Police brutality: Judicial panel recommends N755m claims for victims in Ondo4 hours agoNigeria, 6 others top gas flaring countries- World Bank3 hours agoFour burnt to death, seven injured at Rivers illegal bunkering site3 hours ago This file image shows members Read more…
Month: April 2021
The Kremlin proposed a complete reset in the strained relationship between Moscow and Washington after the inauguration of US President Joe Biden, but it was turned down by the White House, Russia’s chief diplomat said on Tuesday. Speaking to journalist Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor A front-runner in the November 6 Anambra State governorship election, Mr Valentine Ozigbo who was the immediate past President and Group CEO of Transcorp Plc, has stepped down from his seat on the boards of directors of Read more…
The current face-off between the Presidency, 36 governors, Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) started at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, precisely on Friday, May 22, 2020. It Read more…
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Tuesday, declared that his government will not surrender the state to criminal elements, saying experience has shown that paying ransom or negotiating with criminals only encourage them. el-Rufai also noted that mass abduction Read more…
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has imposed a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. at all entry and exit points with neighbouring states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Imo. Wike announced in a state broadcast on Tuesday that Read more…
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has decried the deplorable state of insecurity in Nigeria, blaming it on system bad leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government. He said the baffling state of insecurity and the unchallenged killings Read more…
Immediate-past Senate President, Bukola Saraki, says the worsening security in the country has overwhelmed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), adding that the President and his All Progressives Congress regime needs urgent help and must seek such. Saraki, in Read more…
At least, one policeman was feared killed by gunmen who raided Onueke community in the Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on Tuesday. Also, no fewer than three civilians were reportedly shot and dispossessed of their valuables by Read more…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has accused the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of working for the Fulani ethnic stock to take over Nigeria. Ortom spoke on Tuesday in reaction to the recent killing of residents allegedly perpetrated by Read more…
A member of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Dr Usoro Akpanusoh, has accused state governors of being responsible for the the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the legislature, judiciary and local government councils, long debated and agreed upon. Read more…
Gunmen allegedly invaded the residence of the popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, in the early hours of yesterday, at Soka area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. One of the media aides to Igboho, Dapo Salami, Read more…