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PROMOTERS of the #ENDSARS anniversary rally in Lagos yesterday vowed to go ahead with the activity despite the planned police clampdown on protesters in the state. The Lagos State police command had earlier asked the youths and other…

By David Onmeje The Sun Publishing Limited, publishers of The Sun newspaper is one of Nigeria’s leading generational news tabloid. Within a short time of its operations, the medium carved a niche for itself in credibility and…

THE police have ordered a probe of the officer who was seen casting a ballot during Saturday’s congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State. In the viral picture, the officer was seen beside Abdullahi Abbas, the…

Microstrategy founder, Michael Saylor, says Nigerian government needs to adopt bitcoin and invest billions of dollars if President Buhari-led admininstration wants to end starvation within the country. Saylor said to fix Nigeria, the…

Kidnappers in Haiti are demanding a $1 million ransom for each of the 17 American and Canadian missionaries abducted in the country last Saturday. According to Haitian Minister of Justice and Public Security, Liszt Quitel, the FBI and…

THE United States has pledged to help Nigeria fight banditry. US Principal Deputy National Security Advisor, Jon Finer, gave the assurance at a press round table in Abuja yesterday. According to Finer, his country will continue to…

IFEANYI Ejiofor, the lead counsel to detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, says that IPOB’s legal team is eminently prepared and that the Federal Government and Nigerians should expect “legal fireworks”…

Sina Babarinde,  a member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Living Word Parish, Basin Road, Ilorin, was on Sunday morning, killed by unknown gunmen. Babarinde was said to have stepped out of the church to receive a call…

THE Federal Government has taken delivery of the last batch of six A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets from the United States. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this when he featured in a phone-in…

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom has urged President Buhari to declare herdsmen killing and destroying property in the state as terrorists. Ortom, who made the call yesterday during the commissioning of the Government Science Secondary School in…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of over 40 people at a crop market in Goronyo, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State by suspected bandits. The hoodlums stormed the densely populated market at 4:30 p.m. on…

GOVERNOR Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has confirmed that at least 43 people were killed by bandits during an attack on a crop market at Goronyo town in Goronyo Local Government Area. Tambuwal, according to a statement issued by his…

The Federal Government today filed an amended seven-count charge against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. The fresh charges borders on treasonable felony and…

THE Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Ifeanyi Ubah, today, approached a Federal High Court in Abuja to seek an order to visit Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services. Ubah, in company with…

Governor  Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has kicked against the travel advisory issued by the British High Commission. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, FCDO, had advised its citizens in Nigeria to steer clear of 12…

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo today said Nigeria and the World Bank are collaborating to raise $30 million to finance a vaccine plant in the country. Osinbajo stated this at the International Conference on Health Access and Socio-Economic…

FORMER vice-presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says he has not received any official invitation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), neither has he reacted to it. The EFCC is reported to have invited Obi for…

AT least 10 bandits were killed in Kwanan Bataru, outside Fatika in Giwa Local government Area while one hostage was rescued, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said. In a statement today, Aruwan revealed…

FOUNDER of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, said the South-East would not be trusted to produce a Nigerian president because of the overwhelming influence of founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu in the region.…

*Bandits are simple criminals who believe in Nigeria - Lai Mohammed* The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says bandits are criminals who don’t have an ideology compared to groups such as the Indigenous People of…

THE governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra, Valentine Ozigbo, says the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, will be released soon. Ozigbo, who spoke last night in…

THE Gombe State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Ada Imoni, today, warned prospective corps members not to slim fit, or cut their pair of trousers to become shorter. Imoni gave the warning in a statement titled,…

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, says he has no intention of withdrawing the case challenging his removal from court. His media aide, Ike Abonyi, disclosed this in a statement today in Abuja.…

YORUBA Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo alias Sunday Igboho has warned against raising funds for his treatment. Sunday Igboho, who is in detention in Benin Republic, was reported to have been rushed to a hospital over alleged liver…

