LOCAL NEWS
God is using Buhari to deal with Nigerians – Primate Ayodele
Primate Elijah Ayodele, the Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has said God is using President Muhammadu Buhari to deal with Nigerians. Primate Elijah said…
State police is the solution to insecurity – Nigerian Speakers
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria have agreed that State Police will curb the security challenges in the country. Their decision was…
Senators commends Southern Governors call for restructuring, state police, ban open grazing
The Southern Senators’ Forum has commended steps taken by state governors from the region to stem the rise in insecurity. Recall that the Southern Governors’…
Southern Governors Meet In Asaba Over Insecurity In Nigeria
Governors from the southern part of Nigeria on Tuesday met in Asaba, Delta State to proffer solutions to killings, kidnapping and other challenges bedevilling the…
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Rice processors kicks as Senate order Customs to release seized foreign rice
Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RIPAN) is furious over the Senate’s directive to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return smuggled foreign rice seized from shops in…
Port Harcourt Refinery: House To Investigate $1.5bn Rehabilitation Cost
The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream to organise an investigative hearing to ascertain the true state of the Port…
Monetary Policy Rate Stays At 11.5% – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to retain the monetary policy rate at 11.5 percent. The announcement was made…
Matawalle visits Tudun Wada Market fire victims, directs reconstruction of affected shops
by Abdul Gafar, Nigeria’s Northern Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has visited the Tudun Wada Market, which was engulfed by fire as a…
SECURITY
Police strips escorts from South East, Rivers Governors, senators, VIPs
The Nigeria Police Force has ordered immediate withdrawal of personnel attached to governors, senators, public office holders and high profile persons in the South East.…
Jema’a LG Secretary, Wife, Daughter-in-law Murdered In Kaduna
The Kaduna government has announced the murder of three persons in Jema’a in a Saturday night attack by gunmen. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security,…
Buba Galadima Ask Buhari To Employ Mercenaries To Fight Bandits, Boko Haram Others
Buba Galadima, former leader of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has called on the Federal Government to re-enlist the services of mercenaries in…
IPOB Suffers Casualty In Imo
Seven suspected members of a militia group of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) have been killed during a joint operation by the Nigeria Police Force,…
Two Nurses Abducted As Bandits Attack Kaduna Hospital
Armed bandits on Wednesday attacked the General Hospital Idon in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted two nurses. A source from the…
CRIME Watch
Investigate helicopter reportedly dropping supplies to bandits, ACF to FG
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has suggested full, open and transparent investigation into the intercepted Helicopter reportedly dropping supplies to bandits. The forum noted that…
Jigawa Rape Cases Surpass Other Criminal Activities – Police
The Jigawa Police Command has revealed an upsurge in the number of rape cases in the state as thirty-five girls were raped within three months.…
Gunmen abduct all passengers as they hijacked 18-seater bus
Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have hijacked an 18-seater passenger commercial bus in Ibarapa, Oyo State. Our Reporter gathered that the bus was hijacked…
Two Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms For Obtaining $1m From Three Foreign Airlines
Two fraudsters who obtained a cumulative sum of about $1,000,000.00 (One Million Dollars) from three foreign airlines through Business Email Compromise fraud have been convicted…
POLITICS
PDP Insists On Electronic Transmission Of 2023 Election Results
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has no excuses not to use the electronic direct transmission of results in…
Kaduna APC Primary: Aggrieved Aspirants Reject Result
Some chairmanship aspirants who participated in last Saturday’s Chairmanship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna state have rejected the outcome of the…
Youth engagement key to ending insecurity – Ohanaeze to Southern Governors
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Wednesday, declared that the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum missed the mark in their recommendations towards ending the high level of insecurity…
Supreme Court Upholds Deregistration Of 74 Political Parties
The Supreme Court has affirmed the judgement of the Court of Appeal which upheld the deregistration of the National Unity Party and others. INEC had…
EDUCATION
Zamfara Govt Paid N400m For Scholarship In One Month – Matawalle
The Zamfara State government has paid N400 million for scholarship for students studying within and outside the country in the last one month. Governor Bello…
ASUP may end strike soon, as it updates conditions
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has said the ongoing indefinite strike will continue until the Federal Government meets its demands. The ASUP National…
FCTA clears air on closure of schools over security threat
The Education Secretariat of FCT Administration has denied reports that schools in the Bwari Area Council have been shut due to the fear of bandits.…
JAMB announces new feature in UTME registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has announced a new feature in the ongoing registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination…
