Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau says the state government is set to prosecute those misinforming people on the existence of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The governor said this during a stakeholders meeting organised to deliberate on the COVID-19 Task Force resolutions on Wednesday in Jos. He expressed concern that many people were living in denial […]

The reality TV star and Miss Eradiri are to work harmoniously to inspire the girl child in Bayelsa state. The Bayelsa state government has cleared the air on the recent appointment of former BBNaija housemate, Nengi Hampson as face of the Bayelsa Girl Child. The state government made this known following reactions after it appointed Ebizi […]

President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan says Nigeria will generate more revenue with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Lawan made this known while addressing Senate Correspondents at a forum to mark his 62nd birthday in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that the Senate would on resumption from the Christmas break on Jan. […]

By Davidson Iriekpen A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered Emirates Airlines to pay $1.630million to a businessman, Mr. Orji Prince Ikem, being the amount contained in his hand luggage, which went missing in the airline’s custody during a 2007 China trip. Justice Muslim Hassan also ordered Emirates Airlines to pay Ikem N50million as […]

Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning, says the federal government will have access to as much as N850 billion from the special trust fund of unclaimed dividends and dormant account balances. Speaking on Tuesday at a virtual public presentation of the 2021 budget, Ahmed assured that the funds will be released […]

The federal government (FG) expended a total of N3.10 trillion on debt servicing for the 11 months (January- November) 2020, out of its N3.48 trillion retained revenue for the same period. This puts Nigeria’s debt-to-revenue ratio, a key measure of debt sustainability, at 89 per cent for the period under review, a far cry from […]

The Federal Government spent a whopping N118.37 billion on COVID-19-related expenses in 2020, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said. The minister said this while speaking at a virtual public presentation of the approved 2021 budget, on Tuesday, January 12.  According to her, a total of N10.08 trillion was […]

Ahmadu fell victim to another kidnap gang when he visited the gang’s hideout to sell ammunition. The leader of a kidnap gang was forced to pay the ransom of N1.5 million after he was abducted by another kidnap gang. Police Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, said during a media parade of suspects on Monday, January 11, 2021 […]

More than 10,000 people have downloaded the app which was released on December 21, 2020. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Nigerians not to download an app that claims to link the National Identity Number (NIN) to SIM card records. The NIN is issued upon enrolment into the National Identity Database and is […]

Five soldiers of the Nigerian Army and six Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a gunfight in the Alagarno area of Borno State on Monday, January 11, 2021. The terrorists were members of main Boko Haram faction, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), according to a report by HumAngle. The military reportedly launched an […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, says the Force arrested a total of 21,296 criminal suspects involved in various violent crimes between January and December 2020. During a review of the scorecard of police operations on Monday, January 11, 2021, the Police boss said 3,347 firearms, 133,496 ammunition, and 960 stolen vehicles were recovered from […]

Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius Kaigama, Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, has condemned incessant kidnapping of catholic priests and other ministers of God, describing it as molestation of the church. Kaigama, in his homily on Sunday at St. Anthony’s Parish, Yangoji, Abuja, said an act of kidnapping was criminal, ungodly and degrading to humanity. Kaigama, who […]

A corps member, Odume Princess Paschaline serving in Akwa Ibom was reportedly arrested for allegedly hacking a young man to death with a machete. It was alleged that Paschaline, was nabbed with bloodstains all over her body while trying to jump out from a fence at the house where she had gone to hookup with […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the President of the United States, Donald Trump to emulate his Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari.  The ruling party said this in a statement titled, “The integrity of a leader is as important as strong institutions” on Saturday, January 9, 2021. In the statement signed by John Akpanudoedehe, the […]

Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Taskforce) has impounded over 100 commercial motorcycles as part of efforts in ensuring sanity on the roads in the state. The Chairman of the taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, said this on Sunday in a statement signed by the agency’s Head, Public Affairs Unit, Mr Taofiq Adebayo. Jejeloye said that the […]

Troops of the newly inaugurated Operation Tura Takaibango, a subsidiary Operation of Operation Lafiya Dole, eliminated 28 Boko Haram terrorists in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe on Saturday. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, in a statement on Sunday, said the troops identified and encircled a ambush site and engaged them […]

The Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) have threaten to embark on a three-day protest on Jan. 12 . The unions in a circular jointly issued on Sunday in Abuja said that the planned strike was to protest the non implementation of an agreement reached […]

Kayode Oyero Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, said on Friday that seven SIM cards can be linked to one National Identification Number on the National Identity Management Commission Mobile App launched recently. The minister said the ministry and NIMC are working on transforming the NIN enrolment process and the onward linkage […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to end Boko Haram insurgency once and for all this year.  The president made the promise while speaking during the Juma’at prayer for the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration at the National Mosque, Abuja on Friday, January 8, 2021. Buhari, who was represented by Defence Minister Magashi Salihi said, “This […]

Due to the recent controversies surrounding the operations of the South-West Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that efforts must be made to ensure the security outfit does not become another Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force.  There have been allegations of recklessness and extrajudicial killings […]

An accident involving a fuel tanker has resulted in a massive fire outbreak in Lagos State. The tanker, loaded with PMS, exploded at Toyota Bus Stop along Oshodi-Apapa expressway on Thursday, January 7, 2021. It’s unknown yet if there were casualties as emergency responders battle to contain the fire.

Members of staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos State have gone on strike. Channels Television crew was at the NIMC office, located on the premises of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) office in Alausa, on Thursday morning. While hundreds of residents were seen as early as 8am, NIMC workers […]

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has revealed that 731 members of Batch B National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19. The chairman, PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, stated this at the national briefing on COVID-19 on Tuesday in Abuja. According to […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved an increase in electricity tariff nationwide. The new tariff takes effect from January 1, 2021, according to a directive signed by NERC Chairman Sanusi Garba.  The new hike is by 50 percent. NERC states that the new tariff will be enforced until the issuance of another minor review […]

A clergyman identified as Pastor Sodje Masodje, has been arrested over the disappearance of a woman named Beauty Sorbari Nwigbaranee. Sodje was arrested by the operatives of Garrison of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt after Sorbari went missing on Christmas day. A source disclosed that 20-year-old Beauty, a final year student of […]

Sustainable development is impossible when a country is struggling with severe infrastructural deficits, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President made the remark on Tuesday when he received Mr Wang Yi, the State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. “We thank China for its support to us in various […]

A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has fixed January 8, for ruling on the bail application filed on behalf of Mr Omoyele Sowore and four others. Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello fixed the date on Tuesday after listening to the application for bail moved by the lawyer to the defendants, Marshal Abubakar and the opposition by […]

No fewer than 83 suspected cultists, armed robbers and others were, on Tuesday, paraded publicly in Makurdi by the Benue Police Command, following a crack down on criminal activities in the state during the festive period. The State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Mukaddas Garba, told newsmen that the command also recovered 13 guns, 20 […]

The Lagos State Police Command says 71 people were arrested during a raid on two nightclubs in Lagos for violating COVID-19 guidelines. Night clubs are barred from operating according to the latest COVID-19 safety restrictions announced by the Federal Government in December 2020, and a 12 am to 4 am curfew remains in effect. The Lagos Command […]

Six persons were confirmed dead while nine others had various degrees of injuries on Tuesday in a ghastly accident involving an articulated vehicle and a Toyota bus around Car Park C on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun command, confirmed the incident in an interview with […]

Babagana Zulum of Borno on Monday signed the state’s N248 billion 2021 budget into law. Speaking at the ceremony in Government House, Maiduguri, Zulum charged all government ministries, departments and agencies to comply strictly with the provisions of the budget. The governor expressed appreciation to the state House of Assembly for the speedy passage of […]

Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), has commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for ordering the demolition of a house slated as venue for a sex party in Kaduna state. Runsewe who gave the commendation in a statement on Sunday said organising such sex party was a total disrespect […]

The growing spate of insecurity in Nigeria has recently been a major cause of concern for Nigerians in the northern part of the country as Boko Haram insurgents and gunmen struck again on Saturday, January 2, 2020.  On Saturday, a humanitarian aid worker, Abubakar Garba Idris was abducted by Boko Haram terrorists along Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Borno […]

Parents of 11-year-old Don-Davies, a JSS1 student of Deeper Life High School, Idoro Uyo, have demanded the sum of N100million compensation for the inhuman torture their son was allegedly subjected to in the school.  This is contained in a letter addressed to the Principal of the School,  and dated December 22, 2020. In the letter obtained […]

A former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested in the company of other activists participating in a protest against the Nigerian government in the early hours of Friday, January 1, 2021. According to a report by Sahara Reporters, owned by Sowore, police officers attacked and arrested the protesters during a peaceful procession to mark the […]

Muri made the disclosure at a press briefing on Thursday in Kaduna on the successes recorded by the command during the last quarter of the year. The police commissioner attributed the success to the unwavering determination of gallant police personnel. He explained that, while 29 were arrested for kidnapping, the 53 others were arrested for […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he was committed to seeing young people prosper in Nigeria and reiterated his administration’s promise to fulfill the five key requests demanded by #EndSARS protesters last October. The President voiced this position during a New Year message broadcast to Nigerians home and abroad. “In this journey to nationhood, we […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he holds no grudges against Nigerians who feel his administration hasn’t made enough progress in the past five years, especially as it relates to insecurity. The President made the remark during his 2021 New Year message to Nigerians. Nigeria was inundated with multiple violent crimes in the past year, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday addressed Nigerians in a traditional New Year broadcast. In the speech, the President reiterated his commitment to the Nigerian project and urged other Nigerians to do the same. Below is a full text of the President’s speech. NEW YEAR SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC […]

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has adopted the “booking system” for applicants to obtain their National Identity Number (NIN). “Mindful of the second wave of the COVID-19 which continues to severely affect public health and cause unprecedented disruptions, the commission wishes to announce that it has adopted a couple of measures to contain the […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked Nigerians to pray more ahead of the new year. He believes that through prayer and more hard work, the situation of the country can be turned around. The former president gave the admonition on Wednesday while speaking to journalists in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. He also urged Nigerians […]

Restates directive to CBN not to give forex for food importsNigeria, now competitive in rice production, says Bagudu President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday committed his administration to checking the soaring prices of foodstuffs, which have become a major driver of inflation in the country. The president, at a virtual meeting of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council […]

Despite the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 and the attendant lockdown, the nine months 2020 financial results of 13 commercial banks have shown that they raked in a total of N36.759 trillion as customers’ deposits. This represented an increase of N6.931 trillion or 23 per cent as against the N29.828 trillion reported in the comparable […]

In his address shortly after signing the budget, Mohammed commended the House of Assembly for working in synergy with the Executive Council to get the budget approved within a short time. He thanked the lawmakers for their “usual cooperation irrespective of party differences’’, adding that there were very little changes to the budget proposal presented to […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has cautioned the governing All Progressives Congress to steer clear of its governors and their states in its quest to divert attention from the failures of the APC-led administration. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan said this in a statement titled, “APC Is Bitter, Envious of Our Governors, […]

The controversy triggered by the reports that the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has relocated out of the country took a new twist on Tuesday. This comes as Mr Aliyu Abdullahi, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity (Office of the First Lady), refused to disclose Mrs Buhari’s whereabouts. Rather than […]

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, said the impact and interest generated by the ongoing implementation of the Survival Fund under the Economic Sustainability Plan of the Federal government to address the Economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that there is a need to expand the scope and reach of the benefits to an even […]

The Police Command in Niger State says 23 persons lost their lives when a truck fully loaded with dozens of cows and 45 persons, skidded off the road and somersaulted into a bush. The accident occurred at about 0500 hours along Bokani-Makera road in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state, according to the Commissioner […]

The National Assembly has transmitted the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N13.5tn to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, disclosed this to The PUNCH in a terse text message on Monday. Omoworare said, “The Appropriation Bill has been transmitted by the National […]

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, on Monday said the National Assembly and the Ministry of Aviation were considering banning flights from the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries with high rates of COVID-19. Adeyemi, who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, […]

The centre announced this on its verified website on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 925,215 persons have been tested since the first confirmed case of the virus was announced on Feb, 27 2020. According to the centre, the country has recorded a total of 84,414 cases and 1,254 fatalities since the […]

The Federal Government says it is graceless and impious for any religious leader to use the period of Christmas, which is a season of peace, to stoke the embers of hatred, sectarian strife and national disunity. In a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, warned religious leaders that […]

Lawan made the call on Sunday during a thanksgiving service and 10th anniversary celebration in honour of the late Chief Johnson Kalu, the father of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, at Igbere in Bende Local Government Area of Abia. He said that the country had great potential to be great, if […]

A facebook user identified as Ella Ada has claimed alleged fraudster, Hushpuppi is her boyfriend and she revealed the length she’s taken in a bid to pray for him. According to Ella who took photos of Hushpuppi to the mountain, she prayed and went on a 30-day dry fasting for his cause. Sharing the photos, […]

Dame Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs has tested positive for COVID-19. The minister disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, December 27, 2020, saying she is asymptomatic and has gone into isolation. Tallen urged Nigerians to pray for her while advising them to stay safe and observe COVID-19 protocols. The statement reads, “Following interaction with […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it arrested 79 road traffic offenders in Akwa Ibom between Dec.1 and Dec. 24. The FRSC Sector Commander in Akwa Ibom, Mr Oga Ochi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Sunday. Ochi said that the offenders were arrested for […]

Lagos State Government has shut down some night clubs and event centres in the state for failing to observe COVID-19 guidelines.  The facilities were shut by officers of the Lagos State Safety Commission while monitoring compliance with the government’s directive on the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria during the holiday. Some of […]

The Senate Public Account Committee has queried the Federal Ministry of Power over N7bn found in its budget without appropriation from the National Assembly. The Senate panel hinged the query on the 2015 report of the Auditor General for the Federation, currently being scrutinised by its members. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, […]

• Bank credit grew by N290bn in six weeks, says apex bank• Businesses lament, knock govt over poor inflation management Nike Popoola and Tunde Ajaja Barely five days to the end of the year 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that a survey carried out by its Statistics Department revealed that the naira is expected […]

Kwara State government has explained why it sacked 2,414 teachers from the service of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). The state government in a statement signed by the Press Secretary, state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mr Yakub Ali-Agan said the teachers were not qualified for the job. Some of the teachers according […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the sacrifices of 20 doctors reportedly killed by COVID-19 in the country, saying the welfare of frontline medical workers is a priority of his government. The president had sent his condolences to the Nigerian Medical Association over the death of the doctors due to the pandemic. Reacting to the sacrifices […]

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, warned the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, to stop stigmatising the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The minister, in a statement titled, ‘FG Urges Religious Leaders To Eschew Message of Disharmony’, also warned religious leaders in the country to “refrain from stoking the […]

The Kano State Government has impounded a truck laden with alcoholic drinks worth over N25m. Nabilusi Abubakar, Public Relations Officer of the State Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA), disclosed this in a statement. The agency is a member of the state’s task force on unwholesome products, drug abuse and expired products. Abubakar said the truck, […]

