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Asari Dokubo: Kalabari Unity Forum disowns his De Facto Customary Government of Biafra

News

Biafra: Dokubo a joker, can’t speak for Kalabari people- Group

A Rivers State based group, Kalabari Unity Forum, KUF disowns Asari Dokubo and his 'De Facto Customary Government of Biafra'
Asari Dokubo in the official photo he released as the head of Biafra Customary Government now disowned by Ijaw communities

News, Politics

Biafra: Ijaw communities demand apology from Asari Dokubo

Ex-militant, Asari Dokubo, is under fire from Ijaw people over inclusion of their communities as part of his Biafra Government's…
Obaseki, Dare and Shuaib during the discussion for National Sports Festival, Edo 2020 in Benin on Friday

Sports

National Sports Festival: Obaseki, Sports Minister agree on April 2 as new date

  By Jethro Ibileke/Benin The much belated National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Edo 2020’, has been scheduled to hold between April…
The Nigeria Correctional Service vehicle attacked by gunmen in Ekwulobia area of Anambra

Metro, News

Gunmen rain bullets on Correctional Service bus, kill 2, free inmate in Anambra

Gunmen attack Nigerian Correctional Service vehicle, kill armed guard, one other person in Ekwulobia area of Anambra State.
Sunshine stars players in action: Team Welfare Officer, Abdulrahman Abdulsalam, suspended

Football

Sunshine Stars’ welfare officer, Abdulsalam, suspended

Mr. Abdulrahman Abdulsalam, Welfare Officer, Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure has been suspended over assault of referee
The UN says 17 civilians were slaughtered inside a Catholic Church-run health centre in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

World News

IS-linked terrorist group kills 200 people in Congo – UN

The ADF is one of more than 100 rebel groups active in Congo’s east, with many of them fighting over…
Modern Aerial Fire-fighting vehicle inaugurated by Aregbesola at the Federal Fire Service (FFS), Zone F Command, Lagos State on Thursday

Metro

Aregbesola inaugurates aerial fire-fighting truck in Lagos [Photos]

Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior inaugurates Aerial Fire-fighting vehicle, says FG planning to use aircraft for firefighting
NSA Babagana Monguno

News

NSA Monguno: Security agencies not working closely together as expected

NSA Babagana Monguno says Nigeria's security agencies are not working together to tackle the security challenges facing the country.
The AK-47 rifles, one G-3 rifle,17 AK-47 rifle magazines, 1,658 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm AK-47 live ammunition recovered from the bandits

Metro

Police kill 2 bandits in Kaduna, recover 5 AK-47 rifles

By Mohammed Tijjani Police killed two suspected bandits on Wednesday in Saminaka town, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State…
Sen. James Akpanudoedehe: asks PDP to provide viable opposition

News

Alleged $2.5bn arms scandal: Stop peddling fictional tales, APC tells PDP

The APC urges PDP to provide viable opposition which Nigeria’s democracy needs, instead of peddling in road side fictional tales.
Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, Adamawa State Governor: communities in his state says Council Chairma,, Mr Joda Amisa is selling off their farmlands

News

Adamawa communities protest alleged sale of their farmlands by Council Chairman

About 30 Communities in Gerei LGA of Adamawa state protest against alleged sale of their farmlands by Mr Joda Amisa,…
Onuorah: found dead in Port Harcourt

Metro

Police hunt for killers of Port Harcourt man, Onyekachi Onuorah

Police are searching for killers of one Onyekachi Onuorah whose remains was found tied to a telecom mast in Port…
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State

News

Kogi has no facility to receive COVID-19 Vaccines – NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency says COVID-19 Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines have been supplied to all states except Kogi.
Atiku (left) Buhari(right): Atiku criticicises decision of Buhari to spend $1.5 billion to rehabilitate Port Harcourt refinery

Headlines, Top Stories

Atiku: Buhari’s decision to spend $1.5bn on refinery unwise, suspicious

Former VP Atiku Abubakar says FG's decision to use $1.5bn to rehabilitate Port Harcourt refinery is suspicious and unwise use…
Court

