleged killing of a 19-year-old resident, Chiadikaobi Asadu.
Troops arrest 46 suspected undocumented foreign nationals in Ogun
Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), have arrested 46 foreign nationals during a security operation in Ogun State.
Our father not diabetic; mother still in captivity – Late Gen Rabe’s son
One of the sons of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd), Isyaka Rabe, has said his father had no history of diabetes or high blood pressure, contrary to claims attributed to the Katsina State government.
Woman kidnapped in Edo market after husband escaped
“I saved the woman’s children today. It happened in front of me. We were both buying something in the same place, at the vegetable market”
Rough Economy: Local markets flooded with toxic powdered charcoal, poisonous dye additives
In the local Nigerian markets unscrupulous spice merchants are now exploiting the food inflation to heavily adulterate daily kitchen staples
Pregnant woman, children among 11 mourners feared dead in Benue boat tragedy
The victims were reportedly returning to Daududawadawa community, an island settlement located behind the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering (NASME) Barracks in the North Bank area of Makurdi, when the boat overturned midway through the journey.
Gunmen abduct 60 year-Old ondo community head, shoot wife
–Community in shock as police launch manhunt By Dayo Johnson Akure Suspected gunmen have abducted 60-year-old Adeniyi Adelana, community head of Ode Oriya Village in Owo council area of Ondo State and shot his wife. A police source said six armed men stormed the residence around 8:05pm Saturday. The assailants invaded under cover of darkness […]
Agbor’s Blood On The Tracks: Ujevwu-Itakpe derailment exposes systemic collapse of rail network
This is not the first time Agbor has swallowed steel and lives. It is the latest chapter in a timeline that reads like a lingering warning ignored.
Terrorists target more schools in ‘dangerous shift’
A fresh wave of kidnappings, bandit attacks and attempted mass abductions across several states has renewed concerns that criminal gangs are expanding their operations despite repeated assurances by security agencies that they are being degraded.
One year after Yelewata massacre, community honours 271 slain victims, demands justice
One year after 271 residents were brutally killed in the Yelewata massacre, survivors, families of the victims, religious leaders and political figures on Saturday gathered in the community to honour the dead and renew calls for justice and improved security.
‘Only American pilot and his God know how aircraft landed on Delta road’
“How he ended up landing on a strip or a road, a newly constructed road, only the pilot and his God could determine it”
Tragedy as truck driver dies, motor boy rescued in Lagos crash
Tragedy struck on democracy day on Friday, when a truck driver died in a lone accident involving an empty 40-foot articulated truck along Isheri Elemu inward Ijegun, area of Lagos.