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 23 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods from Dec. 25 to Jan. 5. The NPA made this known in its publication, Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday. According […]

Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma has urged Nigerians to observe COVID-19 safety protocols as they celebrate the birth of Christ. Uzodinma gave the advice on Friday in Owerri in his Christmas message to Imo people. He urged them to pray for the healing of Nigerians who had contracted the virus. He advised Imo residents to recommit […]

The Presidency has alerted the public to a smear campaign in the works against Mr President and his office by disgruntled political elements in the country. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the disgruntled elements had been […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled the annual Christmas get-together at the Presidential Villa in line with coronavirus-enforced restrictions. The 78-year-old annually hosts religious and community leaders in the capital city for the Christian holiday, but it will not take place this year according to a statement by the presidency. Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said on Thursday, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of nine Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known in a circular she signed and issued in Abuja on Thursday. The permanent secretaries are: Mr Musa Istifanus, from Ministry of Communication and Digital […]

Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations of the scheme, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. “The true position is that, indeed, 17 corps members that completed the 2020 Batch “B” Stream 1B orientation programme at Ede, Osun State, on Tuesday, December, 22, 2020 boarded vehicles heading towards the northern part […]

The House of Representatives has passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill as it pegs government’s expenditure at N13.58 trillion. The passage followed the presentation of the harmonised Appropriation Committee report of the two chambers by the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Aliyu Betara. In the document passed at the Committee of Supply, the House retained federal government’s […]

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday alleged that there is an ongoing plan to launch “a smear campaign” against President Muhammadu Buhari. He claimed that the plan of the sponsors who he described as “disgruntled political elements” is to portray Buhari as not being in charge of […]

he Federal Government has approved contracts worth N44.5 billion for various projects under the ministries of Works and Housing, Power and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The approval was granted at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. FEC equally approved the sum of N8.1 billion for the completion of the […]

The Financial Times of London has described Nigeria as a country going backwards economically and plagued with terrorism, illiteracy, poverty, banditry, and kidnapping and risks becoming a failed state if things don’t take a drastic turn. The UK-based newspaper said this in an editorial on Tuesday titled, ‘Nigeria at Risk of Becoming a Failed State’. […]

The Nigerian Army has revealed how it was able to recover no fewer than 70 AK-47 rifles and 191 Dane guns from bandits and other criminal elements terrorising the North-West region of the country. The army made the recoveries during Operation Sahel Sanity and Operation Hadarin Daji in the North-West which covers Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto […]

Most Nigerian consumers are not likely to purchase expensive or luxury items in 2021., according to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Consumer Expectations Survey (CES). The report for December 2020 was released by the Statistics Department of the apex bank on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the report, most consumers believed that the next one […]

Chief Clement Maleghemi, Director of Palace Administration, Olu of Warri Palace made the disclosure in an official statement signed and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Warri. Maleghemi said that the monarch was indisposed and currently receiving medical attention by a team of qualified specialists. “The attention of the Palace of His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, […]

The president said this on Tuesday at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa while inaugurating the Integrated Gas Handling Facility and LPG Processing and Dispensing Plants. The plant was built and operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, an Upstream Subsidiary of NNPC in Oredo, Edo. According to him, the Oredo Integrated Gas Handling […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off its strike action after agreeing on major issues with the Federal Government. The union’s strike started in March 2020 right before Nigeria went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, and has been negotiating with the government on a range of issues since then. ASUU […]

The House of Representatives is set to investigate the N19.2 billion railway rehabilitation contract awarded to Eser Contracting Industry Company Incorporated in March 2011. The resolution followed the unanimous adoption of a motion filed by the Minority Leader, Rep. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta) at the plenary session on Monday. The contract was for the rehabilitation of […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a Special Forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Mohammed, a member of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, said while the government appreciates the negative economic impact of another lockdown, it would not rule out restriction […]

The governor says the budget will increase the state’s ability to respond to economic challenges. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Monday signed the 2021 state appropriation bill of N268.8 billion into law. He signed the budget, which the state lawmakers increased by N2.2 billion, at the Executive Council Chambers of the governor’s office, […]

THE Senate on Monday doubted the ability of the Federal Ministry of Health to effectively store and distribute the COVID-19 vaccines when they arrived in the country. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and his colleagues expressed the reservation when its leadership met with the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, and his counterpart in the Ministry […]

The President, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), has ordered the closure of all bars, night clubs, pubs and event centres, and recreational venues for the next five weeks to contain the spike in COVID – 19 pandemic. Also ordered to be closed included all restaurants, while schools would remain closed till at least till January […]

The deadline for the provision of National Identification Number by telecommunication service subscribers has been extended by three weeks. This is according to a statement issued on by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The ministry said the extension was the outcome of the meeting of the National Task Force on National Identification Number […]

The Federal Government has on Monday ordered all federal civil servants on Grade Level 12 and below to stay at home for the next five weeks from Monday. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, made this known in a statement on Monday. He also announced that all schools would remain […]

he Lagos State Government has shut down Cubana night club in Ikeja for violating COVID-19 protocols. “The Lagos State Safety Commission @safety_lasg just sealed CUBANA Ikeja and a few other facilities for non-compliance to the State Government COVID-19 protocols,” the Lagos State Safety Commission tweeted on its handle on Saturday. Chief Press Secretary to the […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the push for registration of Nigerians for National Identity Number (NIN), and withdraw the threat to block SIM cards. The Human Rights group in a statement on Sunday asked the President to “instruct the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr Isa […]

European countries banned flights from the UK on Sunday and the WHO called for stronger containment measures as the British government warned that a potent new strain of the virus was “out of control”. As the World Health Organization urged its European members to strengthen measures against a new variant of Covid-19 circulating in Britain, […]

The Osun State House of Assembly has passed the 2021 budget presented by Governor Gboyega Oyetola before the legislature on November 10, 2020. The passed budget has a total of N109,855,051,640 (One Hundred and Nine Billion, Eight Hundred and Fifty-Five Million, Fifty-One Thousand, Six Hundred and Forty Naira) with the recurrent expenditure of N50,620,283,140,00 and […]

An Igbo socio-cultural youth organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, has described the recent abduction of 344 pupils from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, as stage-managed. It said the incident was business as usual for Northern leaders. The Igbo youth group, which wondered what the rationale behind the drama was, added that it […]

The management of MTN Group Ltd., yesterday promised to work with the federal government to implement a regulatory requirement that all mobile lines be linked to residents’ identity numbers by the end of the year. As part of the push by government to tackle rising insecurity in a country where only one in four people […]

A tanker conveying petroleum products exploded on Saturday near Otedola Estate on the outbound service lane of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. A video on social media showed thick, dark flames leaping into the air, clouding the evening sky as vehicles continued to move on other lanes of the Expressway. The Otedola section of the Expressway has […]

The Federal Government has described as senseless the claim in certain quarters that the abduction of some students from a boarding school in Kankara, Katsina State, and their release was stage-managed. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, dismissed the claim on Saturday when he featured on a special edition of the Nigeria Television Authority […]

The National Leader, All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari for the prompt intervention in rescuing kidnapped students of Kankara Government Science Secondary School in Katsina State. Tinubu, in a statement on Saturday through his media aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, stressed the need for upgrading of the country’s security infrastructure. Recall […]

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has taken a swipe at the President over the recent abduction of hundreds of students from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State. She believes there is a problem President Muhammadu Buhari needs to address, saying the countries around the world think Nigeria is a joke. […]

A group of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the House of Representatives have called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent abduction of over 300 schoolboys at Kankara in Katsina state.  The lawmakers had recently called on Nigerians to prevail on the National Assembly to begin impeachment process against the president […]

