By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin THE kidnappers, who  at gun point seized, Biodun, the son of the national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraju, in Ilorin, last Thursday night, and demanded a ransom of N100 million, released him Friday, at about 9 p.m. Kwara State commissioner of Police, Alhaji Mamman Sule, […]

By JIMITOTA ONOYUME, Port Harcourt RIVERS State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the General Manager, Allied Homes  Limited, Mr. Khusa, from his Orazi street residence in Port Harcourt at about 10pm on Saturday. Public Relations Officer of the Police Command, Mrs. Rita Inoma Abbey who confirmed the development said the nationality of the […]

By Kingsley  Omonobi Abuja-THE Nigeria Army raised  the alarm yesterday over what it called attempts by vested interest groups on the Jos crisis to portray it as a body which perpetrated extra-judicial killings with a view to supporting a particular group during the crisis, saying such accusations were an embarrassment to it. In a statement […]

A senior US envoy arrived in Lagos yesterday, the US embassy said, for talks expected to cover Nigeria’s leadership crisis and global terrorism in a visit that comes amid friction between the countries. US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Johnnie Carson arrived in the city from neighbouring Benin, embassy spokesman David Renz said. “He […]

By Okey Ndiribe A professor of law at the University of Lagos and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ado-Ekiti  (UNAD)   Akin Oyebode has condemned Saturday’s gubernatorial election held in Anambra State by  the  Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in defiance of a Federal High Court order. In a telephone interview,  he stated that based […]