65,800 Borno farmers kicked out of farms by terrorists – FAO
The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations has raised the alarm of impending food insecurity in the North-East region, saying insurgency has denied 65,800 farmers access to...
View ArticleNPC, NBC amendment bills against constitution, attempt to criminalise freedom...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, in this interview with SAMSON FOLARIN, urges media professionals to mobilise public support against the proposed amendments of the National Broadcasting...
View ArticleBuhari’s plan to re-establish grazing routes will create new forms of ethnic...
A legal practitioner and commentator, Dr Ikpenmosa Uhumuavbi, speaks to MARITHA EBOLOSUE on the legal, political and social implications of re-establishing grazing routes in Nigeria Do you think the...
View ArticleTwo men impersonate Ekiti judge, collect money to influence judgment
An Ekiti State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, granted bail to two persons, Idowu Rotimi, 59, and Suleiman Ogunjobi, 63, who allegedly impersonated a judge and fraudulently...
View ArticleBaba Ijesha granted N2m bail, released to lawyer
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, on Thursday, granted embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, bail in the sum of N2m. Omiyinka was...
View ArticleBuhari leaves for UK checkup as doctors threaten fresh strike
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Friday proceed to London for “a scheduled medical follow-up.” His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on...
View ArticleI started robbing at age seven – 27-year-old suspect
Gbenga Kikiowo from Igbara Oke in the Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State is among the suspects arrested by men of the state police command for involvement in robberies. The state Commissioner...
View ArticleRivers dispatch riders cry out over soldiers’ harassment, extortion
Scores of dispatch riders in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, protested against what they termed continued harassment and alleged seizure of their motorcycles by men in Army uniform. Most of...
View ArticleAfenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF insist on restructuring ahead talks with ACF
Two major socio-political groups in the North-Central, the Middle Belt Forum and the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, have dissociated themselves from the pan-northern association, the Arewa Consultative...
View ArticleRescue us from 16-year darkness, bad roads, Ogun community begs Abiodun
PResidents of Orile-Oko in the Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State have appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun to come to their aid by putting an end to the 16-year blackout in the community. The...
View ArticleFood vehicles, bullion van crash in Ogun, Ondo, four women, two men killed
Seven persons, including a pregnant woman, died in crashes on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Oba-Ile in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday. One of our correspondents...
View ArticleSuper TV CEO: Suspect’s father arrested, lecturers, classmates shocked,...
MEN of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the father Chidinma Ojukwu, who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death. A top police source, who pleaded...
View ArticleIfe-Ifewara road: Senate asks FG’s contractors to refund N140m
The Senate has commended the Redeemed Christian Church of God and its General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, for rehabilitating the Ife-Ifewara Road, at a cost of N188m. The red chamber also directed...
View ArticleWe miss Ajimobi’s wisdom in governance, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described former Oyo State Governor, the late Abiola Ajimobi, as a leader who was full of wisdom and great achievements. Ajimobi died a year ago due to COVID-19...
View ArticleOne rescued as kidnappers kill Plateau PDP chieftain, woman
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed two persons in the Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State. One of those killed was identified as a Peoples Democratic Party candidate vying for...
View ArticleFather, son held over supplying guns to bandits
A forty-year-old man, Ibrahim Abdullahi and his son, Abubakar Ibrahim, 21, were among four suspects arrested by the Katsina Police Command for allegedly supplying guns to bandits. The other two...
View ArticleHow govt can prevent new COVID-19 wave –Virologists
Following fears of a possible third wave of COVID-19, experts have suggested that Nigeria does not need to vaccinate its entire population to avoid another outbreak. Renowned virologist and former...
View ArticleAddress overpopulation or prepare for more cyberfraud, experts warn FG
Across section of technology experts have warned the Federal Government to address the rising population in the country and close the socioeconomic gap or gear up for more local and international cases...
View ArticleSleeping with another man’s wife attracts curse in my kingdom – Onogie of...
The traditional ruler of Ebelle kingdom, Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State, His Royal Highness Joseph Aikpaogie, speaks with ADEYINKA ADEDIPE about his journey to the throne and the rich...
View ArticleEFCC and need for ‘due diligence’ in anti-graft war
JESUSEGUN ALAGBE writes on the need for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to improve its strategy in the fight against graft Following a 13-month investigation, officials of the United...
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