Schools declare emergency holiday, others shut, residents panic over IPOB sit-at-home

Private and missionary schools have shut down in Imo State as a result of the sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra on Monday, May 31, 2021, throughout the…

I never received N2bn from recovered loot, Malami replies reps

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has denied the allegation that N2 billion was paid to his office from recovered loot. The house of representatives ad hoc committee probing…

REVEALED: A Human-Parts-Selling Gang ‘Operates in Rivers in Cahoots with the Police’

A yet-to-be-identified lady has narrated her experience when she was abducted by a human parts selling gang along Iwofe Road in Port Harcourt and taken to a forest at Etche…

Don’t bring Sharia to South-West, PFN warns Senate

THE Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has warned against the subterranean moves being made by some groups to introduce Sharia Law to the South West region of the country through…

NBC Suspends Licence of Brekete’s Human Rights Radio Over Repeated Assault

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has announced the suspension of Ahmed Isah’s Human Rights Radio, hosts of the Brekete family programme. The announcement was made on Thursday afternoon after another…

We’ve met all ASUP’s demands ― FG

Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba We’ve met all ASUP’s demands ― FG • As students vow to shutdown Abuja International Airport LATEST NEWS By Clement Idoko –…

Coalition to IGP: We won’t allow you to turn the South-East to a killing field

A coalition of 44 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and intellectuals have called on the Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba and the authorities of the Nigerian Army and…

Buhari appoints Farouk Yahaya new Chief of Army Staff

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This is according to a statement signed and released on Thursday by military spokesperson, Brigadier-General…

Disbandment of SARS created a vacuum in policing, says IGP

Alkali Baba, acting inspector-general of police, says the disbandment of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) created a vacuum in policing the country. Baba said this at a media briefing on…

Abducted IYC President Regains Freedom, Says No Going Back On Protest

The President of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, Peter Timothy Igbifa, has regained freedom. Igbifa was abducted on his way to the airport in Port Harcourt, one day to the…

Soldiers threaten to shoot EFCC officials, recover property seized from NSA’s aide

Soldiers on Wednesday threatened to shoot officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that came to mark properties seized from Brig. Gen Jafaru Mohammed, the Director of Finance and…

No going back on Asaba resolutions — Southern Govs

THE Southern Governors Forum, yesterday, insisted that there was no going back on its Asaba resolutions, just as it called on the Federal Government to shed itself of the excess…

Kano hisbah confiscates 8,400 bottles of beer

The Kano State Hisbah Board has said it has confiscated 8,400 bottles of beer in Dawakin Kudu and Kura local government areas LGAs). The Commander­­-General of the board, Dr Harun…

Masari: Open grazing is un-Islamic — we must end it

Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina state, says open grazing is un-Islamic and not the best for herders. Speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Katsina, Masari said the needed infrastructure should…

Fumigation lands over 100 students in hospital in Ekiti

The Ekiti State government said it has commenced investigation into the alleged COVID-19 fumigation of the State College of Health Sciences and Technology Ijero-Ekiti, which led to the hospitalisation of…