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NAF jets destroy bandits’ camp, kill 78 in three-day bombardments
Several bandits’ camps have been destroyed following aggressive airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets. The NAF jets’ bombardments also killed no fewer than…
Sit-At-Home: We’ll Deal With Hoodlums Attempting To Disrupt Peace In Abia — CP
Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Janet Agbede has assured the people of the State that her office in collaboration with other security agencies are working to ensure…
June 12: 1BB lied, never wanted to go- Afenifere, NADECO chieftains
Prominent pro-democracy crusaders and rights activists were enraged on Friday by justification of the June 12, 1993 presidential election annulment by former…
BREAKING: FCT, 12 States get new Commissioners of Police (Full list)
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting of Commissioners of Police to take over the saddle of leadership in 13 State Commands, including the…
Sultan blames Nigeria’s ills on elite
THE Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has accused the elite and other influential individuals as those behind the problems of the country, stressing that they were…
Corruption: Military not same as democratic government – ACF chieftain replies IBB
Immediate past Secretary General of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Mr. Anthony Sani has said the instruments of governance in a military setting are world apart from what obtain in a…
British High Commissioner didn’t visit Kanu, says Lawyer
Lead Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Friday, denied neither the British High Commissioner in Nigeria nor a…
Abba Kyari: Woman Petitions IGP, AGF Over Husband’s Unlawful Detention
A housewife, Mrs Rose Okoro, has petitionedthe Attorney General of the Federation, (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, over the…
Community rejects headquarters of Ekiti South East LCDA
Less than 24 hours after the passage of the bill creating 19 new local council development areas (LCDAs) by the Ekiti State House of Assembly, one of the affected communities,…
How I was nicknamed ‘evil genius’, ‘Maradona’, – IBB
Former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has explained how he was nicknamed “evil genius” and “Maradona”. Babangida, disclosed this while speaking with…
Supreme Court Gets New Chief Registrar
A new Chief Registrar, Hajo Sarki-Bello, has been appointed for the Supreme Court following the coming retirement of the incumbent, Hajia Hadiza Uwani Mustapha, this weekend. The new…
COVID-19: Nigeria records 29 deaths in four days as infections spread
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 11 additional deaths from COVID-19, raising the total death toll in four days to 29. The country also recorded 566 new cases in the last 24…
BREAKING: Four dead as gunmen attack Imo police station
Gunmen on Thursday night attacked the Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State. The attack claimed the lives of four persons which…
I believe in resource control, says IBB
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), former head of state, says he is a firm believer in “resource control”. But the former military ruler added that saying so to “some people…
Corruption in Nigeria worse under civilian leaders than military rulers, says IBB
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), former military head of state, says corruption in Nigeria is worse under civilian leaders than under military rulers. Babangida said this…
Kano Elders Ask Court To Hasten The Exit Of The South-East From Nigeria
A group of elders and politicians from Kano State has asked a court to compel the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Olufemi…
Court restrains woman from running late doctor’s firm
A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday restrained Mrs Oluwayemisi Ajayi from dealing with or running the affairs of her estranged husband’s firm as a sole surviving director/shareholder…
IBB Rules Out Atiku, Tinubu Of 2023 Presidency
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), might have ruled out a former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and a former governor of Lagos State,…
Doctors’ strike: FG promises improved working conditions, but says ‘we can’t force states’
The federal government says it will ensure improved working conditions for doctors and other health workers across the country. Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, stated this at a media…
BREAKING: Late President Yar’Adua’s Son Remanded In Yola Prison
A Magistrate’s Court in Yola, Adamawa State, has remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, the son of late former President Musa Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash…
Lagos assembly approves 50% reduction of ex-governors’ pension
The Lagos state house of assembly has approved a 50 percent reduction of pension paid to former governors.In November 2020, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of…
DSS Writes Olusegun Adeniyi, Accuses Him Of Misleading Nigerians
The Department of State Services (DSS) has written to Olusegun Adeniyi, former spokesman of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, over his recent column. Adeniyi, who is…
Filmmaker petitions police over alleged assault by Davido’s aides
A filmmaker Ideh Chukwumah and his friend, David Tobi Nenuwa have petitioned the police over alleged assault by security aides of popular music star, Davido. The petition by…
BREAKING: Dominic Oneya, ex-Military Governor of Kano is dead
A former military governor of Kano state, Dominic Oneya is dead. Abubakar Aminu Ibrahim, media aide to Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, announced his death on Thursday.…