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Mr Ishaya Kukah recounts his harrowing experience in the hands of bandits who held him and others captive for many weeks

Headlines, News

Kukah’s brother narrates ordeal in kidnapper’s den

Kukah said that the victims were pressured into agreeing to ransom demands due to the torture they endured.
Gunmen kill three, abduct yet- to- be ascertained number of persons in simultaneous attacks on two communities in MopAmuro LG of Kogi State

Headlines, News

Gunmen ambush, shot three farmers dead in Ondo

While confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ondo Police Command DSP Ayanlade Olushola, said police have deployed operatives to…
Zulum

News

Zulum laments increasing Boko Haram attacks in Borno

The Borno governor, however, emphasised the need for coordinated action between the military, police, and local authorities in order to…
Labour Party Reps accuse NAFDAC of extortion of N700,000 each from shop owners affected by its recent closure of the Onitsha drug market

News

Caucus leadership not by appointment, LP Reps tackle Abure

In response to an earlier statement by the caucus which welcomed last Friday's Supreme Court judgment and indicated willingness to…
FG reviews renewable energy curriculum to reshape how technical education equips professionals for clean energy revolution.

News

FG’s National curriculum overhaul targets solar skills for greener future

Backed by the INCLUDE Knowledge Platform, African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), the Government of the Netherlands and the, House of…
Nigerian chess champion, Tunde Onakoya, reveals how he transformed Jamiu, a roadside mechanic in Lagos into a world-class chess champion

Headlines, Metro

How I transformed roadside mechanic into world-class chess champion – Tunde Onakoya

Onakoya, known for using chess to empower underprivileged children, shared a touching story of how he adopted two brothers, Jamiu…
Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) intercepts controlled drugs valued at over N18 million at the Mfum Border in Cross River State.

Business, News

Customs intercepts controlled drugs in Cross River

The confiscated items included 37 units of Phenobarbital Sodium Sterop 100mg, 216 units of Pethidine 100mg Solution Injection, and 108…
Air Peace Limited announce plan to commence direct international flight services from Abuja to London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports.

Business

Air Peace introduces new boarding procedure

In the statement signed by the airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Dr Ejike Ndiulo, Air Peace said the new boarding…
Nigerian Govt orders illegal miners to vacate all mining sites in Zamfara over outbreak of lead poisoning in Bungudu LGA of the state

News

Alake orders illegal miners out of Zamfara over lead poisoning

Zamfara, known for its rich gold deposits, first recorded a major lead poisoning epidemic in 2010. The outbreak was traced…
AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina hails Kaduna state’s leadership in the launch the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) in Nigeria

Headlines, News

AfDB’s Adesina excited as Kaduna blazes the trail in launch of SAPZ

Adesina spoke during a courtesy call at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House on Tuesday. The AfDB President praised Gov. Uba Sani’s…
The spokesperson for the Ebonyi Command, SP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the sudden death of ACP Ogbon-inu Popoola in a statement to journalists

Metro, News

Police launch manhunt for killers of Ondo hotelier

Adeleye was asleep in one of the rooms in his hotel when he was gruesomely killed by some men suspected…
Senator Karimi said certain interests are resolved to continue to make Nigeria ungovernable with the ultimate aim of disrupting 2027 election

Headlines

“Stop playing to the gallery,” Sen. Karimi tackles counterpart, Ndume

Karimi who is the Chairman, Senate Services Committee, said this while reacting to claims by Ndume that President Bola Tinubu…
Court awards N100m damages against Louisville Girls Secondary School, Gwagwalada over death of its 9-year-old pupil, Kamzie Ikpeatusim.

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Court awards N100m damages against Abuja school over death of 9-year-old pupil

Justice Sylvanus Oriji delivered the judgment in a suit filed by Mr. Ifeanyi Ikpeatusim, who accused the school of negligence…
Titus Odo, Labour Party's publicity secretary in Enugu defects to PDP alongside Emeka Mamah, Peter Obi's Campaign coordinator in the State

Politics

Why I dumped Labour Party for PDP- Enugu lawmaker

While expressing his sadness over his decision, Eze noted that the Labour Party, which was once a beacon of hope…
Ex-Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has been appointed chair of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina despite his ongoing N2.7bn fraud trial

Headlines

How contract for project at Katsina Airport was inflated from N800m to N2.7bn – Witness

Yesufu told the court that N800 million was budgeted for the construction of terminal building and apron expansion at the…
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck criticises U.S. President Trump’s tariff policy calling the idea behind it as “fundamentally wrong.”

