The police command in Ekiti on Friday confirmed the killing of a police officer as gunmen allegedly abducted a Chinese expatriate in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. A new militant group, ‘Biafran Motherland Warrior’, has emerged in the South East. The group, which is said to be deadlier than the Eastern Security Network (ESN), […]
The Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye season has witnessed its first clash as Princess blows hot over bed space, just on her first night in the house. Singer, MC Galaxy, has called on organisers of Big Brother Naija, a reality TV show, to put all housemates up for eviction this week. In a post […]
India will supply millions of additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to its states to try to inoculate all school teachers by early next month, the health minister says, as the country gradually resumes physical classes. The pandemic has hit the country of 1.35 billion people particularly hard and hundreds of millions of its students have been […]
The chief press secretary to Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, Terver Akase, has tackled minister of special duties and intergovernmental affairs, George Akume, for asking his principal to apologise to President Muhammadu Buhari. Akume, at a media conference on Monday, had asked Ortom to tender an “unreserved apology” to Buhari over his recent media interview […]
As the world marks the International Day of Support for Victims of Enforced Disappeared, Amnesty International has called on the federal government to do all it can to urgently put an end to heinous crimes of enforced disappearances. The organization noted that families affected by enforced disappearance live through unimaginable torments, adding that when people […]
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Monday that the reports that Boko Haram elements are coming out of their trenches to surrender to Nigerian troops should be seen as a welcome development and should be encouraged. Lawan stated this in Maiduguri, Borno State at the Palace of Shehu of Borno, Abubakar El-Kanemi. The Senate […]
Unknown gunmen have assassinated the head of a Bororo village, Alhaji Sheidu Madawaki, at Obuh Ruga cattle settlement, Oro Ago kingdom in Kwara South Senatorial District. Reports reaching newsmen via security agents indicate that the Bororo leader was attacked in his residence at about 21.30hours on 29/08/2021 by unknown gunmen. Findings showed the deceased paid […]
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says the agency has recovered over $100 million for the Nigerian Ports Authority The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told banks to be more committed to tackling financial crimes and related challenges in the banking sector. He said […]
Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Citadel Global Community Church (formerly, The Latter Rain Assembly), has announced the donation of two church buildings to the Lagos State Government for use as isolation centres. The founder of Citadel Global Community Church (formerly Latter Rain Assembly), Tunde Bakare, has said he is no enemy of David Oyedepo, the […]
Latifat Tijani has won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympic Games. She won the gold on Thursday in women’s 45kg powerlifting. Tijani defeated China’s Zhe Cui to lift 107kg. Latifat Tijani was gold medalist at the Brazzaville 2015 Africa Games and silver medalist at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, who will also be […]
