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UNIABUJA abduction: Police, military, DSS arrest eight suspects
Security agencies have taken into custody eight suspects in connection with the Tuesday abduction of two professors and other staff of the University of Abuja. The suspected…
Anambra 2021: Massive Voter turnout in Anambra Central zone
Despite fears of insecurity, which many have said may cause voter apathy in today’s election in Anambra, THISDAY reports that there is massive voter turnout in all the polling units…
Kwara: Governance On Edge As Abdulrazaq, Lai Feud Festers
Prior to the 2019 gubernatorial election in Kwara State, the amalgamation of forces that birthed the Otoge revolution swept across like a political wildfire. The conflagration did not…
Rest in Pieces: Femi Osibona Died As A Fraudulent Business Man, Handcuffs Must Be Tied To His Grave…
A UK based Nigeria Journalist, writer and Media consultant, Oludare Lasisi has said no one should forgive his harsh words against a dead crook. Late Femi Osibona is the owner of…
Kerosene tank explosion kills 5 at Abuja Kubwa market, razes shops
No fewer than five people died while several other persons sustained varying degree of injuries as a kerosene-laden tank exploded at popular Kubwa Village Market in Abuja on…
Fake voters flood Anambra ahead of today’s governorship election – Activists
Ahead of Saturday’s Anambra governorship election, activists under the umbrella of International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), the Southeast Zone of the…
N100bn Not Enough To Conduct 2023 Polls – INEC
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said the N100 billion earmarked for the conduct of 2023 General Elections in next year’s…
Settle Out Of Court With Nnamdi Kanu – Kukah tells FG
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Kukah has charged the Federal Government of Nigeria to settle out of Court with leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi…
NDA just like any other school — we saw no need to fortify it, says Irabor
Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna is like every other school and the military did not see any need to intensify security around it.…
Goje Mobilised Thugs Into The State – Gombe Government
The government of Gombe has accused Senator Danjuma Goje of mobilising thugs into the state. Julius Ishaya Lepes, Commissioner for Information and Culture, said this in a statement issued after…
Anambra 2021: APC has written results of 10 LGAs, Obiano alleges
The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has accused the All Progressives Congress as having written the results of the governorship election in 10 local government areas of…
17,000 insurgents have now surrendered to troops – Army
Christopher Musa, theatre commander of operation Hadin Kai, says 17,000 insurgents have now surrendered to troops. Musa disclosed this on Friday during a courtesy visit to the management of…
Echoes Of Death, Sorrow From Lagos 21-Storey Building Collapse
The panel of ‘six wise men’ set up by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to probe the immediate and remote causes of the collapse of a 21-storey building in Lagos State swung into…
#EndSARS: Many Nigerians don’t know Buhari can’t sack police officers, says Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, says it is surprising that many Nigerians don’t know that the president doesn’t have the power to sack police officers. Fashola said…
Anxiety As 2.5m Voters Elect Next Anambra Governor Today
As 2.5m voters elect a new governor for Anambra State today, there is palpable fear among the people of the state despite the cancellation of the sit-at-home order by the proscribed…
Fuel queues return to Abuja, FG issues strong warning to depots
Queues resurfaced at fuel stations in parts of Abuja on Friday, prompting the Federal Government to warn depot owners to desist from raising the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol)…
Court orders status quo in Eko Hospital management tussle
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has warned parties to a management tussle between the board members of the Eko Hospital, Lagos to maintain status quo ante belum.…
2023: YORUBA PATRIOTS MOVEMENT DRUMS LOUD SUPPORT FOR TINUBU’S PRESIDENCY
As Stakeholders across political, religious and social divides begin to mobilize and agitate for the candidacy of Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress…
Amotekun arrests suspected bandits in Ondo
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps have arrested 18 suspected bandits from Katsina State. The suspected bandits were travelling in three hummer buses but men…
Abductors Of Kaduna Worshippers Demand Groundnut Oil, Bags Of Rice
Abductors of about 60 worshippers in Kaduna State are demanding bags of rice and groundnut oil to feed the victims. Daily Trust had reported how gunmen invaded Emanuel Baptist Church…
BREAKING: INEC budgets N7bn for Ekiti, Osun gov elections
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, hs said that the agency had budgeted N7bn for the conduct of the Ekiti and Osun states governorship…
Baba Ijesha to face fresh defilement charge — Police
An officer of the Nigerian Police Force, SP Wahab Kareem, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court that embattled Nollywood actor Olarenwaju Omiyinka popularly known as Baba Ijesha…
Our staff didn’t take selfie with Obi Cubana –EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied claims on social media that its staff took a selfie with Cubana Club boss, Obinna Iyiegbu, while he was in custody.…
Uber posts net loss of $2.4 billion in Q3, but delivery business outperforms
On Thursday, November 4, 2021, Uber announced its third-quarter earnings. In after-hours trading, shares rose 1% after a dip. A drop in the value of Uber’s investment holdings,…