IBB: Why I annulled June 12 election
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Nigeria’s only military leader who assumed the title of a President, has explained that he annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential election, adjudged by Nigerians as…
3 Bandits Killed, One Officer dead in Imo Police Station Attack
Three bandits were killed by Police in Imo State when they attacked a police station with explosives in Orsu Local Government Area, the State Command said on Friday. The Police…
Editorial: Hushpuppi & the rise and fall of Abba Kyari (II)
The United States has requested for pre-trial detention of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, claiming Kyari was a big flight risk; according to papers filed at the district…
Editorial: Hushpuppi & the rise and fall of Abba Kyari (I)
He was a no-nonsense cop famous for apprehending notorious criminals – Boko Haram terrorists, armed robbers, kidnappers, bank robbers, serial rapists and ritual killers. Years of high-profile arrests won him…
Akintoye, Nwodo, others ask US, EU to Stop arms Sale to Nigeria
A new coalition, Nigerian Indigenous National Alliance for Self-determination, has asked various developed countries, United States, Britain, France, Russia, Germany, and others to take tough actions against the Nigerian government…
Court grants 12 detained Igboho’s associates bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted bail to the detained 12 associates of Sunday Igboho, the Yoruba nation agitator. Justice Obiora Egwuatu granted eight of the aides,…
PDP BoT member, Joy Emordi Defects to APC
This is not the best of times for the People’s Democratic Party, as one of its Board of Trustees members, joins the ruling party just 24 hours after seven members…
Court restrains DSS, Malami from arresting Sunday Igboho
An Oyo State High Court on Wednesday granted an ex-parte motion restraining the Department of State Security and Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN)…
7 Members of PDP’s NWC Resign, adding to Party’s Crises
The main opposition party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party, experienced a major upheaval Tuesday following the resignation of seven members of its National Working Committee. The party’s National Organising Secretary, Col.…
Court unfreezes Dokpesi’s accounts, orders release of seized documents
Reprieve came the way of Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of Daar Communications on Tuesday, as a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the unfreezing of his bank accounts. His documents, which…