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Police kill suspected IPOB/ESN members, overrun three camps in Imo
Many suspected members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militia wing of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) group, were on…
Borrowing: Budget Office backs Lawan, says Nigeria poor
The Budget Office of the Federation has said Nigerians must admit that their country is poor and only potentially rich. It also stated that the country must keep…
Super TV CEO murder: Fake drivers’ license, intl passport, other items police recovered from…
A fake drivers’ license and Nigerian International passport, amongst other items were recovered from Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect for the murder of the Chief…
BREAKING: DSS Invites Sheikh Gumi For Interrogation
The State Security Service, also known as the Department of State Services (DSS) has invited controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, for…
Buhari constitutes FHA board
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, approved the formation of the Board of Federal Housing Authority, FHA, for a period of three years. This was made known in a…
Lagos owes 12.31% of Nigeria’s total domestic debt stock ― NBS
Lagos state accounting for 12.31% of the total domestic debt stock, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS has said. The NBS disclosed this in its quarterly data release…
BREAKING: Buhari postpones London medical trip
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has postponed traveling to London for medical check-up. Recall that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief…
Know Your Rights: When can police place you in handcuffs?
To maintain law and order, police officers are empowered to arrest those suspected to have committed an offence — or in the process of doing so. In making an arrest, suspects are legally protected from the abuse…
BREAKIING: Delta senator, Peter Nwaoboshi, dumps PDP, joins APC
Peter Nwaoboshi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator representing Delta North District at the National Assembly, has formally defected from the PDP, to the All Progressives Congress (APC).…
APC National Youth Vanguard raises alarm over impersonation of her leadership
The National Leadership of the APC National Youth Vanguard has raised an alarm over the impersonation of the group and her leadership by one Mr. Haruna Alfa and others. The…
FG Extends COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility Period to July 5
The federal government has said it has extended the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine from June 28 to July 5, 2021. It said anybody yet to take the second jab of the vaccine should hurry up and go to the nearest…
Buhari hails Ijaw for standing by Nigeria’s unity
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, commended the leadership of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) on their recent affirmation of belief in a United Nigeria and supporting the fight against insecurity by…
Bode George writes Buhari, says restructuring only way to save Nigeria
Former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said that restructuring is the only way to save Nigeria,…
Family recalls representatives from board of family estate
The Sobowale family, an arm of the late Efunroye Tinubu family has recalled its representatives from a Board of Trustees which it shares with another arm of the…
Court slates July 21 to hear suit seeking Buhari’s sack from office
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed July 21, 2021, to hear a suit filed against President Muhammadu Buhari by a former Presidential candidate, Chief…
Infrastructure: Nigeria is poor, only option is to borrow ― Senate President
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, apprised President Muhammadu Buhari of the activities lined up by the National Assembly, saying after the meeting that Nigeria is a poor nation that has no option but to…
Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF insist on restructuring ahead talks with ACF
Two major socio-political groups in the North-Central, the Middle Belt Forum and the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, have dissociated themselves from the pan-northern association, the Arewa Consultative Forum. The MBF…
Dangote awarded Cameroon’s second highest National Honour
… Pledges Expansion in Investment President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has received the highest civilian honour in Cameroon - the Commander of the…
Reps summon Amaechi, NPA management over N166b funds, others
The House of Representatives has summoned the Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi and the management of the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) over N166,685,929,000 revenue that…
NNPC insists on beneficial ownership disclosure
Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari has vowed that the corporation will be committed to beneficial ownership disclosure and contract transparency in the…
MONARCH COMMENDS NYSC OVER FREE HEALTHCARE SERVICES
Corps Members have been commended for their selfless services in the provision of free medical services to rural dwellers across the country. The Osu Ajiri of Edege Kingdom,…
I will okay restructuring bill if passed, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said he would not hesitate to give assent to any amendments to the 1999 Constitution on restructuring. He spoke when the National Executive of the Ijaw National Congress…
Super TV CEO: Suspect’s father arrested, lecturers, classmates shocked, UNILAG silent
MEN of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the father Chidinma Ojukwu, who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death. A top police source, who pleaded anonymity because…
Managing information for APC administration is challenging – Lai Mohammed
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says managing information for a reformist government like that of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is daunting. Mohammed spoke while delivering…