Troops from 93 Battalion under 6 Bridget of the Nigerian Army has arrested a suspected female kidnapper while trying to pick ransom for an abducted victim in Taraba. They also apprehended a notorious gunrunner dealing in arms and ammunition and supplying them to criminals within Taraba State and other parts of the country. The […]

  US President Joe Biden has confused a European leader with a dead predecessor for the second time in a week, telling a campaign event he met Helmut Kohl four years after the German chancellor passed away. The 81-year-old’s gaffe late Wednesday came days after he said he had spoken to long-dead French president Francois […]

  The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed February 26, to begin the hearing of the case of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu’s Special Counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor made this known on Thursday adding that the case would be heard by Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako. Recall that Ejimakor disclosed on […]

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Thursday said it was not planning to increase the cost of Premium Motor Spirit, known as petrol. The NNPCL in a statement by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, urged Nigerians against panic buying of petrol. The statement read, “NNPC Ltd. urges Nigerians to disregard unfounded […]

  A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fined the Department of State Services N5m for the unlawful arrest and detention of an Abuja-based commercial driver, Sanusi Shuaib. The court also ordered the DSS to immediately release the driver who had been in detention since March 2023. The detained driver had through his lawyer, […]

  The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, along with the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, have given the Federal Government a notice of a nationwide strike, effective in 14 days. Their complaint stems from the failure to carry out the 16-point agreement between organized labor (NLC and TUC) and the Federal Government on October 2, […]

  The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have narrated how Rilwan Kasumu, a superintendent of police, and his team in the Lagos command, rejected a N4 million bribe from illegal drug peddlers. Kasumu is the officer in charge of Area K, Marogbo, Lagos state command. In a statement on Thursday, Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, said the […]

  A National Youth Service Corps member serving in Adamawa State has reportedly died at a football viewing centre in the Numan area of the state during the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) semifinal between Nigeria and South Africa. The corps member identified simply as Samuel from Kaduna State, was said to have passed away […]

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested three drug hawkers and seized substandard drugs worth N250,000 in Kaduna. The agency’s coordinator in the state, Mr Nasiru Mato, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday. The coordinator said that the […]

  The Deputy Bursar of Kwara State University Malete, Alhaji Ayuba Abdullahi, on Wednesday night, died while watching the semi-finals between Nigeria and South Africa in the ongoing AFCON. Nigeria won the match against South Africa by 4-2 goals on penalties after regulation and extra time ended 1-1. Sources close to the deceased but who […]