Busted Italy-bound Douglas excretes 59 wraps of Heroin at Abuja Airport
Italy-bound suspected drug trafficker, Okoguale Douglas has excreted 59 wraps of Heroin after he was busted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Douglas, 23,…
Greenfield varsity students will be released soon – Gumi
Popular Islamic Scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has assured the remaining 16 of the kidnapped Greenfield varsity students would be released soon.He said negotiations were ongoing with the bandits who seized them since they…
Adeboye’s son, Dare to be buried Tuesday
Pastor Dare Adeboye, one of the sons of the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, will be buried on Tuesday at the…
Maritime stakeholders back suspension of Hadiza Bala-Usman
Some maritime stakeholders in Lagos, on Friday, backed the Federal Government’s suspension of Hadiza Bala-Usman as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).…
Ebonyi to offer amnesty to repentant bandits
The Ebonyi government says it will offer amnesty to bandits and other criminals who are willing to repent and lay down their arms. Uchenna Orji, the state commissioner for information…
Concerns over rising cases of policemen assaulted on duty by traffic offenders, others
Cases of policemen assaulted by errant motorists and other lawless individuals have been on the rise in Lagos and other parts of the…
COVID-19: FG releases N29.1bn for vaccine deployment
The Federal Government says it has released N29.1 billion to the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) for the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines. Minister of Finance,…
We’ve forgiven our kidnappers – Abducted Kaduna students
Students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka Kaduna, who just regained freedom from bandits, who kept them in the jungle for 56 days, said they have forgiven…
Don’t share phone, SIM cards – NCC tells Nigerians
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday warned Nigerians against sharing their phones, National Identity Number (NIN) and SIM cards with others because of the…
Buhari, Atiku, Ishaku others mourn as ‘Mama Taraba’ dies at 61
President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar were among leaders that on Friday mourned the death of former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development Hajiya…
How we spent $1bn to acquire weapons – Defence
The Ministry of Defence on Friday gave further insights into how the controversial $1 billion released by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to procure…
Threat of secession won’t give you Presidency – El-Rufai tells South-East
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has advised the Southeast to actively engage other sections of the country if it has a serious desire to produce…
NPA remitted ALL surplus funds – Hadiza Bala Usman
Twenty hours after refuting allegations of failing to remit the operating surplus of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to the consolidated revenue fund (CFR), Hadiza Bala Usman was suspended as the managing…
If Tinubu becomes president, I’ll cease to be Nigerian – Bode George
Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he will cease to be a Nigerian should Bola Tinubu, national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), become president. Although Tinubu has not yet…
BREAKING: Former Minister Of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, Mama Taraba Is Dead
A former Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Jummai Alhassan, is dead. A reliable source said she died on Friday at a Cairo hospital, Egypt after a illness.…
THE INSIDER: How Amaechi got Buhari to suspend Hadiza Bala Usman amid ‘cold war’
At a time when shocking news has become a daily occurrence, Nigerians got an extra dose on Thursday evening when President Muhammadu…
Insecurity: Our challenges, by Service chiefs, others
Security top brass on Thursday told senators the challenges confronting them as they battle to halt the worsening insecurity. They briefed the…
Hazard apologises for laughing after Champions League exit
Real Madrid forward Eden Hazard has apologised for laughing with Chelsea players after his side were knocked out of the Champions League semi-finals The former Chelsea man,…
The role Obasanjo played in release of 27 Afaka students – Gumi
Popular Islamic Scholar Ahmad Gumi said former President Olusegun Obasanjo played the role of a mediator to ensure the release of 27 students of Federal College of Forestry,…
Abaribe, other leaders against Buhari are mere paper tigers – Adesina
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, has described Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe and other political and religious…
We were ready to lose students in planned bandits’ bombardment — El-Rufai
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said when 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State…
Heavy flooding expected in Lagos, Rivers, Delta, Kano, 24 others
About 121 local government areas spread across 28 States of the Federation will likely experience heavy flooding in 2021, the Federal Government said on Thursday. Minister for Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu,…
Deal ruthlessly with anyone planning coup – Sagay
An eminent professor of law, Itse Sagay (SAN), yesterday urged security agencies to bring to justice anyone plotting to remove the president undemocratically.He was reacting to the Presidency’s claim that a plot to…
80-year-old, granddaughter arrested with 192kg of cocaine
An 80-year-old woman Mary Adebayo and her 19-year-old granddaughter Funmilola Adebayo have been taken into custody in Akure, the Ondo State capital, for allegedly selling illicit drugs. Operatives of the…