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File Photo: Gunmen: Oba Tajudeen Omotayo, the Oba Alade Meta of Imope land abducted

Gunmen wipe out 3 family members in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Government said five persons have been killed and one other missing in separate incidents in the state.

GOFAMINT leader Elijah Abina loses 53-year-old son

Emmanuel Folorunso Abina, the 53-year-old son of the General Overseer of The Gospel Faith Mission International Elijah Abina, has passed…

Soyinka: TB Joshua should’ve been prosecuted for church collapse

Prof. Wole Soyinka said Temitope Joshua better known as TB Joshua, ought to have been prosecuted for the collapse of…
Police foil kidnap in Plateau, seize AK 47,

Ex-army sergeant Madaki, wife, daughter-in-law killed in Kaduna

A retired army sergeant, Christopher Madaki, his wife and daughter-in-law were on Saturday night killed by bandits in Kaduna state.

Police nab notorious armed robber in Kaduna

The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives have arrested a notorious armed robber and cultist and recovered a…

Sunday Igboho under fire for mocking Adeboye

Sunday Igboho, a self-acclaimed Yoruba activist, came under attack on Sunday for mocking Pastor Enoch Adeboye over the death of…
Yahaya Bello and Peter Aliyu

Grass to grace: Ex-cleaner Peter Aliyu becomes SSA to Gov. Bello

In a case of grass to grace, a former cleaner, Peter Aliyu, has been appointed by Governor Yahaya Bello as…

OAUSTECH non-teaching unions suspend strike

The non-teaching staff unions of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, have suspended five weeks-old strikes
Archbishop Augustine Akubeze: Catholic bishops write Buhari

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…
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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…