Nigeria has now recorded over 77,000 cases of COVID-19 with 1,212 deaths. Due to the rising spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and state governments have imposed a ban on large gatherings. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday, December 18, 2020, banned concerts, carnivals, street parties and nightclubs. His counterpart […]

The National Identity Management Commission, the body issuing national identity number, has announced 15 locations abroad to enrol Nigerians in the diaspora.  NIMC said that the firms would obtain and transmit biometric data from the countries which they operate to the commission. The commission had earlier stated that without a NIN, Nigerians in diaspora would […]

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that private test centres who are issuing fake test results will be prosecuted. Sanwo-Olu noted that the government had zero tolerance for this kind of criminal conduct, and would not hesitate to prosecute anybody found culpable. In his speech on Friday, the governor noted that religious houses, […]

Prominent leaders from various ethnic groups from the South-West, South-East, South-South and the Middle Belt have described the 1999 Constitution as a fraud put together to subjugate other nationalities under the control of the Fulani perpetually. The aggrieved leaders gave the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government a 90-day ultimatum to constitute a committee on Sovereign National […]

The trial of a self-styled herbalist, Jamiu Isiaka, who allegedly impersonated the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, and a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Maikanti Baru, to defraud a South Korean National, Keun Sig Kim to the tune of N30million, resumed on December […]

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have released all students abducted from Government Science Secondary School in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, SaharaReporters has gathered. The students had been in the kidnappers’ den for six days. They are currently on their way to Katsina, sources told SaharaReporters. Gunmen, who came on motorbikes had […]

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has assured Nigerian students that the federal government will soon resolve the ongoing ASUU strike.  Academic activities have been paralysed in universities across the country for over eight months, after members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on an indefinite strike in March. Since the industrial action […]

Human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, (SAN), on Wednesday, allayed fears expressed by some Nigerians that the clamour for restructuring was an indirect call for the break up of the country,. Rather, he said, the issue of restructuring, if it succeeded, will only help in righting the wrongs in critical areas, instead of creating disunity […]

Terrorist group, Boko Haram, has released a video to confirm that it was responsible for last week’s abduction of school students in Katsina State. Gunmen invaded the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara on Friday, December 11, 2020, with at least 400 students unaccounted for a week later. Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, claimed responsibility for the attack, but […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the release of hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents on Friday, December 11, 2020 as a big relief to their families and the entire country.  The Government of Katsina State announced the release of the schoolboys on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Shortly after the release of the students, President Buhari […]

According to Forbes Africa, the Nigerian passport is one of the lowest ranking passports in West Africa, with visa-free access to just 2.1 percent of the world’s GDP. Nigerian citizens currently have visa-free access to 54 destinations, a modest 23.7 per cent of the 227 countries and territories in the world. Less than Ghana, Cameroon, and […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says an applicant for driver’s licence will now be required to present their National Identification Number (NIN). The NIN is issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) upon enrolment into the National Identity Database and is used to capture an individual’s records. The Federal Government has been pushing […]

The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) has advised traditional and conventional medicine practitioners to strengthen efforts towards solutions for emerging diseases like COVID-19 and others that have continued to reappear in the region. Director General of the organisation, Prof. Stanley Okolo gave the advice yesterday while launching volume two of the ECOWAS herbal pharmacopeia at […]

The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, and the Nigerian Ambassador to Chad, Zannah Umar Bukar Kolo, on Wednesday, met with the Chadian President, Idriss Deby, and the Chadian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Abakar Saleh Chahaimi, to discuss the possible return of thousands of Nigerian refugees. Most of the refugees led from Borno State […]

The Comptroller General of Customs’  Strike Force Team on Wednesday said it has intercepted 564 bales of textiles materials falsely declared as machinery, foreign parboiled rice, footwears and foreign bags worth N895m. Speaking while unveiling the seizure, the Co-ordinator, CGC’s Strike Force, Zone A, Deputy Comptroller, Ahmadu Shuaibu, said it also raised a debit note […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate opening of four land borders. The borders are Seme in the southwest, Illela in Sokoto State, Maigatari in the northwest, and Mfun in the south-south. The announcement was made by the Minister of Finance at the end of the 28th virtual FEC meeting on Wednesday. The President also […]

lot of reactions from Nigerians have continued to trail SaharaReporters’exclusive report that First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has relocated to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates for over three months, citing insecurity at the Aso Rock Villa. Most commentators knocked the First Lady for absconding from the country and lavishing taxpayers’ money on foreign trips. Many people wondered where […]

An aggrieved man, Confidence Leera, has begged the Abuja Judicial Panel of Inquiry investigating abuses by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad to prosecute an Assistant Superintendent of Police, David Agbo, for allegedly killing his brother, Edward Leera. Leera told the panel in the nation’s capital, Abuja on Monday that ASP Agbo killed his brother in […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed all network operators to disconnect every SIM card not synchronized with the valid National Identity Number by December 30, 2020. The order was issued after an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the communications industry convened by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, on […]

The Nigerian Army has confirmed that three hundred and thirty-three students are still missing after bandits attacked Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina on Friday night.  The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche corroborated the figure earlier released by the Katsina State Government on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. “The principal reported that […]

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, in the early hours of Sunday, raided some identified bandits hideouts at Tomatar Ugba and Kundi villages in Mbacher Council Ward of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State following human intelligence reports. A statement by Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major-General John Enenche, indicated that the troops stormed the camps, […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the 17 Assistant Inspector Generals of Police in the Force to deploy all the recently trained members of the Special Weapon and Tactical Team, SWAT, for routine patrols with immediate effect.  According to a Vanguard report, the IGP gave the order in a message to the AIGs […]

Three suspected ritualists have been arrested at a house where abducted persons were slaughtered in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The suspects, Bode Omoboye, Eric Ogungbamila and Tayo Loto who served as their agents, are currently being detained at the Igbokoda police division. According to residents of the community, Tayo confessed after […]

The Nigerian presidency has disputed abduction figures tendered by the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari. On Friday December 11, 2020, at around 9:40 p.m., gunmen wielding AK-47 rifles stormed the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, shot into the air and rounded up the students. The attack was reminiscent of the kidnapping of […]

A group of Boko Haram terrorists embarked on a failed mission on Saturday in an attempt to attack Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State in north-east Nigeria, the military has said. The Deputy Director of Public Relations 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Colonel Ado Isa, confirmed this incident in a […]

The US green-lit the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world’s hardest-hit country. President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter, where he hailed the news as a “medical miracle” and said the first immunizations would take place “in less than […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, to probe how the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources spent N116 million to buy stationery items in 2015. SERAP in a statement signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare on Sunday, December 13, 2020, […]

ohn Alechenu, Tunde Ajaja, Bola Bamigbola and Peter Dada The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Mr Tunde Balogun, has disclosed that the founding fathers of the party had an agreement in 2014 that the South-West geopolitical zone will produce the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election. He said it […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and military authorities came under fierce backlash on Saturday following the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State on Friday night. The Peoples Democratic Party, the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum and others described […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged security operatives to ensure all students, whose school was attacked by bandits on the night of Friday, December 11, 2020, are safe. Armed bandits invaded Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina around 10:15 pm and abducted hundreds of them including the wife of an employee in the school. Some […]

The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi in a statement said the stolen mace was recovered at about 8:30 am on Friday, December 11, 2020. Burglars had invaded the Ogun State House of Assembly on Thursday, December 10, 2020, and made away with the symbol of authority. The burglars also […]

