Gunmen Abduct Female Students, Teachers from Kebii College
…kill Police officer, wound another Gunmen on Thursday morning Federal Government Girls College in Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State, and abducted an unspecified number of female students, and five teachers. They also…
Editorial: Exorcising the ghost of June 12
On June 12, 1993, 28 years ago, Nigeria held the most free, fair and credible presidential election ever, since the country gained political independence in 1960, and which the late…
Francis Atuche, Bank PHB ex-MD jailed six years for N25.7b fraud
Francis Atuche, former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday sentenced for N25.7…
Baba Ijesha denied bail, as case transferred to high court
…faces between 3 years to life imprisonment Olanrewaju Omiyinka James, also known as Baba Ijesha, the embattled Nollywood actor, was Wednesday arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate Court, which denied him…
INEC Removes Polling Units from Churches, Mosques, Shrines
…fixes dates for Ekiti, Osun guber polls The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday it has removed polling units located at religious sites across the country. INEC announced this…
MTN Nigeria Alerts Customers of Possible Service disruption on rising insecurity
MTN Nigeria, a unit of the South African telecom giant, on Tuesday, warned that its services could be disrupted by rising insecurity in different parts of the West African country.…
Face Your Constitutional Responsibilities, Wike Tells Buhari
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has asked President Buhari to face his constitutional responsibility of securing the lives and property of all Nigerians. He declared it was unconstitutional for the…
COAS Yahaya Says Will Deploy 36-Year Military Experience to Fight Insurgency
The Chief of Army Staff Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Tuesday, declared that he will deploy his 36 years of military experience to fight the current insurgency, banditry, and other…
Nigeria – Twitter Saga: FG says Dorsey liable for EndSARS losses
The Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed that Twitter has formally written to seek for dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country. The Minister…
New MEND Responds to ‘Fulani Jihadists’ Threats to Okowa
A group under the aegis of the Movement for the Emancipation and Defence of the Niger Delta (MEND), has vowed to launch a reprisal attack if the faceless “Fulanis Jihadists”…