Breaking: IPOB drops fresh sit-at-home, ‘no Nigerian flag’ Oct 1 declaration, threatens residents
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has again warned those in Southeastern part of the country to stay at home on October 1. The biafran group while also declaring ...
Insurgency: As CDS thumbs up OPSH commander …
Recently, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, visited Plateau state, where he held discussions with critical stakeholders, on the quest to finding lasting peace that would end needless ...
Group faults court ruling exonerating murder suspect
A Benin City-based social cultural group, Benin Solidarity Movement (BSN), has expressed reservations over the decision of Edo state High Court which struck out a case of alleged murder against ...
Oyo govt ready to prevent cholera outbreak – Perm sec
The Oyo state government on Friday reassured the people of the state of its preparedness to prevent an outbreak of cholera in all the nooks and crannies of the state ...
Why Gombe enjoys peace, by Gov Yahaya
The Gombe state governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has said the relative peace being enjoyed in the state despite its central position in the North-east “is a result of strategic planning.” Yahaya ...
Voter register: INEC requests NPC’s data on deceased Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the National Population Commission (NPC) to periodically avail INEC of the data of deceased Nigerians to further enhance the credibility of the ...
PDP’s call for Emefiele’s resignation unpatriotic-Group
A group, Coalition of Civil Society Groups (CCSG), has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop calling for the resignation of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria ...
Group tips Sen. Akume for APC national chair
The Queen Amina Support Initiative (QASI), has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC), to elect Senator George Akume as its national chairman. The group in a statement Thursday, issued in ...
Legacy projects: Court rules in Plateau govt’s favour
The Plateau state High Court Friday struck out a suit instituted by Blenisson Services Limited which handles the Lalong Legacy projects of the state government. The judgement delivered by the ...
Court convicts council director over employment scam
Justice Aminu Garba Sifawa of the Sokoto State High Court sitting in Sokoto, Wednesday, convicted and sentenced the Director Planning, Research and Statistics, Sokoto South Local Government Education Authority, Aminu ...
Southern govs’ anti-open grazing law unimplementable – El-Rufai
Kaduna state Governor Nasir El-Rufai has cautioned against politicising the open grazing controversy, saying the new law banning the activity in the southern states of Nigeria is not implementable. Some ...
Unbelievable! How kidnappers abducted 9-month pregnant woman, seized new baby after birth
A pregnant woman, has allegedly been set free and her baby taking away by kidnappers, after detaining her till the birth of her child, introducing a shocking but gory dimension ...
Money ritual: Suspected ritualists severe girl head, sell hands for N20,000
Operatives of the Kwara state police command have arrested two suspected money ritualists Femi Adeniji and his accomplice, Shittu Abdulmalik, who severed the head of a young girl for money ...
EFCC: Buhari appoints Secretary, Board members
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Secretary and board members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).In a letter read on the floor of the Senate Tuesday by the President ...
Bandits fleeing Zamfara regrouping in Niger, Shiroro residents cry out
The residents of communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state have been gripped by fears and apprehension following the influx of fleeing bandits from Zamfara and other states ...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Nigerian youth have been showing their readiness to take over the presidency and ...
Since they retired from public office, nothing is heard from or about them again. ELEOJO IDACHABA in this piece wonders ...
When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) restricted the sale of foreign exchange to BDCs, many thought that continuous slide ...
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Ex-CBN governor reveals what will happen to Nigerian economy
Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi has sounded the death knell for Nigerian economy, noting that crude oil on which the economy is anchored has no ...
Access Bank, GTbank ‘B’ outlook remain stable, says Fitch Ratings
Global ratings agency, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term issuer defaulting rating of two of Nigeria’s lenders, Access Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank at ‘B’ and Viability Rating (VR) at ...
New Upstream Petroleum Commission’s boss, Komolafe sets to deliver on huge task
All is set for the new Chief Executive Officer of the Upstream Petroleum Commission (UPR) Engineer Gbenga Komolafe, to bring in his many years of experience in the oil and ...
