Igangan attack’ll never happen in Oyo again, says Makinde
The Oyo State Governor,Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday appealed to the people of Igangan to cooperate with the government and security agencies to address the security challenge in the area. The governor, who...
View ArticleImmigration warns racketeers as passport portal reopens
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, has urged passport applicants to avoid patronising touts, saying the process has been made seamless for efficient service...
View ArticlePolice a fleeing kidnappers in Kaduna, rescue five victims
OPERATIVES attached to the Kaduna State Police Command have rescued five kidnapped victims at Jangidi Godo-Godo and Rigasa communities of Jema’a and Igabi local government areas of the state. The...
View ArticleRumoured rift between Akpabio, Sylva over NDDC board malicious – Aide
THE Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, has denied any disagreement with the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, over the reconstitution of a substantive...
View ArticleBuhari, service chiefs, others meet, Uzodimma blames opposition again
THE President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday convened an emergency security meeting aimed at assessing security challenges across the country and proffering solutions. The meeting...
View ArticleOAU pushes ahead with airstrip project
The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, on Tuesday said it planned to construct airstrip for the training of aeronautic engineers. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eyitope...
View ArticleReps urge FG to protect schools against mass abductions
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to enhance security around schools across Nigeria to protect students and workers against mass abductions. At the plenary on Tuesday,...
View ArticleProtesters storm Lagos APC secretariat, reject candidates
Protesters from the Somolu Local Government Area on Tuesday besieged the secretariat of the All Progressives Party in Lagos State to express their grievances against the list of candidates for chairman...
View ArticleThis constitution review can’t ‘werk’
The constitution review process, enabled by Section 9(3) of Nigeria’s Constitution which says “An Act… for the purpose of altering the provisions of… Section (9), Section 8 (on boundary adjustment and...
View ArticleNIP transactions hit N20tn in May, says NIBSS
Nigerians transacted over N20tn instant payment transactions in May according to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System. Transaction in May was 0.15 per cent higher than for April. Instant payment...
View ArticleWhy Nigeria cannot prosecute Twitter users
In the past week, the Nigerian government has been locked in a battle with the microblogging network, Twitter. The battle arose over Twitter’s decision to delete the President, Major General Muhammadu...
View ArticleSeven northern states’ll experience severe dry spells – NiMet
Seven states in the North are going to experience severe dry spells in June, the Nigeria Meteorological Agency announced on Tuesday. According to predictions by the agency, Sokoto, Zamfara, Yobe,...
View ArticleOsun pastor, herbalist, three others arrested with human parts
A pastor in Kajola, near Osogbo, the Osun State capital, Olagunju Adetunji, was on Wednesday paraded by the state police command for being in possession of human hands and legs. Also paraded alongside...
View Article#Twitterban: Nigerian leaders do not believe in Nigeria
Until recently, I had believed that the biggest threat to Nigeria’s corporate existence was hunger. Following the shenanigans of the past week when the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)...
View ArticleI’m not surprised by my husband’s death, TB Joshua’s widow declares
Evelyn, wife of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, aka TB Joshua, on Wednesday, said the death of her husband was an act of God. She spoke when a delegate...
View ArticleConvene S’East security summit, Ekweremadu tells Ohanaeze, govs
A former deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has urged the governors in the region and the leadership of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to urgently convene a security summit. Ekweremadu, in a...
View ArticleNDLEA arrests suppliers delivering drugs to Niger bandits
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two suspected drug dealers, Martins Ejiofor, 31, and Bala Mohammed, 33, with 24.450 kilograms of assorted substances meant to be delivered to...
View ArticleHoodlums arrested after burgling church, hiding in bush for five hours
Two suspected armed robbers have confessed to burgling a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Sagamu, Ogun State, after they were shown Close Circuit Television footage of how they broke...
View ArticleFour W’African countries to buy Nigeria’s idle electricity
Niger, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso are collaborating to buy the unutilised power produced in Nigeria, the Chairman of the Executive Board of the West African Power Pool, Sule Abdulaziz, said on...
View ArticleReps probe N275bn agric loans under Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the disbursement of loans and credit facilities by the Federal Government in the agriculture sector since 2009. The period under reviews covers...
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