News posts

Oct 28, 2020

Buhari to Nigerians: be wary of inflammatory actions, comments ...Launches 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day emblem

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerians to be wary of actions and utterances capable of injuring the nation’s unity and progress. The President who...

Oct 28, 2020

I have original Aburi accord tapes, says Kanu

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said he is in possession of the original Aburi accord tapes, “which will vindicate the la...

Oct 28, 2020

Man remanded for defiling 12-year-old

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 43-year-old man, Ayodeji Oderinu, in Kirikiri Custodial Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s da...

Oct 28, 2020

Police parade suspected looters • Stoned Colonel leaves Akure hospital

A colonel in the Nigerian Army, who was stoned last week in Akure, the Ondo State capital, while attempting to stop looters and arsonists, has been discharged f...

Oct 28, 2020

No extension of amnesty period for looters, says Oyetola

Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has said there will be no extension of amnesty period for those that looted public and private property under the guise o...

Oct 28, 2020

Deputy Director jailed 10 years for N2.6m fraud

A Deputy Director in the Sokoto State Civil Service, Mr. Aminu Abdullahi Mega, has been jailed for 10 years by the Sokoto State High court for N2.6 million frau...

Oct 27, 2020

BREAKING: Supreme Court strikes out Bayelsa suit against Rivers on Soku oilfield

The Supreme Court has struck out a suit against Rivers filed by the Bayelsa Government over the disputed Soku oilfield. The court said Bayelsa was liable to...

Oct 27, 2020

Buratai to Army officers: comply with CCB on assets declaration

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has assured that the Nigerian Army will partner the Code of Conduct Bureau to ensure public morality...

Oct 27, 2020

BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu approves full reopening of Lagos markets

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved full reopening of markets following COVID-19 lockdown. Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs...

Oct 27, 2020

JUST IN: Six policemen, four civilians killed in Lagos violence

Ten persons comprising six policemen and four civilians were killed, and 38 cops injured in Lagos during violent protests that erupted last week, the police hav...

Oct 27, 2020

BREAKING: Oduala, Temitope sworn in as youth members of Lagos ‘#EndSARS’ panel

Two participants of the #EndSARS protests, Rinu Oduala and Temitope Majekodunmi, have been sworn in as youth members of the Lagos Panel of Enquiry and Restituti...

Oct 27, 2020

BREAKING: Tension in Kuje as hoodlums search for palliative warehouse

There is anxiety in Kuje, one of the six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as hoodlums are searching to loot any warehouse with COVID-19 pall...

Oct 27, 2020

BREAKING: Hoodlums loot NYSC camp, Abuja

Soldiers and other security operatives are firing gunshots to protect the facility and chase the hoodlums. Details shortly…

Oct 27, 2020

I forgive my accusers – Minister

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Faruk, says she has forgiven those who accused her of hiding CO...

Oct 27, 2020

One feared dead, reporter shot in Lokoja

The Kogi State correspondent of The Sun newspaper Emmanuel Adeyemi has been shot. Adeyemi was on his way to the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Cen...

Oct 27, 2020

Minister to distribute N6b palliative in Zamfara

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs has said it would proffer solutions to the humanitarian and developmental challenges arising in Zamfara State due to bandit...

Oct 27, 2020

AIG visits police stations attacked by hoodlums

The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Zone 13, Ukpo, Anambra State, Danmallam Mohammed, on Monday visited 17 police stations attacked by EndSARS prote...

Oct 27, 2020

Kaduna relaxes 24-hour curfew

The Kaduna State Government has accepted the recommendation of the security agencies for a significant relaxation of the curfew in 21 local government areas....

Oct 27, 2020

Kano is 72 months polio-free’

Kano State Commissioner for Health, Aminu Tsanyawa has stated that the state has been free of poliomyelitis for six years (72 months) now. Tsanyawa, who spok...

Oct 26, 2020

BREAKING: NBC sanctions AIT, Channels, Arise over Lekki shooting

The National Broadcasting Station (NBC) has sanctioned three major broadcast stations over their alleged roles in escalation of violence across the nation ....