Tension as thugs loyal to Imo commissioner invade NUJ secretariat

  .. NUJ accuses Isiguzo of trying hard to sell it’s multi-million naira secretariat By Ibe Pascal The Nigerian Union Of Journalists, Imo State Chapter has alleged that thugs loyal…

FG blames States Govt for rising poverty

  The Federal Government has blamed the high poverty rate in the country on the failure of the State Governments to contribute their quota of development responsibilities to the grassroots…

Court Sends APC Chairman To Jail Over Illegal Possession Of PVCs

  A Kano Magistrate court presided over by Faroukh Ibrahim Umar has sentenced the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yautar ward, Aminu Ali, to two years imprisonment for…

Makarfi: There’s So Much Frustration In The Land

  A former Governor of Kaduna State and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, says there is so much frustration in the land Speaking when…

Obasanjo: The role I played to help resolve Ethiopia-Tigray civil war

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how he helped to resolve the conflict between Ethiopia and Tigray. On November 2, the Ethiopian government agreed to end the two-year conflict…

Flags To Fly Half-Mast In China After Jiang’s Death

  Flags at major Chinese Communist Party and government buildings in China and worldwide will be flown half-mast after former president Jiang Zemin died Wednesday, state media reported. The order,…

INEC Will Recover From Recent Attacks, Yakubu Assures Nigerians

  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians it will recover from the recent attacks on its facilities. Speaking at the induction…

Two Indonesian soldiers bag seven-month jail term over gay sex

  An Indonesian military court has sentenced two soldiers to a seven-month jail term for having gay sex, which has been banned in the country. The two soldiers joined the…

Ikpeazu signs female inheritance Bill into law

  Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has granted assent to the Bill, which guarantees the right of females to inherit and own property in their father’s family in the State. Abia…

Alleged partisanship: FCT Police disrupt anti-CJN protest by CSOs

  A protest against the Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, was yesterday dispersed by a detachment of anti-riot policemen of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, command of…

EXTRA: Police arrest suspected ESN member in Katsina

  The Katsina State Police Command on Tuesday paraded a 19 years old boy suspected to be a member of the proscribed terrorists group, Eastern Security Network (ESN). According to…

Court remands medical director, Olaleye over alleged rape

  Justice Ramon Oshodi of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday remanded the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye, for alleged defilement…

Ibadan Poly bans hugging, indecent dressing, others on campus

  THE management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday, banned hugging, indecent dressing, use of tinted vehicles and other forms of immoral conduct by students of the institution, while…

Mother of two slaughters 11 months old son in C’River

  There was pandemonium in Yonen community ,Ugep , Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River following the slaughtering of an 11 months old baby by his mother identified as…

Airstrike kills ISWAP commander in Lake Chad region

  A top commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province, Muhammad Malik, has been reportedly killed by men of the Air Task Force in the Lake Chad region. Malik…