Guard, friend kill lady, dismember body in Osun
A night guard, Kabiru Oyeduntan, arrested for killing a mistress of his friend, was on Friday paraded before newsmen by Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode. Forty-year-old Oyeduntan, an...
View ArticleVIDEO: Majority of Nigerians appreciate me, understand what we are doing –Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says it gladdens his heart that “majority of Nigerians” appreciate him and understand what he is doing for the country since he has been in...
View ArticleBuhari’s provocative order on grazing route
Obsessed with outdated animal husbandry practices, the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), instigated fresh controversy on Thursday by declaring strong support for open cattle grazing....
View ArticleSouth-East govs, leaders meet Buhari’s envoys, list grievances
A delegation from the Federal Government and leaders from the South-East, on Friday, met behind closed doors to discuss insecurity and other issues affecting the region. The meeting comes less than 24...
View ArticleWe’ll be ruthless on those posing serious security threat –IG
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, threatened Friday that the police would deal ruthlessly and firmly with criminals across the country. Baba said this in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital,...
View ArticleBandits kill 93 in Zamfara, gov calls for self-defence, suspends emir
Bandits have again killed 93 people in Kadawa village of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, while many others were severely wounded. A local, Mallam Muhammadu Dansani, who narrowly escaped...
View ArticleBuhari submits N895bn supplementary budget to National Assembly
•Senate screens COAS behind closed doors The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),has submitted a supplementary budget of N895bn to the National Assembly for consideration. The Chairman,...
View ArticleUnion gives Kaduna seven-day ultimatum to free abducted lecturers, students
The National Association of Polytechnic Students on Friday condemned the attack on Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State by suspected bandits. Reacting to the latest abduction, the association...
View ArticleHow fiancé killed NSCDC officer for ritual, offered N5m to silence me –Herbalist
A native doctor, Rafiu Afolabi, has narrated how Christopher Akpan, the fiancé of an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Josephine Onche, allegedly killed the woman for money...
View ArticleWoman murdered, vital parts removed in Kwara
Suspected ritualists have reportedly hacked a woman to death and dumped her body along Kanikoko area of Kaiama in the northern part of Kwara state. Saturday Punch gathered that after the murder, which...
View ArticleFG’s Twitter ban counter-productive, says NGO
A non-governmental organization, Face of Waziri-Nigeria, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to rescind the ban on the microblogging site, Twitter. According to the group,...
View ArticleNigeria still in search of ‘democracy’ 22 years after
John Alechenu examines Nigeria’s democracy over the last 22 years since the military was haggled out of power after decades of repressive rule ended in 1999 For the self-styled military president, Gen...
View ArticleNigerians must stand against insurrectionists, killers –Tinubu
As Nigeria marks Democracy Day today, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to stand against insurrectionists and killers destroying the...
View ArticlePDP, Atiku ask Nigerians to keep faith, APC seeks support
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, have appealed to Nigerians not to give up on the country in spite of the myriad of challenges they were currently...
View ArticleAbacha’s regime offered mum so much but she chose the right path for her...
Jamiu Abiola, a son of the late Chief Moshood Abiola and Mrs Kudirat Abiola, who was assassinated on June 4, 1996, during the military regime of the late General Sani Abacha, shares with TOBI AWORINDE...
View ArticleMy siblings were asleep when assailants attacked them with axes in Igangan...
Olufemi Olaniyi writes that a fresh attack on Igangan, Oyo State, by gunmen has caused villagers pain and left property in ruins Violence erupted again in Igangan, epicentre of herdsmen atrocities in...
View ArticleKebbi tragedies that threw families, mourners into agony
“The journey started smoothly until after about two kilometres on water when the boat began to shake and suddenly, there was a loud bang and it split into two. “I struggled to rescue others because I...
View ArticleDreams still unfulfilled, nothing to cheer about 22 years’ civil rule...
Gbenga Adeniji and Percy Ani feel the pulse of families of heroes of democracy as Nigeria records 22 years of civil rule Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999 was not attained on a silver...
View ArticleT.B. Joshua had big plans for his town, others, now all gone – Monarch,...
The ancient town of Arigidi Akoko, the hometown of the late founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, popularly known as Prophet T. B. Joshua, in the Akoko North West Local...
View ArticleBe fair to my administration, Buhari begs Nigerians
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, asked Nigerians to be fair to his regime. He said if they reflected on the country’s situation before the inception of his regime in...
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