Stop giving us awards… challenge us so we can sit up, Wike tells journalists
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has urged journalists to hold government officials accountable, rather than give them awards on the basis of “friendship”. Wike stated this on Friday when the…
We Will Pay Outstanding Scholarship Claims Within 7 Days, Says NDDC
The interim management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has assured the beneficiaries of its Foreign Post Graduate Scholarship programme in the United Kingdom that their outstanding claims will…
EndSARS: Akeredolu Raises Alarm Over Absence Of Police Officers On Ondo Streets
As normalcy is restored in many parts of Nigeria after the violence that occurred when hoodlums hijacked the #EndSARS protest, the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has raised alarm…
EndSARS: Police Release 11 Year-Old Boy Alleged To Have Been Involved In Attacking Police Station
Police in Edo State on Friday released an 11-year-old boy, Gift Osayuhi, who was arrested last week over his alleged involvement in the attack on a police station in the…
IPOB members invading Rivers from Abia State, says Wike
Members of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, alleged to be behind the mayhem in Oyigbo, a community in Rivers State are from Abia State, Governor Nyesom Wike has said. Wike,…
How I Spent 22 Days In SARS Custody, Lost My Pregnancy – Victim Tells Lagos Judicial Panel
A middle-aged woman, Ndubuisi Obiechina says she lost her two months pregnancy while being detained for twenty-two days at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ikeja, Lagos State. She disclosed…
Water Resources Bill: Minister in secret meeting with Reps, attacks critics
The Federal Government has started to mobilise support for the controversial Water Resources Bill by lobbying members of the National Assembly to pass the bill . The Minister of Water…
People now curse me in mosques –Aisha Yesufu
Activist , Aisha Yesufu , says she has been informed that people now curse her at mosques. Yesufu, however , asked those cursing her why they had not done so…
Nigerians blast Lagos lawmaker for saying youths always high on drugs
The lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin Constituency I at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs Mojisola Alli -Macaulay, has received backlash over her comments alleging that most Nigerian youths on…
Our leader coordinated operations from prison – Ex-soldiers, others arrested for robbery
Robbery suspects arrested in connection with the attack on a bullion van and killing of four policemen in Ebonyi State in July have explained how their gang leader , one…
UN calls for peaceful polls in Ivory Coast
UN Secretary -General , Antonio Guterres , has called for peace in Saturday ’ s presidential election in Ivory Coast amid reports of deadly pre -election protests in the country…
FLASHBACK: In 2013, pope said atheists only need to obey their conscience to make heaven
Pope Francis recently became a subject of heated controversies over his open endorsement of same-sex civil unions — which is condemned by the Catholic church and conservative Christians. The development…
DRLI Sues NBC Over Punitive Fines Against ARISE TV, Channels TV And AIT
The lawyers’ group known Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative (DRLI) has filed a suit against the National Broadcasting Commission for the fines the agency recently imposed on three television stations namely…
Buhari grants request to create African hub in Nigeria, says ACTFA starts in 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the request of an international think-tank group and investment promoter, Horasis Global Visions Community, to create its African hub in Nigeria. President Buhari spoke on…
Trump accuses U.S. doctors of profiting from COVID-19 deaths
By Agency Reporter U.S. President Donald Trump has falsely accused doctors of profiting from COVID-19 deaths, with the virus exploding in many states. However, his challenger Joe Biden said Trump…