World News

German Economy minister criticises U.S. tariff policy

Habeck argued that the assumption that trade surpluses or deficits were problematic is “wrong,” as he arrived at an emergency…
Thugs stab Mohammed Abo’ore to death assisting to apprehend miscreants smoking cannabis in Fadikpe community of Minna, Niger State

Metro

19-year-old Ibrahim Abiala docked for murder in Ibadan

The police Prosecutor, Insp Olagoke Adegbenro told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 26, at 8.30…
Magistrates

Metro

Two Ogun men jailed one month each for stealing 2 chickens

By Ige Adekunle Two men identified as Shibu Abdullahi, 21, and Yakubu Usman, 25, has been sentenced to one month…
Police use teargas to disperse members of Take It Back movement, others who gathered for protest at Boro Park, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

News

Police disperse protesters with teargas in Rivers

The protesters who said their agitations was against against the hardship, abuse of the Cybercrime Act, and sack of the…
SSAP-SDGs Orelope-Adefulire extends warm felicitations to Dame Emmanuella Abimbola Fashola on the occasion of her 60th birthday,

News

Orelope-Adefulire celebrates Dame Abimbola Fashola at 60

Dame Fashola, wife of former Lagos State Governor and Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, clocks 60…
kidnappers

News

Three alleged notorious kidnappers nabbed in Benue

The two suspects were arrested at their hideout on Sunday, according to Benue State Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),…
Julius Abure faction of Labour Party alerts security operatives of plan by NLC, others to invade the party’s national secretariat.

Politics

Labour Party crisis: Abure faction alleges plot to invade national secretariat

The national secretary of the Labour Party, Alhaji Umar Farouk Ibrahim, said this in a statement on Sunday. Ibrahim claim…
FG announces date for flag off of construction of Section B3 of the coastal highway which is the the Cross River Section of project

News

FG announces date for flag off of Cross River section of coastal highway

Sen. Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works, revealed this at a stakeholders engagement on Section Two of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal…
Police

News

Bauchi: Police oppose planned nationwide protest

The Bauchi Police Command said this while urging the organisers of the nationwide protest to call it off, in a…
Maren Aradong, the village head of Hurti, Plateau State, explains how gunmen killed 40 people in his community in attack on 2 April.

Headlines, News

How gunmen killed 40 people in my community – Plateau village head

The yet- to- be identified gunmen had April 2, gunmen attacked Hurti, Josho, Daffo, and other communities of the locality.…
Sowore

News, Top Stories

Police Day or Nationwide protest? Police, Sowore’s ‘Take It Back’ Movement set for face-off

Take It Back Movement called for the nationwide protests over alleged abuse of Cybercrime Act for by the police among…
Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) explains why would not participate in ‘Take It Back Movement’, nationwide protest

News

Why we can’t join ‘Take It Back Movement’ protest – Northern Youth Council

The National President of NYCN, Isah Abubakar said this in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna while suing for peace…
Cardoso

Business

$23bn net foreign exchange reserves ‘ll stablise exchange rate- Uwaleke

The CBN recently revealed that the NFER stood at 23.11 billion dollars at the end of 2024, their highest level…
Kwara

Education, Headlines

Kwara: 1,800 shortlisted for teaching appointments to undergo drug test

The statement also revealed that those who successfully undergo the drug test will be assigned to senior secondary schools across…
IGP Kayode Egbetokun withdraws letter of invitation to 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi to Abuja over Eid-el-Fitr celebration violence

News, Top Stories

IG withdraws invitation to Sanusi, sends detectives to Kano

"The invitation was initially issued to enable Alhaji Sanusi to provide his account of the events that led to the…
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