Alleged military training: Amotekun arrests 45 Northern youths in Ondo
There was tension among the residents of Okitipupa, the headquarters of the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State as no fewer than
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Nurses, midwives protest killing of member by unknown assailant
Members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Abia State chapter have staged a protest to condemn the gruesome murder
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FG to inaugurate Digital Switch Over in 13 States this year– Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says Digital Switch Over (DSO) will be inaugurated in 13 states before the end
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JUSUN resumes duty partially in Lagos courts. Federal High Court, NIC, Appeal Court still shut.
Judiciary workers have resumed partial duty in Lagos State after a 23-day strike to press home their demand for financial autonomy for the
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INSECURITY: Amotekun, OPC, VGN arrest 11 herders in Oyo
OPERATIVES of Oyo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, members of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, yesterday,
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Residents flee as Boko Haram attacks Yobe town
Residents of Kanamma, the headquarters of Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe State, were made to flee their town with many sleeping overnight
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Ekiti provides free JAMB forms for 2,500 indigents
Ekiti State Government on Thursday procured Joint Admission and Matriculations Board forms for 2,500 qualified indigent and vulnerable youths in the state as
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Gunmen attack mission school in Plateau, abduct 4 students, 3 escape
Four students of Capro Secondary Mission School located at Gana Ropp in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State were abducted in
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Team Nigeria out of World Relays over visa snag
Nigeria will miss out of the World Athletics Relays, which starts in Silesia, Poland Saturday over visa issues.It was gathered on Thursday that
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How relatives, others exposed amputee hawker
If not for family members and others who wanted their share of the cash donations, amputee sachet water hawker Mary Daniel’s lies would
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Visit bandits, kidnappers’ sponsors with judgment, PFN cries to God
Worried by the increasing spate of killings, kidnappings and banditry in the country, the President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop Wale
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CBN sacks First Bank Chair Awosika, Otudeko, others
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday gave reasons it wielded the big stick on Chairman of First Bank Plc Mrs. Ibukun Awosika
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How Baba Ijesha assaulted my daughter, by comedienne Princess
Comedienne Princess Damilola Adekoya has narrated how actor Olarenwaju James Omiyinka (Baba Ijesha) allegedly assaulted her daughter sexually seven years-ago. Adekoya, in an
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52 Northern Groups appeal to UN to support Igbo agitation for Biafra
Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, which comprises of 52 northern associations, have renewed request for the global community’s intervention in persuading Nigerian authorities
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Mary Daniels, amputee satchet water hawker in fresh trouble as Sanwo-Olu hands over to police over untrue stories
Following discrepancy discovered in the story of an amputee sachet water hawker, Mary Daniels, 26, who recently received donations from Nigerians due to
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Slain Kaduna varsity student buried, colleagues narrate night of horror
Tears flow as the remains of one of the abducted students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna State, killed by bandits, Miss Dorothy Yohana,
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Five suspected robbers lynched in Abuja
Five suspected armed robbers have been lynched in the Apo area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The incident happened after the gang
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PDP, Ohanaeze, MBF, PANDEF back UK’s call on FG to amend Electoral Act
THE United Kingdom, UK, has urged Nigeria to ensure quick passage and enactment of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill currently pending before the
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Zamfara: Houses of bandits’ informants, arms suppliers for demolition
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has directed security agents to demolish houses owned by informants and arms suppliers to bandits in the state.
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IPC: NBC’s threat on Channels TV unacceptable
The International Press Centre (IPC) has rejected the decision of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction Channels Television for interviewing the spokesman
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Student needs $35,000 for kidney transplant
A student, Ayobami Somefun, is pleading for help to fund his kidney transplant. He was diagnosed with a kidney problem and doctors said
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Sierra Leone grateful to Nigeria, others at 60th independence —Presidency
The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Bio, has lauded Nigeria’s immense contributions to the country’s peace and development. According to a statement on
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Nigeria Diaspora Network provides $10m support for 2023 candidacy — Spokesman
Barely 24 hours after President Buhari called for help from the American government to end the hydra-headed security challenges facing Nigeria, an America-based
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FRSC rescues five trafficked women in Anambra
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra State has handed over a suspected human trafficker and five trafficked girls to the National
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Ikpeazu signs water bill into law
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia Tuesday signed the Abia State Water Bill into law to facilitate the state government’s efforts in providing affordable
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Mob lynches kidnap suspect, sets police station, patrol vans ablaze
ANGRY mob on Tuesday attacked Kware Divisional Police Station in Sokoto State and lynched a suspected kidnapper.Members of the mob, who are residents
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Three policemen dismissed for extorting LASU student
Three policemen who reportedly extorted N153,000 from one Sheriff Adedigba, a student of Lagos State University (LASU), have been dismissed from service. Inspector
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Two killed in a cult clash in Enugu
Police Command in Enugu State has confirmed the killing of two yet-to-be-identified men in an alleged rivalry cult clash on Ogui Road of
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Anambra governorship: APC aspirants shun forms
Almost two weeks into the beginning of the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms for the November 6 Anambra State Governorship
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No going back on ‘no ransom, no negotiation’ policy, says El- Rufai
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that his administration will not bow to the blackmails from kidnappers in the state to
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