#EndSARS protesters’ lawyer says he’ll like to ask Sanwo-Olu and Fashola some questions about Lekki shooting incident. Adesina Ogunlana, lawyer to #EndSARS protesters has again asked the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of protesters by soldiers in October at the Lekki tollgate to summon the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Ogunlana […]

The President left the Presidential Villa, Abuja after Friday Muslim prayers for his home State, Katsina. Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, confirmed the President’s arrival in a tweet on his personal handle @GarShehu, saying: “President Muhammadu Buhari has just landed at the Helipad in Daura, Katsina State for a weeklong private visit.” Shehu, in an official […]

The United States on Friday donated a shipment of maritime security equipment worth One Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars to the Nigerian Navy, to upgrade the anti-piracy and nautical security functions of the country’s Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC). The donation comprises a selection of best-in-class sensors and radars, communications and networking equipment, thermal-imaging cameras, […]

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor, has died aged 85. The retired justice of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal reportedly died in Washington DC on Thursday, December 10, 2020. President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement on Friday expressed sadness over Nsofor’s death and commiserated with his family and friends. “Nsofor was an outstanding […]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced its readiness to investigate members of the Nigerian Security Forces and Boko Haram insurgents for war crimes, rape, murder and several other criminal offences. The ICC said it has found a reasonable basis to believe that members of the security forces and the insurgents committed the charges preferred […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has gone into self-isolation after one of his aides tested positive for COVID-19. This was announced in a statement by the state government on Friday, December 11, 2020. The statement said the governor and members of his team will be tested by the Lagos Biobank, after which they will all […]

The Nigerian Senate has approved a sum of N199.2 billion (199,240,531,350) for the Federal Capital Territory Administration as budget for 2021 Fiscal Year. This is against the N126.44bn (N126,443,423) proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The approval followed the consideration of a Bill for an Act to authorise the issue from the Account of the FCTA […]

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday approved contracts for roads and aviation projects worth N59.350 billion. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents by Ministers of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fasola, Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed who briefed alongside other ministers at the end of FEC meeting held in council […]

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said timely delivery of justice was vital to the health of the justice system and how it was perceived by the public from which it derives its ultimate authority. Okowa who stated this at a Special Thanksgiving Mass to mark the beginning of the new legal year held […]

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN) and his staff allegedly beat up two BBC journalists and their driver and confiscated their mobile phones and media equipment on Wednesday. According to BBC Igbo, the journalists—Chioma Obianinwa and Nnamdi Agbaelo—were at the Adoration camp to interview Mbaka when they were attacked. According to […]

High Court in Kenya on Wednesday ordered over N454million (KSh100 million) that was confiscated from a Nigerian national, Muazu Bala, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to be deposited at Central Bank of Kenya. According to KenyaReport, Bala was arrested at the airport last Friday with the cash, with the Assets and Recovery Agency, suspecting […]

South-East group, Igbo Board of Deputies, has filed a suit at an Abuja High Court, against the Nigerian government and China Exim Bank for depriving the five Igbo states of capital projects to be funded from a $22.7 billion loan. The application is asking the China Exim Bank to suspend loan disbursements to the Nigerian […]

Rep. Benjamin Kalu, spokesperson for the House of Representatives says the invitation extended to President Muhammadu Buhari was not aimed at ridiculing him over security matters. Kalu said this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, that the President was rather invited for engagement with the house on ways to address security challenges in […]

16 cows were reportedly seized from the herdsmen. Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun says herdsmen attacked its operatives in Ondo State while men of the agency were trying to settle a rift between them and farmers in the state, Punch reports. Amotekun operatives in the state were reported to have moved to Osi Community in […]

The lawyer faulted the CBN governor’s reliance on the Terrorism Act to obtain the order. Lawyer to Bolatito Oduala and 18 other #EndSARS protesters, Femi Falana, SAN, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) allegedly ordered the freezing of bank accounts associated with some promoters of the #EndSARS protests […]

The Federal Government says the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Survival Fund scheme has over 300,000 direct beneficiaries paid so far, amounting to close to N10 billion Mr Tola Johnson, Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on MSMEs, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the Physical/Virtual 12th meeting of National Council on […]

The People Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Bakura constituency bye-election of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Tukur has been declared the winner of the poll. Tukur was declared the winner on Wednesday, four days after the election was conducted in the north-central state. INEC Returning Officer for the supplementary election, Professor Tanko Yahaya made the announcement, […]

Documents relating to the regulatory submission for Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate were “unlawfully accessed” during a cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Pfizer said Wednesday. “It is important to note that no BioNTech or Pfizer systems have been breached in connection with this incident and we are unaware of any personal data being accessed,” a statement said. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja ended a meeting with 36 state governors on the issue of security with a charge to them to work more with traditional rulers and community members to improve local intelligence gathering that will aid the work of security agencies. The President, who listened to presentations by a governor from […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is digusted at the manner in which the foreign press handled coverage of the recently concluded  #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria.  The President in a tweet via his official Twitter Handle on Wednesday said the foreign media houses did not balance their reportage on the protest. According to him, the reports […]

Governor Ortom approached a sensitive issue like intimate partner violence with a demeanour of normalization. On Saturday, December 5, 2020, Ifeanyinwa Angbo, a Medical Doctor and wife of Channels TV reporter, Pius Angbo took to Twitter to narrate her ordeal via a now viral video. Her husband of six years, with whom she has four […]

The Federal Government has denied allegation by the United States of engaging in systematic and egregious religious freedom violations. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said Nigeria did not have a policy of religious persecution. The minister described the allegation as a case of […]

The NCDC made this known via its verified website. The agency recorded an additional COVID-19 related death, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 1,181 It said that the new infections have brought the total number of cases in the country to 69,645. It disclosed that, 173 patients were discharged after recovering […]

The Osun State EndSARS Movement has urged protesters not to relent in their demands for good governance, an end to police brutality and other inadequacies of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. The group, in a statement by its spokesperson, Olawale Bakare; Mobilisation Secretary, Ogunleye Olushayo; and Organising Secretary, Olawale Ogunruku, commended the resilience and doggedness […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s first vaccinations against COVID-19 could begin happening as early as next week, pending Health Canada approval. Canada will be receiving an initial batch of up to 249,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine before the end of December, with the first shipment expected next week. This means people could begin receiving vaccinations, on […]

No fewer than 216 Nigerians were killed in November, and 144 others kidnapped amid the rising insecurity in the country, according to data gathered by the Civic Media Lab. The data released on Monday showed that the Northern part of the country was the worst hit with its areas claiming 180 of the 216 deaths […]

 A former Chief of Training, Operations and Plans of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Ishola Williams (retd.) has said President Muhammadu Buhari is clueless on issues of insecurity affecting the country, especially the Boko Haram insurgency. Williams said Boko Haram members would keep killing Nigerians because the government is not yet ready to defeat the group. […]

The Nigerian government has announced a reduction in the pump price of premium motor spirit, otherwise known as petrol, from N168 to N162.44 per litre with effect from December 14. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this at the end of a meeting with labour leaders which began around 9 pm […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has told African leaders to promote the implementation of arms control instruments and embargoes, to complement and consolidate African Peace and Security Architecture. Buhari made the call at the 14th extra-ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) on “Silencing the Gun”, held virtually on Sunday. “The major challenge for […]

Activists have been calling for a second wave of the #EndSARS protests and law enforcement has been taking note. Acting on intelligence reports, a team of police officers and soldiers stormed the Lekki toll gate on the morning of Monday, December 7, 2020 to dispel #EndSARS protesters. There have been reports that the protests against […]

