Police parade ex-DSS officer, 9 suspects over alleged bullion van robbery in Abia
A dismissed personnel of the Department of State Services, DSS, Prosper Israel, along with nine other suspected robbers were Monday paraded by the
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BREAKING: Students shut down International Airport Road
Students alleged to be members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South West zone, on Monday blocked all road leading to
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Panic as another explosion rocks Jalingo
There is panic and anxiety in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital following last night’s explosion of an explosive device suspected to be a
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Bandits kidnap 40 worshippers, demand N200m ransom – SOKAPU
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, has alleged that over 40 people, including members of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church Movement, in Bayan Kasuwa
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Tinubu appoints Akeredolu Southwest campaign Coordinator
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has appointed Ondo Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the zonal coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima
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EFCC arraigns Obasanjo’s in-law, ex-banker for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned John Abebe, a younger brother of the late former First Lady, Stella Obasanjo before
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Court rules on FG’s suit against ASUU Wednesday
The National Industrial Court has fixed Wednesday, September 21 to rule on the application for an interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal Government
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JUST IN: Kidnap kingpin Evans, one other jailed 21 years
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting
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Ex-minister pleads for Ekweremadu, bemoans FG’s indifference
The Former Minister of state for Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Buhari Bala has decried Nigeria’s approach to the challenges before the former Deputy Senate
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Abuja court stops NFF elections
An Abuja High Court may have aborted the September 30 elections into the board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). In a suit
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Roger Federer announces retirement
Tennis superstar Roger Federer is ending his professional tennis career. The Laver Cup in London next week will be his last appearance on
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Police seals off LMC secretariat
detachment of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday morning sealed off the Maitama, Abuja office of the League Management Company (LMC). According
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Buhari not Messiah we thought, says Baba-Ahmed
His candour is apparently unusual. To some people, it’s an affront and so, very annoying. To many, he speaks truth to power. But
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Students block Ife-Ibadan road, ASUU lists pending demands
Students protesting the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Thursday, blocked the Ife-Ibadan road. While the action
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Road to 2023: Shock awaits ‘big’ political parties in 2023 –Hamza Al-Mustapha
Hamza Al-Mustapha, former aide to the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, has described the 2023 general elections as an opportunity for Nigerians to
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Why we suspended Azman Air — NCAA
he Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has yesterday, withheld Azman Air Transport License, ATL, pending when the airline provides required documentation for its operational
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Fix East-West road, Buhari orders NNPC
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has ordered the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries to ensure that section 4 of
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Court hears suit to stop Labour Party rally
Nine lawyers and one Wale Lawrence on Thursday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State to stop the Labour Party, its
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14 Britons, four Americans, 268 others get Nigerian citizenship
A total of 286 foreign nationals, including four Americans, 14 Britons and 86 Lebanese, yesterday took the Oath of Allegiance adopting Nigerian citizenship.
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William Ruto sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president
William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president on Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court upheld an election that dashed the
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Police arrest gunmen over attack on station, killing of officers in Ebonyi
Ebonyi State Police Command has announced the arrest of two gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Eastern Security Network (ESN) of
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Obi hale and hearty, not attacked – Aide
Valentine Obienyem, the media aide of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has debunked the purported attack on his principal
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3,000 inmates may move to Karshi special facility December
To address the challenges confronting the nation’s Correctional Centres, arrangements are being concluded by the Federal Government to move 3,000 inmates out of Kuje prison
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‘All is not well with us’, Ortom laments Atiku/Wike rift rocking PDP
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has said that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is going through difficult moments and all
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Terrorism Charge: Again, court adjourns judgment on Kanu’s appeal
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, reserved its judgement on an appeal the detained leader of the Indigenous People of
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[BREAKING] Bio-data: Dismiss Ukpo’s plea, Ekweremadus pray court
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, on Tuesday, prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss an application filed
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Double registration: INEC delists 1.1m newly registered voters
The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it found 1,126,359 records out of the 2, 523,458 fresh registrants that registered between June
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BREAKING: Buhari arrives Imo for State visit
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Owerri-Orlu road as part of activities lined up for him on the state visit to Owerri. The President had
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Brazilian returnee excretes 92 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport
Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Brazilian returnee and father of two, Okolie Nwabueze, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe
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I’m devastated by Chelsea sack, Tuchel breaks silence
Former Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel has for the first time spoken since he got dismissed as Chelsea’s manager. The German coach was given
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