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ICYMI: Catholic bishops write Buhari, say coup plot propaganda [Letter]

In case you missed it, the open letter of Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria to President Muhammadu Buhari, on the…
Police speak on efforts to arrest a gang of robbers who hijacked $11 million from a trader at gunpoint in Abeokuta, Ogun state on Friday.

“We are battle-ready”: Ogun Police warn hoodlums

The Police Command in Ogun has warned hoodlums planning to attack stations in the state to shun such intentions in…

Speech impaired cleaner Peter Aliyu now Gov. Bello’s aide

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appointed a speech impaired youth and cleaner, Peter Aliyu, as his Senior Special Assistant…

Abuja sisters Queen, Chika arrested by NDLEA for drugs

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend busted an online drug trafficking cartel with two…
Ben Murray-Bruce

Ben Murray-Bruce: How Nigeria can end insurgency

Ben Murray-Bruce, a former senator who once represented Bayelsa East Senatorial District, has proffered a way out to insecurity in…
Buhari launches NIN-SIM synchronisation policy

SERAP writes Buhari, seeks probe of ‘N39.5bn duplicated projects’

Buhari urged to probe Senate, others for inserting N39.5bn for apparently 316 duplicated and mysterious projects in the 2021 budget.
Adams Oshiomole and John Oyegun of the APC

Oshiomhole, Oyegun unite for Edo APC

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and John Odigie Oyegun, two past national chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, APC. have called for…

NAFDAC sensitises MSMEs on product registration, others

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a nationwide sensitisation campaign on product registration…
Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar 65 today

NSCIA: Look for Shawwal moon Tuesday

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has called on Muslims across Nigeria to look for the new moon…
COMAN presents award of Fellowship and Ambassador of Peace to Buratai

ICRPC, others honour Buratai with awards

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has been honoured an award of Fellowship and Ambassador of…
suspects

Edo Police arrest 2 suspects for stealing N5.2m dropped by robbers

The Edo Police Command has arrested two men, Monday Imafidon and Ifeanyi Okafor, who stole the loot dropped by a…
Professor Wole Soyinka. Photo by Ayodele Efunla

Nigeria lost opportunity to unite – Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, at the reading and signing of two of his books says Nigeria has lost the…
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Scores of gunmen in buses attack Akwa Ibom police station

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the attack by gunmen of a Divisional Police Headquarters in Odoro Ikpe…
Wale Aribisala

Ekiti 2022: Aribisala inaugurates campaign team

Mr Wale Aribisala, national treasurer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and an aspirant in the Ekiti 2022 governorship race,…
Emmanuel Yawe, Publicity Secretary Arewa Consultative Forum dies

Arewa Forum opposes paying ransom to bandits

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed reservations about paying money to secure abductees.
NCDC boss Chikwe Ihekweazu

NCDC discharges 796 COVID-19 patients

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has discharged additional  796 patients after testing negative to Coronavirus (COVID-19).
APC leaders plot Aregbesola's downfall in Akande's house

COVID-19 delayed issuance of passports – Aregbesola

The Minister of Interior Affairs, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for the delay in the issuance of…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi

Fayemi hails Bisi Egbeyemi at 77

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi extolled the virtues of his deputy, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, on the occasion of the latter’s…
Police found 65-year-old Chigozie Chigbu dead in his compound in Umumba community of Nsirimo, Umuahia, the capital of Abia State.

#JusticeForOmolara: Nigerians bemoan failing healthcare

The hashtag '#JusticeForOmolara' is trending with over 5,000 tweets. It all began when a close friend of the deceased narrated…
Illustration of an accident involving Okada riders

West Africa leads the world in road crashes, fatalities

Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos said West Africa leads the world in road…
Maniru Ibrahim Mathematics genius

Maths genius Maniru Ibrahim bags €20m scholarship for PhD at Ireland’s Science Centre

A Nigerian first class graduate of Mathematics, Maniru Ibrahim, has been offered a €20 million scholarship for a four-year PhD…
Freed ABSU student Jessica Chidera Oyendi

Kidnapped ABSU student regains freedom

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has announced the release of a student of Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), abducted on…

I get energised when people insult me – Oyedepo

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has said he always gets energised when people insult him.
Governor Nyesom Wike on Port Harcourt refinery

Killing of 7 policemen: We won’t succumb to secessionist agenda – Wike

The Rivers State Security Council presided over by Governor Nyesom Wike has called for calm following an overnight attacks on…
Wakili Damina

Kogi Miyetti Allah chairman Damina regains freedom

The Chairman of the Kogi Chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Wakili Damina, who…

You can’t solve problems by insulting Buhari – Umahi tells Igbos

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has urged the Igbos to stop insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders from other regions.
Osun Police Commissioner Olawale Olokode: probes Ile-Ife killings

Police bust eight suspected kidnappers in Osun

The Osun State Police Command on Saturday said it has arrested eight suspected members of a kidnap syndicate who relocated…
Police

Breaking: Gunmen shoot another five policemen, woman dead in Akwa Ibom

Gunmen have shot another five policemen and a woman dead in Akwa Ibom State in an attack on the Divisional…

Breaking: Police, vigilante rescue 13 kidnap victims in Edo

Thirteen kidnap victims have been rescued from a kidnapper's den in the notorious Ahor axis of Benin bypass road, in…
Aisha Alhassan also known as Mama Taraba

Mama Taraba to be buried Sunday

The remains of Sen. Aisha Jummai Alhassan, popularly called Mama Taraba would be laid to rest tomorrow, Sunday, her family…