Why incest is becoming rampant in Nigeria – Experts

Stakeholders, including child rights activists, sociologists, lawyers and clerics have identified the major factors behind the rising cases of incest in the country. Some of the stakeholders, who spoke with…

Nigerian Army aiding, abetting kidnapping in Edo – Coalition

A coalition of civil society organizations operating under the platform of the Edo Civil Society Organizations (EDOCSO) has accused the Nigerian army of complicity in kidnapping and various acts of…

Banditry: 10,000 displaced in Niger state, as Muslim Ummah seek God’s intervention

As part of efforts to bring to an end, the challenges of insecurity facing parts of Niger state and the country at large, Muslim Ummah in all the headquarters of…

A Message to the North: The South is getting fed up!

I have a story to tell the North. I hope it receives it in good faith. I love the North. So I have decided to tell the North how his…

PRESS RELEASE: Abba Kyari is your President, deal with it, Nnamdi Kanu taunts Nigerians

Those Nigerians who out of a combination of laziness, ignorance, envy, stupidity, cowardice, timidity and curse, challenged my irrefutable assertion that Abba Kyari and not the late Buhari is the…

Alleged N1.35b Fraud: How ex-Governor Lamido diverted state fund to private use – Witness

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, through its prosecution witness, Michael Wetkas, has given an account of how the former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido allegedly diverted funds…

Insurgency: Buratai promotes three soldiers for gallantry

Three soldiers of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have been rewarded with special promotion to the next rank for their outstanding performance in the ongoing war against insurgency in the North-East.…

Customs seizes 5,040 cartons of foreign wine declared as salt, other contraband

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operating Unit (FOU), Zone C,  Owerri has confiscated 5,040 cartons of red grape wine  smuggled into the country.  The NCS  also seized 143 bales…

FEC approves N318m For NDDC Forensic Audit

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a contract of N318 million to engage the firm of Olumuyiwa, Bashir and Co. Ltd as Lead Consultant for the forensic audit…

N150bn fraud: More trouble for T.A. Orji, son as lawyer drags duo to CCB over undeclared assets

…May lose senate seat An Abuja-based lawyer may have worsened the woes of Senator Theodore Orji and his son, Chinedum Orji who are undergoing investigations for alleged fraud in excess…

Contract Probe: Under Okorocha, contracts were awarded at the pleasure of the governor – Auditor General

…Says, statutory agencies were shut out The Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts awarded from June 2011 to May 2019 headed by Justice Benjamin Iheka, yesterday, ordered the State Auditor…

Nigerian lecturers spend research grants on cars, houses – TETFund

Lecturers of Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions divert research grants for the purchase of houses, cars and other personal effects, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has alleged. PremiumTimes reports that the allegation…

SUG President arrested in police raid, while conducting cult initiation

The Students’ Union President of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Adegboye Emmanuel and another suspected student, Olanrewaju Taiwo are cooling their heels at a police detention cell after they were busted and…

‘Giant’ Hyena escapes from Imo zoo, recaptured six hours later

A full grown male Hyena escaped from Imo State Zoological Garden and Wildlife Park at the early hours of Monday. The Hyena described by management of the zoo as a…

Presidency: Until we make a law for zoning, political desperation will not end – Niger Delta group

A pressure group, the Niger Delta Youth Coalition (NDYC), has called for legislation that would guarantee political zoning and power rotation as part of the county’s law. National Coordinator of…