Metro

Illegal arrest: Odioakosa-Mmakwe defeats police, awarded N20m as damages

Court orders the police to pay N20m to Chinelo Odioakosa-Mmakwe, the proprietor of Tender Life Initiative Foundation for wrongful parade
Police

Metro

Three members of ISPAC vigilance group charged with murder in Port Harcourt

Police accuse members of ISPAC vigilance group of killing two persons, secretly burying them and theft of AK-47 in Rivers
Police rescue wife of retired AIG Hakeem Odumosu who was abducted in her residence in Arepo area of Ogun State about a week ago

Metro

Police identify man caught masturbating in viral video, declare him wanted

Police identify man caught in a viral video masturbating in a commercial vehicle in Lagos as Mr Matthew, declare him…
Rangers International FC players

Football, Sports

Rangers climb to top of NPFL ladder without pitch action

Rangers International Football Club of Enugu climb to the top of the 2020/2021 NPFL table on Wednesday, even without playing…
Aaron Ikuru: kidnappers demand N5billion ransom to set him free

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Rivers: Kidnappers demand N5bn ransom for King Ikuru

Kidnappers of HRM Aaron Ikuru, the paramount ruler of Ikuru community in Andoni LGA of Rivers are demanding for N5billion…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai and the 10 persons kidnapped by bandits from the Kaduna Airport Staff Quarters after they were rescued by Nigerian troops on Wednesday

Metro, News

Troops rescue 10 persons abducted from Kaduna Airport Staff Quarters

Nigerian troops rescue 10 persons kidnapped from the Kaduna Airport Staff Quarters, Ifira, Igabi LGA in the early hours of…
Princess Catherine Odu: appointed Secretary to Ondo State Government.

News

Akeredolu appoints Catherine Odu as Ondo first female SSG

Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu appoints Princess Catherine Oludunni Odu as first female Secretary to Ondo State Govt and special advisers
Police: rescue Joy Fatoba's twins after they were locked up for three days in Igbara-odo, Ekiti State

Metro

Enugu man, Gabriel Arum, 2 sons arrested over theft of iron gate

Police arraign Gabriel Arum, his son, Kenechukwu and Ifeanyi Obasi for allegedly stealing security gate valued at N100,000 in Enugu
The three OPC members arrested by the Police after they nabbed Wakili

News

Wakili: 3 OPC members charged with arson, murder, remanded

Police arraign three OPC members involved in the arrest of alleged Ibarapa warlord, Abdullahi Wakili on charges of conspiracy, murder…
Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state: says no negotiation with bandits

News

‘We will not engage with bandits or kidnappers’ — El-Rufai

Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna says his duty is to enforce the law against bandits troubling the state, not to…
PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus

Politics

PDP disowns ‘Generation Next in PDP’ town hall meeting

The Peoples Democratic Party says it nether approved nor has anything to do with a town hall meeting tagged, ‘Generation…

Education

Niger Assembly probes non-release of NECO results of 30,000 students

Niger House of Assembly probes non-release of 2019/2020 National Examinations Council results of more than 30,000 students in the state.
Gunmen

World News

Gunmen abduct 16 fishermen with their engine boats

Gunmen kidnap 16 Ugandan fishermen on Lake Albert shared with the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Police said…
Kano Health Commissioner, Dr Aminu Ibrahim-Tsanyawa

News

Three dead, 284 infections confirmed as strange disease hits Kano

Kano Government announces outbreak of a yet-to-be-identified disease in 13 local government areas of the state.
Iskilu Wakili

Metro

Notorious Ibarapa warlord Wakili, 2 sons arraigned on charges of murder, kidnapping

Police arraign notorious warlord, Abdullahi Iskilu Wakili, two sons and one Aliyu  Manu on charges of  murder, kidnapping and armed…
Jones Gilbert Ayuwo

Metro

Kidnapped UNIPORT lecturer, Dr Ayuwo, freed after 23 days

Dr Jones Gilbert Ayuwo, University of Port Harcourt lecturer, regains freedom after over three weeks in captivity of kidnappers
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