Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Pirates kidnap 6 Ukrainians, 2 others near Nigeria’s coast
Six Ukrainians were among the eight crew members abducted from a Cameroon-flagged STEVIA cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria…
Taliban attacks kill 480 Afghans in 3 months
Afghanistani authorities on Saturday said the incessant attacks on civilians by the militant group, Taliban, have culminated in the death…
How we rescued Kankara schoolboys – Military
By Rotimi Ijikanmi The Nigerian military on Saturday made some disclosures on how it carried out the rescue operation of…
Rivers APC: Amaechi loyalists suspend Abe, others
By Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt The battle for control of Rivers chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC dovetailed into a…
WTO: U.S Trump administration in fresh plot against Okonjo-Iweala
Even at its twilight, the Donald Trump administration is still actively working against the emergence of Nigeria’s former minister of…
Edo jailbreak: Obaseki mulls pardon for inmates who stayed back
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, on Friday disclosed that a website will soon be launched with…
Amaechi, Abe continue battle to gain control of Rivers APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt There seems to be no end in sight for the crisis afflicting the Rivers chapter of Nigeria’s…
Six die, 4 injured in Bida/Kutigi road crash – FRSC
Aminu Garko The Federal Road Safety Corps, Niger Sector Command, has confirmed the death of six persons in an accident…
Nigerian troops kill 9 terrorists, capture equipment in Borno – Official
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Fire Ball, eliminated nine Boko Haram and Islamic States West…
Orelope-Adefulire dedicates honorary doctorate degree to youths, women
Princess Adejoke Orelope Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals has dedicated the Honorary Doctorate…
Ogun man, 62, narrates how he lost his leg to police brutality
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta A 62 –year-old man, Apostle Anthony Olaoluwa Kusimo, has narrated how he lost his right leg after he…
Govs Masari, Matawalle: How we negotiated release of Kankara schoolboys
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja In his reaction to the release of over 344 schoolboys abducted by bandits from a Government Secondary School,…
Benue Govt bans Christmas, New Year picnic activities
The 2020 Christmas and New Year celebrations will be a dull affair in Benue as the state government on…
Oyigbo: Rivers’ Panel dismisses petition seeking outlaw IPOB activities
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Attempt by some lawyers to use the Rivers Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Police brutality to…
Police intercept 29 victims of human trafficking in Katsina
By Zubairu Idris The Police Katsina State says it has rescued 29 Nigerians suspected to be victims of human trafficking…
No NIN, no driver’s license from Dec. 21, says FRSC
By Ibironke Ariyo The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will start enforcing the National Identification Number (NIN) directive…
FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N601bn for November
By Temitope Ponle The Federal Government, States and Local government Councils shared N601.110 bn for November, Mr Aliyu Ahmed, Permanent…
Industrialists welcome FG’s decision to reopen land borders
By Rukayat Moisemhe Industrialists on Wednesday lauded the federal government’s decision to reopen the nation’s land borders, which had been…
#EndSARS: Rivers LGA boss wants police to return her phone, wristwatch
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Chairman of Asari-Toru local government area, Mrs Alaso Johnbull Obi, has appealed to the Rivers…
Obaseki’s APC members formally join PDP
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Members of the Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), loyal to Governor Godwin Obaseki,…
China breaks world record in jailing journalists – report
China is the world’s worst jailer of journalists for the second year in a row, according to a report released…
Reps disagree on bill seeking age limit for political office holders
By EricJames Ochigbo A Bill for an Act to alter the 1999 Constitution, to put an age limit on aspirants…
N182bn judgment debt: Ogoni communities ask court to commit CBN governor to prison
By Wandoo Sombo Ogoni communities in Rivers have instituted a contempt proceeding against the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor (CBN),…
Ondo 2020: Court dismisses suit challenging Akeredolu’s candidacy
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court, Abuja, on has dismissed a suit challenging the validity of the All Progressives…
Police kill kidnapper, foil abduction of Chinese in Taraba
By Saidu Adamu The Police Command in Taraba said that it had foiled an attempt by some armed men to…
Four feared dead in scramble for Christmas palliatives in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Four persons were feared dead, while many others were injured during scramble for Christmas palliatives on Tuesday…
Rivers APC: Sen. Abe attacks Amaechi over caretaker committees
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and Magnus Abe, the former Senator representing Rivers South-East have renewed their…
Police rescue kidnapped foreigner, Hassan Mills, in Ibadan
By Suleiman Shehu The Police in Oyo State say they have rescued a foreigner, Hassan Mills, who was kidnapped on…
I don’t know if Lamido Sanusi is still UNIBEN’s Chancellor – VC
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ten months after Mallam Lamido Sanusi Lamido was deposed as Emir of Kano, the Vice Chancellor of…
Voodoo controversies tear 23-year-old marriage apart
By Semiu Olawale-Akinremi Controversies over the use of voodoo led to the dissolution of 23-year –old marriage between Olawale Busari,…