Category: News
Family of slain taxi driver demands N100m compensation from police in Rivers
The family of a 31-year-old taxi driver who was allegedly killed by a policeman in Rivers State over two years ago on Monday demanded an ... Read More
Ortom begs Buhari to sustain ban on rice importation
The Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to sustain the ban on rice importation in the country. The governor ... Read More
Nigerian Adewale Adeyemo set to be Deputy Treasury Secretary in US
Nigerian-born attorney Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo is set to be announce as deputy Treasury secretary by US President-Elect, Joe Biden. Adeyemo was born in Nigeria raised in California where he ... Read More
Insecurity: Tucano fighter jets to arrive Nigeria soon – NAF
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has flayed reports in some sections of the media that the subsisting contractual agreement between the Nigerian Government and the United States of America ... Read More
UI Senate elects Ekanola acting VC
The Senate of the University of Ibadan has elected Prof. Adebola Babatunde Ekanola the new Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university. Ekanola, who is the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics was ... Read More
66 Nigerians jailed in Bangladesh for fraud
Sixty-six Nigerians are spending various terms in prisons in Bangladsh for fraud and other crimes, a report by the country’s top newspaper, Dhaka Tribune said. The Nigerians ... Read More
No federal lawmaker earns up to 10m – Rep
A member of the House of Representatives, Olaifa Jimoh, has dispelled insinuation that federal lawmakers earn jumbo pay, insisting that no lawmaker earns up to N10 million. Jimoh, ... Read More
Borno Massacre: Defence Headquarters dismisses UN’s Report – Insists only 43 slaughtered
Defence Headquarters, on Monday, denied the report released by the United Nations that no fewer than 110 civilians were slaughtered by Boko Haram terrorists during ... Read More
FG’s delegation visit Borno over killing of farmers
A federal government delegation led by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State by mid-day on Monday on a condolence visit over the killing of farmers at the weekend by terrorists. ... Read More
Arrest for Ransom: How police are extorting fulani villagers in Kano
The police have been accused of illegal arrest and extortion of innocent citizens, mostly nomadic Fulani in Kano state. Some of the victims who spoke ... Read More
N554m Grass-Cutting Scandal: EFCC re-arraigns ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, re-arraigned a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, before an Abuja High Court at Maitama, over ... Read More
Slaughtered Borno farmers did not get clearance to farm – Garba Shehu
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said the 43 farmers slaughtered by Boko Haram in Zabarmari, ... Read More
See Graphics Photos From Zabarmari Massacre In Borno State
More than 43 farmers from Zabarmari, a farming community in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State were slaughtered by Boko Haram terrorists. The incident ... Read More
Riot breaks out at Sri Lanka prison when inmates try to escape, 8 killed, 37 injured
At least eight inmates were killed and 37 others injured when a riot broke out at a prison on the outskirts of Colombo in Sri ... Read More
Suspected kidnapper nabbed after he mistakenly board a vehicle owned by one of his victims
A suspected kidnapper, pictured above, has been nabbed after mistakenly boardinga commercial vehicle owned by one of his victims in Sokoto state. The driver who was kidnapped along Kankara in ... Read More
Boko Haram: Buhari, govs ‘ve lost control – Defend yourselves, CNG tell northerners
Following the killing of 43 farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram, Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has called on northerners to defend themselves against ... Read More
Nigeria recorded 82 fresh covid-19 cases
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 82 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases ... Read More
Farmers’ Killings: Govs question security agencies capability
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum has deescribed the killings of rice farmers in Borno State as a sad narrative that raises serious questions on the general ... Read More
Report on spending N81m to clear grass at National Stadium is a misleading headline – Sunday Dare clears the air
The Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare, yesterday emphasised that spending scarce resources to fix sporting infrastructure is more important than spending money to cut the grass ... Read More
Insecurity: ‘Farmers abandoning harvest’ – President
Farmers in the country have warned that killings and attacks by terrorists and bandits are dangerous to national food security. The president of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Kabiru Ibrahim, told ... Read More