Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
FG succumbs to bandits, orders closure of unity colleges
Nigerian government on Monday ordered closure of all Federal Government Colleges (FGCs) in Abuja following security threats by bandits who…
Understanding the new NNPC Ltd.
With the new commercial focus and corporate identity, NNPC would now be regulated in line with the provisions of the…
World Athletics Championship: Buhari celebrates track superstar, Amusan
Amusan has set a new world record in the semifinals of the athletic event and made history as the first…
Outrage over Muslim-Muslim ticket: Afegbua indicts PDP, CAN
“CAN is being sponsored by the PDP, and the PDP works for C.A.N. Rather than devote time, energy and attention…
U.S.-based alumni raise $20,000 for Alma mater in Anambra
Founded in 1946 by Dr Enoch Iferdiora Oli as a private boarding school for boys, and modeled after the mission…
Anambra: Security operatives kill 2 gunmen, recover guns, vehicles, others
The operations were conducted by police and military personnel, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, spokesperson for Anambra State Police Command said in…
Police in gun battle with bandits in Kaduna: 2 killed
By Mohammed Tijjani Two suspected bandits killed while an AK-47 rifle and motorcycle were recovered on Saturday in police battle…
4 fake soldiers busted in Lagos
Officers of Iju Divison led by the DPO, CSP Gbenga Stephen arrested the four fake soldiers in the Iju area…
Herbalist Godwin Sanda arrested for raping 14-year-old patient
The suspect is a herbalist and used the opportunity to abuse the child,” he said.
Osinbajo speaks from Duchess Hospital
In his first personal statement accompanied by his picture with his medical team and his wife, Dolapo on Sunday, Osinbajo…
Save the Naira: Economic patriots wanted
There is so much dollar in the hands of many politically exposed and and some volume moving business people. Take…
Insp. Efe Ishiaka stabbed to death inside Benin’s apartment
By Jethro Ibileke A 40-year-old female police inspector, Efe George Ishiaka, has been allegedly stabbed to death inside her lover’s…
Can Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi unite Nigeria?
Tinubu has a robust matrix of associates and supporters across Nigeria’s geopolitical zones. And his approach to national matters has…
Umaru Maradun Zamfara Correspondent of Leadership Newspapers arrested
Maradun was arrested in his home town in Maradun Local Government Area where the state governor Bello Matawalle also hails…
2023: Rivers PDP asks court to kick out SDP, Accord Party candidates
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has instituted a suit seeking the disqualification of Accord Party, and the…
We’re ready to fight bandits, others with spiritual powers – Traditionalists
Also speaking, the group’s Traditional Secretary, Mr Dotun Hassan, said that “Irorun Ile Kaaro-oo-jiire” stood for unity, peace and tranquility…
4 notorious cult members busted in Lagos
The arrest of the suspects followed painstaking week-long investigation into the incessant complaints of cult-related disturbances and killings in Badagry
‘How Police rescued 8 passengers from bandits in Kaduna’
By Mohammed Tijjani The Police have explained how its operatives stopped bandits from going into the forest with passengers they…
Taliban forces in heavy firefight with gunmen in Afghanistan
Taliban’s interior ministry spokesman in a statement called the occupants “rebels” – a term the Taliban uses in referring to…
Gunmen kill 5 in Plateau community
Alabo added that the command had also foiled a kidnap attempt at the residence of one Mr Mark Inkasu of…
Lai Mohammed seeks Lagos support for UNWTO global conference
Nigeria won the right to host this event in 2021, during the 64th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Africa…
Airlines send strong warning to ‘angry’ passengers
Some Dana Air passengers had on July 21 descended on and damaged the company’s property at the domestic wing of…
Police fight off bandits in Enugu gun battle
Police operatives of the Command foiled an attack on Igbo-Eze North Police Division by armed and hooded criminal elements
Gunmen abduct pregnant Rahila Dau in Bauchi
The Spokesman of Bauchi Police Command, SP Ahmed Wakil who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Bauchi, said the incident…
Police rescue kidnapped varsity student in C/River, arrest 1 suspect
The Chancellor and Founder of the institution, Arthur-Jarvis Archibong, thanked God for the safe return of his student and commended…
Orelope- Adefulire mourns Yeye Kemi Nelson
Nelson was also a former Executive Director, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and a senatorial candidate in 1992.
Ebonyi LG poll: Speaker Nwifuru predicts total victory for APC
Nwifuru, who is a factional APC Gubernatorial Candidate, said this during an interactive session with newsmen in Abakaliki on Thursday
Barrister Giwa-Amu petitions I-GP over police harassment
Giwa-Amu alleged that a very senior police officer at Zone-2 Command, in collaboration with one Inspector, had been harassing and…
‘Trial census in Daura successful’
Daura is one of the six local government areas in the country earmarked for 100 per cent trial enumeration in…
Ameachi, Cole must face trial for looting, Wike insists
Wike explained that genuine lovers of the State should be the ones presenting themselves to serve the State as governor…