Governor Lalong imposes 24-hour curfew on Jos North after 22 Travellers Killed
Plateau Governor Simon Lalong on Sunday ordered the immediate imposition of a 24-hour curfew in Jos North to prevent a further escalation of security threats in the area after 22…
Police Kill 3 Suspected ESN members, lose 2 cops in Imo Station Attack
The Imo State Police Command has said it killed three suspected members of the Eastern Security Network but lost two police officers, during an alleged attack the grop on the…
IPOB suspends sit-at-home order, On Kanu’s Instructions
The Indigenous People of Biafra has suspended the weekly sit-at-home exercise which it kicked off in the southeast this week and had wanted to sustain. Emma Powerful, spokesperson of the…
NMA threatens to join Resident Doctors’ strike
The Nigeria Medical Association on Friday warned Federal and State Governments over the lingering strike action of the National Association of Resident Doctors which has paralyzed hospital activities across the…
Editorial: IBB @ 80 should respect his age and shut up (II)
The phenomenon of self-seeking morons angling for power for certain persons, ethnic groups or even regions is one scourge against, which Nigeria needs constant fumigation and the Nigerian people, repeated…
Ex-President Shehu Shagari’s wife dies at 80 from COVID-19
…as Nigeria says no plans for imminent lockdown Hajiya Hazida, wife of former President Late Shehu Shagari, died on Thursday, aged 80 years, the family has announced. This was announced…
Boko Haram fighting force greatly depleted -DHQ
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has declared that the fighting force of the Boko Haram Islamic group that has been greatly depleted through recent air and land offensives mounted on it.…
Editorial: IBB @ 80 should respect his age and shut up!
Turning eighty is more than coming of age, and for General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), who turns 80 next Tuesday, August 17, his enrolment in the class of octogenarians would…
FG to Lift twitter ban ‘in a matter of days’
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced that the ban imposed on operations of Twitter will be lifted “in a matter of days”. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and…
Teenage herder Arrested with AK-47 rifle in Ogun forest
…as kidnappers of Niger Commissioner demand N500m The Ogun State Police Command said on Wednesday it has arrested a teenage herdsman with one AK-47 rifle. In Niger State, gunmen who…