Police Killed 2 Civil Defence Officers To Rescue Oil Vandals
Some police officers in Lagos on Tuesday night attacked a van conveying officers of the Nigerian Securities and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and got two of the officers killed in…
Awolowo’s Son, Oluwole Is Dead
Chief Oluwole Awolowo, son of the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, is dead. The Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, which broke the news, said he died Wednesday evening at the Wellington hospital,…
What of Political Summit?
Editor:The death of Nigeria’s literary legend, Prof. Chinua Achebe reminded me of what he said in 1983 in his book titled: The Trouble with Nigeria. As a teenager who had…
Military Debunks Report on CDS’s Retirement
The Defence Headquarters has identified a section of the media as inciting confusion with false reports of the retirement of Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim. It also…
Nigeria Loses N2bn Monthly to Lottery Platform Delay
Nigeria is losing more than N2bn monthly as a result of prolonged delay in the implementation of the Lottery Platform As A Service (LPAAS) Project by the National Lottery Regulatory…
Gov. Akpabio Never Rigged Senatorial Election
Contrary to false impression making the rounds that Senator Alloysius Etok, representing Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District was imposed on the people of the area by Governor Godswill Akpabio, it has…
Henry Okah Jailed 24 Years In South Africa
A court in South Africa on Tuesday sentenced the leader of the Movement of the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Henry Okah, to 24 years in prison for his…
Navy Arrests Three over Fraudulent Recruitment Syndicate
The Nigerian Navy has arrested three members of a fraudulent recruitment syndicate engaging in an illegal recruitment scheme to dupe unsuspecting youths. At the weekend, the suspects, Paul Agade Manyep,…
US Concerned by Rising insecurity Levels in Northern Nigeria
United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence P. McCulley; Nigerian Minister of State for Defence, Erelu Olusola Agbeja Obada and service chiefs met behind closed doors on Monday over the…
Court strikes out Professor Otubu’s suit against ESOCS
The federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday struck out the suit filed by Professor Joseph Otubu, son of former late Baba Aladura Humphrey Otubu challenging his suspension from…