Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Killer herdsmen invited to Benue to bring down my administration, Gov. Alia cries out
The Benue House of Assembly had last week directed Special Advisers to Alia on internal security and commanders of Livestock…
‘You’re now a band of doomsday vocalists,’ APC tackles PDP Governors
The National Publicity Secretary of APC Mr Felix Morka, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja while reacting…
Nigerians beg FG to provide passport printers in New York
The Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN) and 20 partners in New York had on Feb. 6 appealed to…
Kano launches campaign for zero out-of-school children
Kano Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Haruna Umar Doguwa, said the state government has provided all facilities needed to ensure that…
Edo 2024: Protests as Ganduje endorses Dennis Idahosa for APC
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Amidst confusion, controversies, and two other rival claimants, the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC Dr…
Niger govt fumes over viral debate video of pupil wishing politicians dead
The pupil in the video that is being widely shared on social media condemned election rigging and forcing people to…
Tinubu’s aide announces committee for eradication of vices in tertiary institutions
According to him, the formation of the special committee became necessary to tackle social vices such as drug abuse, cultism,…
BREAKING: Dennis Idahosa emerges APC candidate Edo governorship election
Idahosa polled over 40,000 votes to clinch the APC governorship ticket for the Edo September 2024 governorship election.
Trader shot dead in Onitsha market
The command Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident said that several others were injured.
Breaking! Thugs disrupt collation of results of Edo APC primary
Results from eight local government areas had already been announced when journalists covering the event were alerted to vacate the…
APC chieftain urges Tinubu to implement 120k minimum wage, other measures to douse tension
Seyi, in an open letter to Tinubu titled: ‘Addressing Economic Challenges for a Prosperous Nigeria’, urged the president, who he…
Hardship: What Niger govt told protest leaders, other women in Minna
By Rita Iliya Niger Government has appealed to Aisha Jibrin and Fatima Aliyu who recently led a protest over the…
NCoS staff Kelvin Tikus jailed 3 years for employment scam
A 36-year-old staff of of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NSC, in Gombe State, Kelvin Tikus has been sentenced to three…
Oil theft: Police set for prosecution of 40 suspects
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Police said 40 suspects who were recently arrested at the Ogbogoro Oil Field, Brass Area, and…
Olayemi Cardoso’s Dilemma
But for CBN Governor Cardoso, all of that represents his baptism of fire and a wake-up call for him to…
Osun govt denies receiving 1,500 bags of rice for CAN
Describing the report as false without any foundation in truth, the Commissioner said the Federal Government has not sent any…
Breaking! APC zones governorship ticket to Edo Central
The hint was given on a statement released late Friday night by Lucky Imasuen, one of the aspirants in the…
Alleged hoarding: Dawanau Grains Market traders tackle Kano govt
Dawanau grains market is the largest in West Africa, supplying foodstuffs to customers in Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and the…
JTF uncovers 14 massive illegal refining sites in Rivers
The OPDS Commander who visited the location of the illegal refinery said it was uncovered based on intelligence information.
Fubara gives cash, others to Nwabali, Rivers Hoopers’ players
Fubara announced the rewards when he hosted Nwabali, and members of the Rivers Hoopers Basketball Team at Government House in…
Nigerian troops kill 254 terrorists, rescue 73 from kidnappers
Troops also recovered 378 assorted weapons and 4,705 assorted ammunition comprising 131 AK47 rifles, two FN rifles, two G3 rifle,…
Nigerian Breweries explains loss of N106bn in 2023
Nigerian Breweries, according to him, was, however, able to grow its revenue by nine per cent to N599 billion, compared…
Jonathan: Why Nigerians should pray for my mother
Former President Jonathan said with the death of his sister, his mother has lost eight of her children and he…
How plot to abduct expatriates led to arrest of kidnappers of Ekiti Students, teachers
The police added that the phone used to demand ransom for the release of the pupils and the teachers was…
Navalny’s death generates reactions from around the world
In Russia, Kremlim spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin has been told about Navalny’s death.
German vice chancellor, foreign minister pay tribute to Navalny
Navalny’s death shakes me to the core. The Putin regime has him on its conscience,’’ Vice Chancellor, Robert Habeck, said.
Why Tinubu was appointed AU Champion For Health – Africa CDC
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu was on Friday appointed the African Union (AU) Champion for Human Resources for…
“We are truly kidnappers,” 6 Adamawa men confess in court
The suspects in their respective oral statements confessed to the crime, saying "We are truly kidnappers, we conspired among ourselves…
Russia’s opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, is dead, officials say
The Russian Prison Service has said famous opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, collapsed and died on Friday after at the penal…
Aloma Onunka, 40, docked for defiling 15-year-old girl
Lagos State Prosecuting counsel, Mrs Olawunmi Osibanjo, told the court that Onunka, committed the offence on Feb.2.