Personal Assistant to the President on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmad, on Saturday, took to his verified Facebook page, to taunt the Nigerian Twitterati community over the suspension of the ‘operations’ of the microblogging site in the country. “This Read more…
The Police Command in Kebbi on Saturday confirmed that bandits killed 88 people in Danko/Wasagu Local Area of the state on Thursday. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Nafi’u Abubakar who confirmed the figure, said all the victims were killed Read more…
•If govt can negotiate with bandits, why not dialogue with Biafra, Yoruba Nation agitators? Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr Samuel Chukwuemeka Kanu Uche has said he does not see the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation, Read more…
Without a recourse to restructuring of the federation and true federalism, the current effort to amend the 1999 constitution may be a waste of time says Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. The Oyo Governor who spoke to THISDAY at Read more…
A military drone that attacked soldiers during a battle in Libya’s civil war last year may have done so without human control, according to a recent report commissioned by the United Nations. The drone, which the report described as “a Read more…
No fewer than 61 traditional rulers of Borno Emirate, royal family members, palace courtiers and their families have been killed by Boko Haram in the over a decade insurgency in the state. Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Garbai El-Ka emi, made Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released timetable for conduct of party primaries for Anambra governorship election slated for November 6. In a statement by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee Festus Okoye, political parties Read more…
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje on Thursday raised an alarm over the alleged grouping of bandits in Falgore forest in Kano and pleaded with the military to take urgent action against the gathering in the interest of the Read more…
Warn against illegal gatherings Operatives of the Operation Puff Adder of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested 10 persons during a secret meeting of the members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in a private school in Read more…
A Member of the House of Representatives representing Abor/Mbaise/Ngor/Okpala federal constituency of Imo State, Hon. Bede Eke, has alleged that security agents were involved in extrajudicial killings in his constituency. Eke said the killings were not unconnected to the recent Read more…
Osun State Police Command on Thursday said seven people, including two police officers and two constabularies, lost their lives during attack on two banks in Apomu and Ikire communities by suspected armed robbers. A statement by the command spokesperson, Yemisi Read more…
Right now, I am both physically and emotionally drained, just watching events in my beloved country. Today, I draw a sketch of what I see from the South East, my home region, where I was born and had all of my Read more…