After a lull in the activities of bandits, the hoodlums have again launched attacks in parts of the country. Residents of Awon in Kaduna State, in this report by SOLOMON ODENIYI and GODWIN ISENYO, explain how eight students of the Government Secondary School Awon in the Kachia Local Government Area were abducted on Monday. The…
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammed Sanusi, has said Nigeria has never been this divided since the Civil War of 1967 to 1970. He said the country, because of the elections, was now “dangerously divided along ethnic and religious lines”, adding that it had put the integrity of public institutions in…
The House of Representatives has called for increased security at Nigerian airports to ensure peace and security. The call followed a motion on matters of urgent public importance made by Jimoh Olajide at plenary on Tuesday. Presenting the motion, Olajide recalled the commotion caused by a passenger on Friday aboard an Ibom Air plane. The…
No fewer than six persons have lost their lives in a ghastly auto crash that occurred at Iwaraja junction (Igbelajewa) area, Ipetu- Ijesha route of Osun State. The Superintendent Route Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) who is also the Federal Sector Public Education Officer of the the Corps, Mrs. Agnes Ogungbemi, made…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted bail to popular Instagram ‘relationship expert’ Blessing Okoro for alleged cyber-bullying. The Instagram influencer, according to the Lagos State PPRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, was arrested by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID). Rotshang Dimka, the prosecution counsel, had told the court that Blessing used her…
The Defence Headquarters has reacted to some social media video clips been circulated arising from the presence of some United Nations Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, Edo state. This has resulted to insinuations which are inimical to public peace and may even cause panic. According to a press statement released on…
A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Nicolas Felix, on Tuesday said the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will appoint only talented people into his cabinet after taking the oath of office on May 29. Felix, who spoke in an interview on Arise Television on Tuesday, noted that Tinubu’s appointment would be based…
The National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) on Monday received another batch of 144 stranded Nigerians from Niamey in Niger Republic. Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator Kano Territorial Office, disclosed this while receiving the returnees at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. Abdullahi, represented by NEMA Kano Head of Human Resources, Mr Suleiman Sa’ad-Abubakar, said that…
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has explained why he did not endorse any candidate in the 2023 elections. Soyinka made this known in an interview on Channels Television’s Roadmap 2023 on Monday. The Nobel laureate described the 2023 elections as “not exactly the most edifying exercise that we’ve been through.” He said, “On arriving, I…
The Kaduna State Government says it has received preliminary reports from security agencies on the kidnapping of about 10 students in Kachia Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said that according to…
