Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Buhari redeploys 9 Perm Secs
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of nine Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head…
Shell to Rivers Govt: Why you can’t take over Kidney Island
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Shell Petroleum Development Company has described claim by the Rivers State Government that it has taken over…
Police arrest 3 suspects for rape, robbery, murder of trader in Edo
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three persons, Destiny Osa, Etim Zion and Samuel Jeremiah,…
Gov. Lalong recovers from COVID-19
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has recovered from Coronavirus after testing negative for the disease. Dr Makut Macham the Director…
Miyetti Allah sends Christmas message to South-East Christians
By Emmanuel Acha The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), South East zone, has felicitated with Christians urging…
Just in: Renowned Islamic scholar, educationist, Sheikh Lemu, is dead
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Renowned Islamic cleric, educationist and former Sharia court judge, Dr. Sheikh Ahmed Lemu, is dead. He died…
Second term: Why Obaseki is yet to form cabinet – Edo PDP chair
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, has disclosed why the…
Philippines, Japan ban flights from Britain
The Philippines and Japan on Wednesday joined a growing list of countries banning flights from Britain amid global concerns over…
Immigration rescues 3-week-old baby in Calabar
By George Odok The Marine Patrol team of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Cross River has rescued a three-week…
Sam Nda-Isaiah (1962 – 2020) by Reuben Abati
By Reuben Abati Sam Nda-Isaiah, our friend and colleague who died the other day, aged 58, will certainly be remembered…
Boko Haram: Zulum announces gifts for troops ‘who have never been defeated’
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno grabbed media headlines when he complained about the inability of the military to protect the…
COVID-19: Nigerian Govt to spend N400 billion on vaccines – Minister
By Naomi Sharang The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that the Federal Government was substantially ready for…
Rivers APC faction suspends Amaechi, Giadom, others
By Okafor Ofiebor /Port Harcourt A faction of Rivers chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday says it has…
COVID-19: Nigerian Govt imposes restriction on large gatherings
By Abujah Racheal The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday issued fresh directives on how to curtail the…
PSC dismisses 4 senior Police Officers for misconduct
By Oladapo Udom The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed four senior Police Officers for misconduct and acts unbecoming of…
FRSC promotes 2, 880 officers
By Ibironke Ariyo The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced the promotion of 2,880 officers and marshals to new…
Fire razes female hostels in Zamfara College of Education — Registrar
A fire outbreak at the Zamfara State College of Education, Maru, has razed a female hostel in the…
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…