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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has backed the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah over his recent comments on insecurity. Ortom asked the Federal Government to stop intimidating patriotic Nigerians who are…

Surah Animashaun of the All Progressives Congress (APC), daughter of Oba Kamorudeen Animashaun of Epeland, was last night declared winner of the chairmanship election in Epe Local Government. The returning officer, Lagos State…

YUSUF Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, will on August 20 wed daughter of the emir of Bichi, Princess Zahra Ado-Bayero. Spokesperson for Bichi Emirate, Lurwanu Malikawa, in a statement yesterday said the Emir of Bichi, Nasir…

The management of Air Peace on Saturday dismissed reports that one of its planes crash-landed in Ilorin, Kwara State. Reports had said several passengers, including some highly-placed Nigerians, narrowly escaped death when a…

The Director General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, flagged-off the NYSC National Sanitation Exercise at the Palace of the Sa'Nyanyayi of Nyanya Abuja, today, 24th July, 2021. In his address, the Director General pointed…

The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has reiterated the stance of elder statesman, Edwin Clark, insisting that the Niger Delta region is not part of Biafra. Clark had stated that the region was not part of the agitation for a sovereign…

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu says some people are working behind the scene following the arrest of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Sanwo-Olu made this known today after casting his votes at the…

Many passengers narrowly escaped death on Saturday morning as an aircraft in the fleet of Air Peace crash-landed at the runway of the Ilorin International Airport, Kwara State. The runway of the Ilorin International Airport has…

The Ogoga of Ikere, HRM Oba Adejimi Adu Alagbado today showered encomium on the NYSC for the wonderful job the scheme is doing not only in keeping the country united but in the development of rural communities in Nigeria. The…

THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, last night, announced 317 new cases of coronavirus and one death. This represents the highest number of daily cases recorded in over four months, taking the total tally to 170,623 and…

THE State Government has directed all students of public secondary schools in the state to register and obtain the National Identification Number (NIN). The Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Sanusi Saidu-Kiru, gave the directive in a…

SUSPECTED murderers of Dr Terkula Suswam, the elder brother of the former Governor of Benue State, Senator Gabriel Suswam, has been arrested in Nasarawa State. Suswam was killed in March at Ayin village, Logo Local Government Area of…

THE Ohanaeze Ndigbo says the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu will not be abandoned like an "orphan". National Publicity Secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, was quoted by the PUNCH to have said this yesterday.…

YORUBA Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has asked the Federal High Court in Ibadan to compel the Attorney General of the Federation and the Department of State Services to pay him N5bn in damages over…

PRESIDENT Buhari has asked beneficiaries of government patronage to always engage in corporate social responsibility, instead of seeking to favour individuals with gifts. Buhari spoke in Daura, Katsina State, today, when he visited the…

THE Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has urged state governors to sign the death warrant of 3,008 inmates on death row at custodial facilities across the country as part of decongestion strategies. Aregbesola said this in Osogbo…

THE proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has slammed Edwin Clark, an elder statesman in the Niger Delta, for saying the region was not part of Biafra. The group said betrayal and sabotage run in Clark’s DNA, accusing him of…

THE People’s Republic of China has assured Nigerians that the country would not slip into a debt trap since its loans are mutually beneficial. Cui Jianchun, the country's Ambassador to Nigeria, gave this assurance yesterday while…

A FEDERAL High Court, Abuja, today ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to produce before the court 12 detained associates of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho on July 29. Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the…

Hajiya Aminatu Dahiru Binani, wife of the former Governor of the State and Senator representing Gombe Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Muhammad Danjuma Goje, has welcome thousands of women groups who paid her…

GOVERNOR Ben Ayade hailed President Buhari’s integrity and simplicity, saying he has lived in the same house for 30 years without renovation. Ayade, who made this known yesterday, said President Buhari's qualities lured him into the All…

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi yesterday paid a condolence visit to families of some of the policemen killed at police checkpoints on Wednesday. Recall that unidentified gunmen attacked police checkpoints located at Obeagu-Uno along…

CHIEF Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has urged members of the party in the State to stop employing falsehood to cause division within the party. He also said he had not anointed candidate in the upcoming party congresses as…

THE lawmaker representing Bayelsa West in the Senate, Henry Seriake Dickson, has warned that President Buhari's assent to the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) could lead to insecurity in eight states. The bill provides that three percent of…

THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, yesterday said the Federal Government has approved over N1 billion for payment of benefits for doctors who died in active service. Ngige, who disclosed to journalists at the end of…

PRESIDENT Buhari says his administration has done its best in delivering good governance to Nigerians with the available resources. The President made the statement yesterday when he received not fewer than 12 governors of the…

THE Federal Government says it has never stopped Nigerians from using social media platform, Twitter. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Federal Government said this in a counter-affidavit at the Federal Court…

THE Court D’Appeal in Cotouno, Benin Republic, has adjourned the extradition case involving the Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho till Friday, July 23, 2021. Recall that Igboho was arrested on his way to Germany with his wife Ropo.…

THE People's Democratic Party has called on President Buhari and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute Hadiza Bala-Usman whose appointment as the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority just got…

The Body of Benchers, Nigeria, has barred parents and visitors from the Call to Bar ceremony which will hold from July 27 to 29, 2021. In a statement on Thursday through its Secretary, Daniel Manasseh Esq, it further said the ceremony,…

THE State Government has announced a restriction of movement across the State between the hours of 8 am and 3 pm on Saturday, July 24, 2021. According to a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy,…

THE first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano jets arrived in the country today. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who disclosed this in a statement, said the aircraft arrived the Aminu…

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, says there is no succession agreement, either formal or informal between President Buhari and the party’s…

THE leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has alleged that Fulani herdsmen killed the uncle of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. According to Adebanjo, Igboho's agitation is due to…

The Coalition for Good Governance (CGG) has urged Nigerians to disregard the false alarm by Sahara Reporters and a faceless staff of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) against its Director-General/Chief Executive, Sir Joseph Ari. The…

THE State Police Command yesterday evening confirmed the rescue of two of the kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in the Chikun Local Government Area. The students were said to have been rescued by police operatives in…

BISHOP David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church International aka Winners’ Chapel has described the pastors recently sacked by the church as "blatant failures" and "unfruitful". One Pastor Peter Godwin had claimed that the church sacked…

THE Federal Government and the Department of States Service are still mute over the arrest and detention of the Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho, on Monday night, in Cotonou, Benin Republic Former Chief of Army…

SENATE Minority Leader, Enyinaya Abaribe, says he would stand surety again for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, given the same circumstances. Abaribe stated this yesterday during an…

SUSPECTED Fulani herders, on Tuesday, killed 13 persons in Guma Local Government Area of the state. Tuesday’s killings happened at a different location and four of the victims were said to be returning from a funeral. Reports say the…

THE residents of Mpape Phase 2, a community near the highbrow Maitama District, Abuja, have received a letter purportedly written by armed robbers notifying them of an impending attack. Although the proposed date for the attack was not…

THE judge in the case of Omoyele Sowore, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, has indicated that she is no longer interested in presiding over the trial involving the publisher of SaharaReporters and co-defendant Olawale Bakare. Justice Ojukwu, who…

By Benedict Aguele The Industrial Training Fund has been in the news of late for leading a revolution in the technological space in the country. One of the reasons is the recent launch of made in Nigeria Android phone, ITF…

GUNMEN killed at least six policemen during an attack on a police checkpoint in Enugu State last evening. An eyewitness told journalists the criminals attacked the checkpoint located along the Obeagu Uno-Amodu – Umueze Amechi Road in…

YOMI Aliyu, the lawyer to embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has explained how the activist was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Aliyu, who featured in a radio talk programme on Rave FM, “Frank Talk,”…

President Buhari has terminated the appointment of the embattled Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala-Usman. Buhari disclosed this on July 12 in an affidavit filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos, in…

THE Catholic Bishops in the country have decried the selective administration of justice by President Buhari’s administration. The bishops, who came together under the aegis of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, said in a communiqué issued…

THE Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to treat Sunday Adeyemo, popular known as Sunday Igboho or any other Yoruba nation agitator like a common criminal. Adams made this…

THE Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on the Federal Government to address the fundamental issues of injustice in the country to end agitations and the emergence of ethnic heroes. The group maintained that going after the likes of the…

THE Minister of Power, Sale Mamman has issued a pledge that there will be a massive improvement in power supply for the benefit of Nigerians. Mamman made this assertion during a press briefing at the Eld-el-Kabir celebration in Jalingo,…