2023: PDP BOT congratulates Atiku, urges him to pick acceptable running mate
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Wali Jibrin has expressed happiness […]
Month: May 2022
U.S. did not spread monkeypox in Nigeria – Embassy
The United States has no connection with the recent outbreak of monkeypox in Nigeria, the American embassy in the country has said. It explained that […]
Nepal plane crash: All passengers and crew confirmed dead
Nepalese officials on Tuesday confirmed that all the 22 people on board the plane that crashed on May 29 were killed after rescuers found and […]
Alleged N2.9b fraud: Court admits Okorocha to N500m bail
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, admitted Sen. Rochas Okorocha to bail in the sum of N500 million with one surety in like sum. […]
Maritime Conference: FG pledges support to Nigerian Navy for enhanced performance
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to support the Nigerian Navy’s regional collaborative efforts to secure the Gulf of Guinea for […]
“Be patriotic on issues of national security” – COAS urges Nigerian media
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The need for media and information experts to be responsive and patriotic on issues relating to national security has been […]
Tinubu faces screening, explains why he is most qualified
Sen. Bola Tinubu, a frontline presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday appeared before the party’s John Odigie-Oyegun-led seven-man Presidential Screening Committee. […]
APC primaries: Two Bauchi senators lose re-election tickets
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Two serving Senators in Bauchi State have failed in their bid to return to the Senate as they lost out in […]
NAFDAC arrests suspect over alleged importation of fake drug
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested a 32-year-old businessman, identified as Obinna Igbo, […]
2023: ‘We won’t Allow Campaigns for Igbo Presidential Candidate in the North’ – Arewa group reacts to Ohanaeze
Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), an Arewa Group, has vowed to disrupt campaign events of Igbo presidential candidates in the North after a similar […]
Lionel Messi predicts fate at PSG next season
Lionel Messi, the world-famous Paris Saint-Germain forward, has predicted that next season will be way better for him at the club. Messi left his boyhood club […]
How a man’s swollen corpse was discovered inside his house days after wife refused to open door
A yet-to-be named Ogun State housewife has been apprehended by her neighbourhood vigilante and other residents after her husband’s corpse was found in their bathroom […]
2023 presidency: ‘Osinbajo may step down for Tinubu’ – Shehu Sani
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, on Monday said going by the chain of event recently in Nigeria’s political space, Vice-President […]
Buhari commends Navy over Nigeria’s exit from sea piracy list
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commended the Nigeria Navy for improving maritime security in the nation’s waters, prompting the delisting of Nigeria from countries affected […]
Nigeria woos foreign navies to secure Gulf of Guinea
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lt.-Gen. Lucky Iraboh, has called for more collaboration with foreign navies to effectively tackle maritime crimes in the Gulf […]
Nigerian territory was not attacked by Cameroonian separatists – Army
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has dismissed the reports making the rounds that some Nigerian villages were attacked by Cameroonian (Ambazonian) separatists […]
UEFA to investigate Champions League Final chaos
UEFA announced on Monday it was opening an “independent report” into the security chaos before the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at […]
INEC test runs BVAS in Ekiti ahead of governorship poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday ran a mock exercise with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in Ekiti, ahead of the state’s […]
Methodist Church Prelate, two other clerics regain freedom
The kidnapped Prelate of the Methodist Church, His Eminence Samuel Uche, and two other abducted clerics have regained freedom. They were released at 6.30 pm […]
Peter Obi could have been my Vice President in NNPP – Kwankwaso
The presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, could have been […]