At least 30 persons were killed when bandits attacked a market in the eastern part of Sokoto State on Sunday. Traders and buyers at Goronyo weekly Market in Goronyo Local Government Area of the state, were reportedly killed in the…

GUNMEN, this morning, attacked a police station in Ohaukwu Local Government Area, setting all those detained at the station free. Police Public Relations Officer, Loveth Odah, confirmed the attack but did not go into details. The…

The Senator representing Anambra North senatorial district at the National Assembly, Stella Oduah has slammed critics of President Muhammadu Buhari from the South-East region. According to Oduah, “any person who says president Muhammadu…

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday issued a notice ahead of the resumption of trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu on October 21. Mr Kanu is being tried for alleged treason before Justice Binta…

A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to return the international passport seized from former Rivers State Governor Peter Odili. Justice Inyang Ekwo declared the seizure of Mr Odili’s…

The Partnership for Initiatives in the Niger Delta, a non-governmental organization committed to peace-building and capacity development in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is set to mark its 10th years of operation in the region. Since its…

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has again received another accolade to his already long list of honours as he was presented the Sun Awards 2020 for Public Service by the…

The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, says he respects the agitation of the Indigenous People of Biafra but noted that dialogue is the only way forward. The former Governor of…

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, says it is mischievous for presidential aide Femi Adesina to compare President Muhammadu Buhari to Obafemi Awolowo and Nnamdi Kanu. The group made this known in a statement today by its…

THE People's Democratic Party, today, sought a court order, joining the three Zamfara senators and 27 other lawmakers who defected from the party to All Progressives Congress in a suit against Governor Bello Matawalle. The PDP, through…

RENOWNED Nollywood actor Chiwetalu Agu said he was treated with respect during his time in the custody of the Nigerian Army and the State Security Service (SSS). Agu stated this at an event organised by the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN)…

THE Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Pastor Paul Enenche, has kicked against compulsory Covid-19 vaccination. Enenche appeared in a video today leading his congregation in prayer at the church’s headquarters in…

THE Federal Government says 102 ex-Biafran soldiers granted presidential pardon have been captured for payment of gratuities and other emoluments by the Military Pension Board. Minister of Defence, Major General Salihi Magashi (rtd),…

The General Overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, today, visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This was revealed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and…

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn its suit seeking the forfeiture of N20 billion bailout funds granted to the Kogi State Government by a new generation bank. The anti-graft agency had alleged that the…

THE Northern Elders’ Forum says it won't be intimidated by 'threats' by the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) threat over the presidency. The forum said this while reacting to PANDEF’s statement that the north should wait till 2031…

Controversial Big Brother Naija star, Boma Akpore has urged men to hide their wives as he stepped out of his house. The reality TV star who participated in the recently concluded Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eyes edition became a public…

The Indigenous People of Biafra says it was not behind the attack on the convoy of Governor Willie Obiano and other violence in the state. In a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Thursday, IPOB…

THE Federal Government has insisted federal civil servants must either get the Covid-19 vaccine or present a negative test result. Recall that the FG had on Wednesday mandated all civil servants to get the vaccine or else they…

The Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has insinuated that his principal is more popular than some of the country's nationalists like Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo and Aminu Kano. In his weekly…

The House of Representatives has rejected the N134 billion allocated to the National Assembly in the 2022 Budget. The House Spokesman, Benjamin Kalu, who addressed his colleagues yesterday during the debate on the budget in Abuja, said…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ruled out the possibility of engaging the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, Eastern Security Network (ESN), ahead of the November 6 governorship election in…

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has fired back at Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike after the latter questioned his motive for leaving the People's Democratic Party for the ruling All Progressives Congress. Fani-Kayode…

The Society for Girl-Child Education and Promotion (SOGCEP) has hailed the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, for championing the fight against inequality and gender-based violence in the…

GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai has suggested that banditry and other criminal vices in his state could soon escalate to the south if nothing is done. The governor disclosed this at the ‘Fountain Summit’, an event organised by the Ekiti…

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has advised politicians from the northern region seeking the presidency to wait till 2031. In a statement issued in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, today, Ken Robison, National Publicity Secretary…