Some hoodlums accosted INEC officials as they prepared to commence voting during Saturday’s by-election at Unit 13, Kosofe council area of Lagos State. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who was at the centre reports that the hoodlums insisted on collecting money from INEC officials before voting could commence. An INEC ad-hoc staff, Mrs […]

Jonathan said this on Friday, December 4, 2020, while addressing reporters in Abuja. There have been reports that the ex-president is being persuaded to contest for president in 2023 at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s two terms. It will be recalled that some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) recently visited Jonathan […]

President Muhammadu Buhari may appear before the House of Representatives on Dec. 10, following the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance by Rep Satomi Ahmed. Rep Benjamin Kalu, the Spokesperson for the House of Reps, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]

The Nigeria Police Force has filed a lawsuit to stop the activities of state judicial panels of inquiry probing allegations of police brutality. State governments set up the panels after nationwide protests against the extra-judicial activities of operatives of the NPF’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in October. The panels have been fielding petitions from members […]

The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) has asked Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari and then ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) responsible for the incessant killing of innocent Nigerians by terrorists. In a statement on Thursday, December 3, 2020, the opposition party said some APC leaders support terrorism because of their selfish interest. “The PDP […]

We’ve no apology for asking him to leave – NEF President must go – Afenifere Defend yourselves – ACF, SSPEC tell citizens C-in-C violates rules by retaining service chiefs – Shekarau The federal government said yesterday that the call on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign is a sign of irresponsibility. Minister of Information and Culture, […]

So let us think about these issues: How do we separate causes and treat them in proper manners, one distinct from the other? I mean how do we deal with the issue of SARS or police brutality as different from mass poverty and misgovernance, so that we are focused and result-oriented? How do we ensure […]

Former Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians and needs to cry, and repent to Allah for the country to live in peace. The former governor was reacting to the recent killings by Boko Haram terrorists and bandits in some part of the North. Speaking to BBC Hausa […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s application, seeking for revocation of the bail granted to the former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode. Justice John Tsoho ruled that the medical report brought by the defence counsel, Wale Balogun, that Fani-Kayode was indisposed was sufficient reason to […]

Buhari has been invited to explain the security situation in the country. Lawmakers in the House of Representatives have summoned President Muhammadu Buhari to explain his administration’s efforts on the war on terror. At least 43 farmers were killed by terrorists during a devastating attack in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday, […]

The Nigerian government rebukes the UK parliament for acting in an uninformed manner. The Federal Government has berated a UK parliamentarian, Tom Tugendhat, for accusing a former Nigerian leader, retired General Yakubu Gowon, of stealing during a debate on the #EndSARS protest in the House of Commons. The government also rebuked the UK parliament for […]

The Commandant of the Army War College, Major-General Solomon Udounwa, on Thursday said the military will always have a grip on the security situation across the country. The top-ranking officer’s comments come amid several reports of violent crimes across the country, including kidnapping and banditry. At least seven soldiers were feared dead following a landmine […]

The Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram, has claimed responsibility for the recent killing of tens of farmers in Borno, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The terrorist group said it killed 78 farmers in the Saturday attack in Zabarmari, near Maiduguri. The military on Monday said it had counted 43 bodies but was still looking for […]

The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to brief the house on the true state of the security situation in the country. The decision to summon President Buhari was taken at Tuesday’s plenary when the House considered a motion moved by members from Borno State on the recent massacre […]

The first set of installations will be done nationwide in December 2020. In continuation of a coordinated implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) across the country, the Buhari administration will next week, commence the process of installation of five million solar home systems in under-served and off-grid communities across the country. The programme will […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of over 40 rice farmers in Borno State on Saturday, November 28, 2020, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The farmers were reported to have been attacked while harvesting their crops at a rice field in Garin Kwashebe area of the state. Reacting to the brutal murder of the […]

Police operatives in Rivers State have arrested three out of five suspects who allegedly detonated explosives at a Pentecostal church owned by the father of the state governor, Nyesom Wike. The suspects reportedly attacked the church around 8 pm on Saturday, November 28, 2020 According to Punch, after the suspects detonated the explosives, some men […]

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has blamed the disruption of power supply in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on vandals. Mr Oyebode Fadipe, AEDC General Manager, Corporate Communications said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Fadipe listed some of the affected areas to include Kaura District, Galadimawa, Lokogoma, Suncity, Moccido […]

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has presented the 2021 budget estimate to the House of Assembly. It is christened the “Budget of Growth.” Presenting the N290,295,465,423 Appropriation Bill on the floor of the assembly yesterday, Diri noted that the the outgoing year 2020 has been challenging due to the impact of COVID-19 and the […]

•Seek law amendment for AGF to cede prosecutorial right •Call for action to stem rape, youth unemployment •Insecurity has made North the worst place to live in Nigeria, says Sultan •DHQ foresees end to banditry Kingsley Nwezeh, Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja, Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri and Daji Sani in Yola Northern leaders yesterday upped the […]

Three months after the federal government raised hate speech fine from N500,000 to N5 million, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says he didn’t announce the fine. Mohammed announced the increase in hate speech fine during the unveiling of the Reviewed Broadcasting code in August. Days after the announcement, the minister while […]

Unlike other humans that eat processed food and feels safe in homes, a video of Zanzimana Ellie, a Rwanda boy who feeds on grass and prefers to live in the forest have surfaced online. It was learnt that Ellie who is 21 years old cannot speak, eats grass and prefers to live in the jungle […]

Police operatives attached to Ojoto Division in Anambra State have arrested one Emila Sunday who claimed to be 21 years old from Akwa Ibom State, for attempting to sell her three months old baby boy at Ire-village Ojoto for N150, 000 on Tuesday, November 24. When interrogated, the suspect claimed she decided to sell her […]

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday said he had handed over the security operative, Abdullahi M. Hassan, who shot a newspaper vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke, to the Department of State Security (DSS) for investigation and appropriate administrative and judicial action. Okereke died at the National Hospital Abuja on Thursday after he […]

The Federal High Court, in Abuja, has adjourned hearing in the trial of Colonel Nicholas Ashinze, former aide of ex-National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, till January 19, 2021. Justice Okon Abang gave the ruling on Thursday, following the withdrawal of the seventh prosecution witness (PW7), Hassan Seidu by prosecution counsel, Offem Uket, due to his […]

“The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, will be vindicated at the end of the day,” his lawyer, Wahab Shittu has said. Shittu made the remark in a statement on Friday, following the submission of the report of the Justice Ayo Salami led Judicial Commission of Enquiry to […]

The Nigerian Army has admitted that it took live and blank bullets to the Lekki tollgate in Lagos – the venue where #EndSARS protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against police brutality. A representative of the army, Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo, stated this on Saturday when he appeared before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up […]

The Federal Government has finally consented to the demand by the Academic Staff Union (ASUU) that they be exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment announced this on Friday, November 20, 2020, at the end of a seven-hour negotiation with ASUU members in Abuja, […]

ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has awarded a N10 million each as compensation in favour of two Nigerians; Abu Dennis Uluebeka and Mary Bahago, who were subjected to inhuman treatment while on death row. A panel of three judges led by Justice Dupe Atoki ordered the Nigerian government to pay Uluebeka and Bahago N10 million […]

The Federal Government says the CNN report on the hoax Lekki Toll Gate killings is “fake, disservice to journalism profession’’ and calls for sanction against the international news organisation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the call on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing on the EndSARS protest and its […]

The Federal Government says the sanctions imposed on some broadcast media stations in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests were justified and that the affected stations already paid their fines Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing on the #EndSARS protest and its aftermaths. […]

Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed has advised Nigerian leaders to see young people as an asset, if they want peaceful retirement. Mohammed gave the advice during her visit to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat, in Abuja on Tuesday as part of her tour of some West African States including Ghana, Sierra […]

The Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, Germany has suspended a member of staff over allegations of sexual abuse and other serious criminal activity. The embassy said in a statement on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 the staff works in its security unit and cannot be named for legal reasons. He was suspended following the circulation of a […]

US President Donald Trump in tweets on Sunday morning said President-elect Joe Biden “won because election was rigged.” Trump who had refused to concede defeat despite losing to Democratic party’s candidate Joe Biden, and had been promoting election conspiracy theories, also claimed that the “Mail-in elections are a sick joke!” “He won because the Election […]

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has summoned the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. Magu is expected to appear before the bureau on November 17 with documents of all his landed properties. In a letter dated November 2 and signed by CCB’s Director of Intelligence, Investigation and […]

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality and the incident at the Lekki tollgate area of the state has resumed its sitting with the Nigerian Army continuing its testimony. Commander 81 military intelligence brigade, Brigadier Ahmed Taiwo, speaking before the panel on Saturday, claimed that the events […]

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry continued its sitting on Saturday with new information about the shooting at the Lekki tollgate uncovered. While the session was ongoing, lawyers took turns to question the representative of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo, on the role of the Force at the tollgate where peaceful #EndSARS […]

As part of efforts to mitigate the effect of COVID-19, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government, is in the process of acquiring a 750 million dollar loan, from the world bank to help states. This loan according to her is to stimulate the local economy and support […]

Former President J.J Rawlings of Ghana, who died during the week, has been described as an exceptional leader that connected with the people. Senator Ben Obi stated this in his brief condolence message on death of the former Ghanaian leader, saying the “‘Junior Jesus’, as we fondly called him, throughout his career, both in military […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Chief Willie Akinlude, has said that the postponement of the Lagos East Senatorial District and Lagos Constituency Kosofe 2 by-elections which were put off as a result of the #EndSARS campaigns, was a blessing in disguise for the party. The Independent National Electoral Commission […]

There were indications yesterday that the naira had fallen to its weakest level in six weeks in informal trading as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) interventions in the official window failed to meet demand. At the parallel market yesterday, the naira changed hands for N470 per dollar, the lowest since September 29, according to abokifx.com, […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the increase in the pump price of fuel which increased from N159 to N170 per liter. The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday in Abuja, rejected the increase describing it as unbearable to Nigeria […]

Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu has commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the death of former President Jerry Rawlings on Thursday. Kalu, while applauding the qualities of the former Ghanaian leader noted that the deceased played key roles in the promotion of democratic virtues in Ghana and Africa. In […]

Military officers representing the Nigerian Army before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the Lekki tollgate shooting said soldiers did not use live ammunitions on peaceful protesters at Lekki on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. The top army officers said soldiers did not shoot at or kill anyone, adding that there was no massacre […]

The Nigerian Army has inaugurated manhunt for the 4th Batch of wanted Boko Haram terrorists. It has also co-opted more Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members into its operation. A banner showing photographs of the wanted terrorists was unveiled by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on Wednesday […]

In its bid to promote discipline and core values, the Lagos State Police Command says it has dismissed 10 police officers for offences ranging from corruption, murder, negligence and excessive use of power. The command announced this in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer in the state, Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Wednesday, November […]

President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has warned that Nigeria may not escape another youths’ restiveness in the mode of #EndSARS protest, if it failed to effectively address the issue of youth unemployment and make practical steps in its national budget to meaningfully engage them. This is just as the federal parliament flayed the […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the United States President-elect, Joe Biden, on his successful election as the 46th President of the United States. The party also congratulated Americans for a successful and peaceful election in strict adherence to democratic principles and extant laws of their country, despite the intense competition. The PDP in […]

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has declared a nationwide strike, sparking fears of fuel scarcity in the country. PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, confirmed the union’s position during his appearance on Sunrise Daily on Monday. “Today, PENGASSAN has declared a strike,” he said in an interview on the Channels Television […]

Amnesty International has called on foreign countries and international organisations to compel the Nigerian Government to ensure the protection of lives and properties in the country without discrimination. Osai Ojigho, Country Director of Amnesty International, Nigeria, made the call while speaking with the sub-committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs […]

Nigerian have reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s congratulatory message to Joe Biden, US president-elect. They took to social media to knock the President for lecturing Biden on democracy due to his government’s lack of respect for citizens’ rights. Biden was projected as the winner of the 2020 presidential election after results from Pennsylvania meant his […]

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that all Nigerians and celebrities, who promoted protests against police brutality in the country must face the law. The Central Bank of Nigeria had recently frozen the account of some protest organisers in a bid to stop further protests from occurring. The Nigeria Immigration […]

Young Nigerians in Delta State have asked the Nigerian Government to stop the prosecution and harassment of peaceful #EndSARS protesters and focus instead on governing the country. Delegates drawn from EndSARS protesters, community youth groups, ethnic nationalities, civil society organisations, female advocacy groups, student groups and youth stakeholders in the state registered their displeasure during […]

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo says Kamala Harris, the Vice President-Elect of the United States has some Nigerian DNA because her father is from Jamaica. Obasanjo said this in a congratulatory message to Joe Biden, the President-elect of the US. He wrote, “I felicitate with Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris as the first female Vice-President […]

Paula White wants Angels from Africa to help Trump beat Biden and Twitter finds that weird. A viral video of televangelist and prosperity preacher, Paula White, summoning angels from Africa and South America to prevent Donald Trump from losing the presidential election to Joe Biden, has spurned hilarious reactions from Twitter Nigeria. Full disclosure: White […]

Despite his crackdown on peaceful protesters, freedom of speech and assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari congratulated Joe Biden, President-elect of the United States of America, offering him advice on respecting the will of the people. Buhari is notorious for numerous rights violations under his administration including the recent killing of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, presented a report on the numerous property destroyed by hoodlums in the state during the #EndSARS protests to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa, with an appeal to the president to assist the state in its recovery process. This is just as a Magistrate Court remanded six […]

•Overtakes Trump in Pennsylvania • Jonathan: It’s better to lose power and gain honour Martins Ifijeh in New Jersey, USA The United States Secret Service has increased its protective bubble around the Democratic Party’s Presidential candidate, Joe Biden, who last night overtook his closest rival, President Donald Trump in the count in Pennsylvania, putting him […]

The Nigerian Army has filed papers at the registry of the Lagos State Panel of Judicial Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20. One of our correspondents saw about three military men on Friday filing papers at the panel’s registry. Saturday PUNCH investigations revealed […]

On November 1, 2020, as Modupe Odele did the pre-boarding rounds at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, she had her passport yanked off her by stern-looking immigration officials. Odele is a lawyer by profession. During recent nationwide protests calling for an end to decades of police brutality and extra-judicial killings under the #EndSARS […]

The United Nations, Special Investigator on Religious Freedom, Ahmed Shaheed, has accused Nigeria and several other countries across the world of religious intolerance. Shaheed said in a report submitted to the UN General Assembly that Nigeria is one of the countries that has created laws proscribing religious groups and defining them as terrorist organizations. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, November 6, appealed to Nigerians yet to feel the impacts of his Administration and those who feel the government is not doing enough to bear with the government. The President made the appeal at a town hall meeting with the traditional rulers, youths, students, organised labour, market women and other […]

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said the Federal Government requires the sum of $656 million to complete work on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. Amaechi disclosed this on Friday while defending his ministry’s 2021 budget at the Senate. He explained that the amount is needed to put the necessary infrastructure in place for the […]