HEALTH
World could have prevented COVID-19 catastrophe: Expert panel
An independent panel has concluded that the catastrophic scale of the coronavirus pandemic could have been prevented but a “toxic cocktail” of dithering and poor…
Index Case Of Strange Disease Drank Water Near A Cemetery – Kano Govt
by Abdul Gafar, The Northern Nigeria’s economic hub, Kano state has revealed that the index case of the strange disease that has claimed four lives…
Resident Doctors May Resume Strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to go on strike over the failure of the Federal Government to address their demands and…
COVID-19: Nigeria To Procure 140m Doses Of Vaccines In Two Years – Fayemi
The Federal Government of Nigeria is expected to procure a total of 140 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine within the next two years. The…
AFRICA
Deadly landslide hits gold mine in Guinea
At least 15 people have been killed in a landslide at a gold mine in Guinea’s northeastern region of Siguiri, according to officials, as rescuers…
Chad military claims victory over northern rebels
Chad’s military has claimed victory in its weeks-long battle with northern rebels that led to the death of President Idriss Deby on the front line. The rebel…
South Sudan president dissolves parliament as part of peace deal
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, opening the way for lawmakers from opposing sides of the country’s civil war to be appointed under…
Burkina Faso attacks displace thousands in 10 days: UN
More than 17,500 people in Burkina Faso have been forcefully displaced from their homes in the past 10 days due to a series of attacks by unidentified armed groups that…
GLOBAL
Palestinians criticise social media censorship over Sheikh Jarrah
Palestinians have slammed social media companies for shutting down their personal accounts and censoring content about attacks on residents and activists by Israeli forces and…
US authorities name 10 victims, suspect in Colorado shooting
A 21-year-old man faces 10 counts of murder in connection with Monday’s mass shooting at a grocery store in the US city of Boulder, Colorado, local authorities…
Israel election: Netanyahu falls short of majority in exit polls
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is predicted to fall short of securing the seats needed to form a new government in Israel’s fourth election in two…
Anti-lockdown protests break out in Europe amid new COVID wave
Protesters in Germany clashed with police on Saturday over coronavirus measures, with officers using water cannon, pepper spray and batons against people trying to break…
Cultural Heritage
Ondo monarchs back Akeredolu’s order to herders, urge Buhari to call his aides to order
by James Taiwo, Ondo state Traditional rulers have thrown their weight behind Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s directive to unregistered herders to vacate government forest reserves. The monarchs…
Ganduje finally opens up, says main reason he sacked Sanusi
– The truth is finally out about what influenced the dethronement of Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano – Governor Umaru Ganduja on Tuesday,…
Douye Diri Promises To Preserve Traditional Institution In Bayelsa
by Agnes James, Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, was at the weekend conferred with the title “Ebe-Ebidou Owei” by the Pere of Tarakiri Kingdom,…
Two killed as hoodlums attack traditional ruler of Isinigbo
Two persons have been confirmed killed in the attack on the traditional ruler of Isinigbo in Akure North local government area, Oba Samuel Fadahunsi. The persons,…
Ado Bayero Visits Lagos State
Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero on Sunday paid an official visit to the Governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Emir held a…
SPORTS
Neymar opens up on playing with Cristiano Ronaldo in the future
Paris Saint-Germain forward, Neymar, has revealed his plans to play Juventus star, Cristiano Ronaldo, in the future. Neymar, having spent a considerable portion at PSG…
Thomas Tuchel confirms players that will miss Chelsea vs Arsenal game
Chelsea boss, Thomas Tuchel, has confirmed the players expected to miss his side’s Premier League clash against Arsenal on Wednesday night. Tuchel said Mateo Kovacic…
Manchester United star, Greenwood withdraws from the U21England squad
Manchester United youngster, Mason Greenwood, has withdrawn from the U21 team of England for their European Championship group stages. The Manchester United star was initially…
Man Utd Sign Shirt Sponsorship Deal With TeamViewer
Manchester United have agreed a five-year deal with technology company TeamViewer to become their principal shirt sponsor from next season in a reported £47 million-a-year…
ENTERTAINMENT
Grammy Award Wins: Buhari Congratulates Burna Boy and Wizkid
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated stars, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy and Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid for winning the 2021…
Support Military in fight against insecurity, FG urges Nigerians
The Federal Government has again called for support for the armed forces in fighting insurgency, terrorism, and other forms of criminality in the country. The…
The Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb: ‘There’s fame and there’s ultra-fame – it can destroy you’
The band’s last surviving member talks about falling out with his brothers before they died, how his wife saved him from drugs – and why…
Christmas singles flood UK top 40 chart
It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas, with festive singles accounting for more than half of this week’s UK top 40 chart. Twenty-one seasonal…
