Monday, 08 June, 2026

Month: June 2021


Former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has expressed disappointment over the silence of President Muhammadu Buhari regarding the Igangan attack in Ibarapa area of Oyo State by Fulani herdsmen in which 11 innocent people Read more…


Afe explained that the bill seeks to provide community security outfits to assist the Nigerian Police in different communities of Nigeria as the pockets of violence seem to have overwhelmed and overstretched the police personnel. He stated that the security Read more…


Four local hunters were reportedly ambushed and killed by suspected herdsmen in Faje community in Asa local government area of Kwara State. It was gathered that the hunters, who were five in number, were attacked by their assailants at a Read more…


Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) have suspended their weeks-long strike over judicial autonomy. Details Later…


Scores of Israeli firefighters have been deployed to tackle two major forest fires that broke out in the hills near Jerusalem on Wednesday. Hundreds of people were evacuated, with police investigating arson as the possible cause. Residents of the Ma’ale Read more…


The Bayelsa Livestock Management Committee (BSLMC) on Tuesday said it impounded 34 cows in Yenagoa for alleged violation of the state’s anti-open grazing law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the cows were impounded around the Bayelsa Palm Read more…


Hajia Asia el-Rufai, Wife of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said no ransom should be paid in case she is kidnapped by bandits. She also said Nigerians must sacrifice to end banditry and kidnapping currently ravaging the North-West geopolitical Read more…


If Twitter wants the government of Nigeria to lift its ban against the site, it should register as a local entity and be licensed in the country, Information Minister Lai Mohammed has said amid a spat with the social media Read more…


A United Nations court in The Hague on Tuesday upheld a 2017 verdict sentencing Ratko Mladic, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, to life in prison for his role in the 1995 genocide, during which Mladic’s soldiers killed more than Read more…


By Madu Chris A fiery cleric in Nnewi, Anambra State, Bishop Abraham Chris Udeh said he had declared armed Fulani herdsmen a terrorist group at the Altar of God, since the Federal Government, according to him, had failed to do Read more…


By Ifeoma Ejiofor Valentine Ozigbo, business mogul and international sports developer, has condemned the suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria by the Nigerian government. On Friday, June 4, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari-led central government announced a suspension of the operations of Read more…


From David Onwuchekwa, Nnewi Sixteen governorship aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have held a meeting ahead of the June 26 primary on how the party can win the November 6 poll. The meeting was held at the Read more…