One of the lawyers who provided legal aid to #EndSARS protesters, Moe Odele is yet to get back her passport five days after it was seized by officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Ms Odele, a tech and startup lawyer with international experience, was on her way to the Maldives on Sunday when she […]

A federal high court in Abuja has granted the request of the Central Bank of Nigeria to freeze the accounts of 19 individuals and a public affairs company linked to the #EndSARS protests, Channels Television learned on Friday. The request, granted by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, was filed by the CBN on October 20. Some of […]

Hundreds of armed cult members on Monday invaded the commercial office of the telecom giant, MTN, along the DSP Alamieyeseigha Way in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, killing a customer who was alleged to be a rival cult member. The murdered customer, who was identified as Victor Abasii, was a native of Ogu town in […]

Mrs Chidimma Edozieuno, a petitioner to the Anambra Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality, has narrated how men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad took away her husband in 2017 and told her to kiss him goodbye. Edozieuno, who petitioned the panel and appeared for testimony, said her husband, who lived in Benin Republic, […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that former Gov. Rashidi Ladoja was impeached and removed as governor of Oyo State for being ungrateful to Chief Lamidi Adedibu and Chief Yekini Adeojo. He made the disclosure on Thursday during the launching of former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala’s autobiography titled Amazing Grace in Ibadan. The News Agency of […]

It was a tearful day as more petitioners in Abuja gave various testimonies at the Independent Investigation Panel set up to look into the allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). While the session is ongoing in some states, that of the nation’s capital continued for the second […]

The budget defence session of the House of Representatives took a dramatic turn on Wednesday, as members of the Committee on Electoral Matters disagreed with their chairman on the modality she employed in engaging the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmud Yakubu concerning the performance of his commissions 2020 budget. The committee […]

Former Presidential candidate, Adamu Garba has chided the United States over its ongoing election which he said is filled with rigging machines. According to former Presidential candidate under the All Progressives Congress, APC in the 2019 general elections, the 2020 US election is the most adulterated in the United States of America’s election history. He […]

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are yet to reach an agreement on the union demands. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door conciliation meeting between Federal Government representatives and ASUU on Wednesday in Abuja. “There are […]

The Judicial Panel of Inquiry in Kaduna State on Wednesday invited members of the public to submit petitions against police brutality and others related extra-judicial killings in the state. In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), by the secretary of the panel, Hajara Jibrin Abubakar, the public is advised to […]

The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has presented the Appropriation Bill of N143.65 billion to the state House of Assembly for the ahead of the 2021 fiscal year. According to the governor, who presented the bill on Tuesday, the budget is based on the realistic projections of all sources of revenue (both external and […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to sue the Northern Governors’ Forum and the National Assembly and the social media bill is passed SERAP said this in a tweet on Tuesday while reacting to the call by the northern governors for more social media regulations in the wake of the #EndSARS protests. […]

The Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, following the #EndSARS protest has received nine petitions from the public. Governor Obaseki had set up the 22-man panel headed by a retired judge, Justice Ada Ehigiamusoe, to look into cases of police brutality, human rights violations, and allegations of extra-judicial […]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs says Nigerian missions owe a lot to host countri The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has complained about the inadequate overhead budgetary provisions to Nigerian missions abroad, resulting in a lot of debt for electricity and rent. While defending the ministry’s 2021 budget at the House of Representatives on […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s several initiatives targeted at jobs for the youths and alleviating poverty among women and vulnerable groups remain the best in the history of the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this in Kaduna at a meeting of the Northern Governors Forum with traditional rulers on the aftermath […]

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers says his administration will replace all the properties allegedly destroyed by members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) during the #EndSARS protest in parts of Rivers. Wike, who made this known on Monday in a statement by his Media Aide, Mr Kelvin Ebiri, expressed regrets that the damage […]

The Minister of Youth and Sport Development, Mr Sunday Dare has appealed to the youth to embrace dialogue in order to move the country forward. Dare said this on Sunday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the National Youth Day celebration with the theme ”Invest in the Youth, Secure Our Future”. He said that […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, over the reported earthquakes in the two countries, leaving many casualties. President Muhammadu Buhari. [Presidency] The Nigerian leader’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media […]

Nigerian students sponsored abroad in 2018 for further studies by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are currently holding a fresh protest over the non-release of funds for their scholarship for two years after being verified twice. The students bearing placards with various inscriptions in front of the Nigeria High Commission in London and official […]

Lara Adejoro A sexual health educator, Dr. Opeyemi Adeyemi, says lubricants that contain glycerin may lead to yeast infection. According to Adeyemi, if a water-based lubricant is left in the vagina, it can change the potential of hydrogen in the vagina; and if the pH level is changed, it gives room for organisms to grow […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is presently interrogating a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, over the N100 billion tax evasion allegations levelled against a tax firm, Alpha Beta Consulting. Fowler, who was also a former Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, responded to an invitation from the […]

The West African Examinations Council, on Monday, announced that it withheld the results of 215,149 candidates who sat for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Nigeria. The Council said the results of the candidates representing 13.98% of the total number of candidates who wrote the examination are being withheld in connection with […]

Two separate lawsuits have been filed against the National Broadcasting Commission over the N3m fine imposed by the commission on three television stations in relation to their coverage of the #EndSARS protests. One of the two suits was filed by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project; while the second one was filed by a group of […]

Two men who allegedly duped a doctor into buying an “Aladdin’s lamp” for $93,000 — and even conjured up a fake genie — have been arrested in India, an official said Sunday. Laeek Khan approached police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh after he realised the lamp did not have any magical powers, as […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has condemned the recent attack on some media houses. Mohammed who spoke in Lagos on Saturday when he paid a visit to the media organisations that were attacked in the aftermath of the EndSARS protest and the Lekki shooting, said any attack on media houses was an […]

Aggrieved members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki have withdrawn from the association. The coordinator of the group, Okafor Christian, made the announcement on Saturday on behalf of his colleagues while briefing journalists in the Ebonyi state capital. He explained that […]

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has urged parents to instill family values in their children as a way to save the country from degeneration. The minister made the call on Saturday in Kaduna during a stakeholders’ engagement with 77 district heads, religious and community leaders from the 23 Local Government […]

All is not well in the National Assembly Legislative Aides’ Forum as a lawyer, Mr Joshua Okah, who is Senior Legislative Aide to a member of the House of Representatives, Mr Ben Igbakpa, has dragged the Chairman-elect, Mr Salisu Zuru, before a court for allegedly maintaining two public offices and drawing salaries from them. Okah […]

…says only state government, not panel, can invite us •Why we won’t reveal personnel deployed to Lekki tollgate – Army •Summons duly signed by panel chair can’t be disregarded – Member The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20, 2020 […]

Notable elder statesmen and socio-cultural leaders on Saturday converged, saying Nigeria was long overdue for restructuring while warning the Federal Government that the country was bleeding from bad leadership and poor policies. The statesmen added that the government must not take Nigerians for granted, as the security and socioeconomic situations of the country were deteriorating. […]

Wike says those who do not understand his actions are accusing him of fighting the Igbo tribe in Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of killing six soldiers and 4 police officers during the #endsars protests in his state. Wike said this […]

The Delta State Government has announced a relaxation of the curfew imposed after the hijack of the peaceful #ENDSARS protests by suspected miscreants. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, in a statement on Saturday said the curfew, which had run from 6 pm to 8 am will now be between 8 p.m. and 6 […]

A teacher, Mrs Ndubisi Obiechina, has narrated how she lost two pregnancies while in custody of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) over a suspect to which she was distantly acquainted. Narrating her ordeal before the Lagos State Judicial Panel on EndSARS protest, Ndubisi said that she was detained and tortured along with her husband, […]