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National Security: How Abuja, Lagos, PH, CCTV Project Was Stalled
By Murphy Ganagana Alejandro Francisco Herrero, Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina to Nigeria, would be sleeping with an eye open. On Sunday, March 14,...HELP! Nigeria Under Siege, as Bandits Go Haywire
* Abduct 1,160 persons in 4 months, 2,806 murder incidents recorded in a year *Police should come clean on statistics –Ejiofor, Ex -DSS Director “We are in...UNYIME IBANGA: End of the Road for Dreaded Cult Leader *How Overcomer was killed
For two years, he held Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria by the jugular. His nostrils belched fire whenever he gave orders to his lieutenants...FATAL ADVENTURE! Police Officer Abandons Duty Post, Dies in S3x Romp with Prostitute 72 Hours to New Year
It was an ignoble end for a police officer, a vile indulgence which has thrown his family into pain and agony barely three days...INCREDIBLE! Human Skull Recovered, As Merry-Making Bus Driver Crashes in Abia on Xmas Day
Rescue efforts by witnesses to a lone auto crash involving a mini bus on Christmas day at Umuikaa junction in Abia State, ended with...
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Don’t Obey Open Grazing Ban, Miyetti Allah Leader Tells Fulani Herdsmen
National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, has instructed Fulani herdsmen not to obey the ban on open grazing as recently pronounced by...What We Do With Ransom Money – Interview With Abductor Of Kankara Schoolboys
In this exclusive interview with Daily Trust, Auwal Daudawa, originally from Zurmi in Zamfara State, recounted how he picked up arms and why he...E-X-C-L-U-S-I-V-E! NEW SECURITY OUTFIT FOR NORTH SOON …Shettima Yerima, President, Arewa Youths Consultative Forum Explodes *Says Northern Governors have failed us...
The National President of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, a political pressure group and umbrella body of all youth groups in northern Nigeria,...DAMNING EXPOSE! Ex-Police Chief Opens Up …I Would Have Ended Boko Haram in 2012 If I’d Become IGP *Warns of...
Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power is presently facing danger of insurgents attack. And it’s real. The increasing presence of members of an Islamic sect...
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In Death Throes, Niger Delta Communities Seek Return Of ‘Flying Doctors’
She sat outside a thatch-roofed hut with arms akimbo, gazing at the sky and murmuring some inaudible words. The 49-year-old woman is...SAD! How 5 Teenage Girls Perished In Car Crash
The police in Yobe State are investigating the circumstances surrounding a single car crash on Wednesday, May 19, in which five teenage girls, including...Managing Mental Health Conditions Among Army Officers
Unarguably, mental health conditions are similar among sufferers, irrespective of class, profession or other instances. Similarly, neurologists note that mental health conditions experienced by military...Hunga Hunpe: How Nigeria’s Ex-Drummer General Became A Cobbler
A former Master Drummer General of Nigeria, Hunga Hunpe, on Thursday, sensationally revealed that he abandoned dancing and drumming to become cobbler because his people had no...I’m Not Looking For A Wife, Beware of Scammers — Oluwo
Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun State, has said he is not searching for a wife in public domain. The monarch,...
- Polity
Join APC If You Want To Be President-Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said groups and individuals clamouring to succeed him in 2023 especially from the Southern part of the...Twitter Ban: PDP Asks US, UK, Others To Impose Visa Ban On Buhari, Malami, Lai
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had asked the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Sweden among other members of the...Anambra Poll: APC Sets Up 7-Member Screening Committee
The All-Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a seven-member committee to screen aspirants jostling for its ticket in the forthcoming Anambra State...Why I Withdrew From 2019 Presidential Race –Major Al Mustapha
Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al Mustapha, has sensationally told how...PDP Tasks FG On Dangote Refinery Shares
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Federal Government to ensure transparency in its planned acquisition of 20 percent shares in...
- Public Sphere
Addressing Security Challenges In South-East
Worried by the increasing insecurity and attacks on police personnel and other public infrastructure in the South-East, the South-East Governors’ Forum on April 11,...Malami’s Malevolent Moo, By Casmir Igbokwe
Moo is that long, deep sound a cow makes intermittently. It can be irritating sometimes. Figuratively speaking, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of...NEWS ANALYSIS: Why Plane Crashes Are Rampant In Nigeria
Observers in the aviation industry note that in February, a military aircraft crashed near Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in which seven persons died. They...Female Police Officer Abandons Husband, Children In Plateau, Dies On Visit To ‘Man Friend’ In Nasarawa
The desire of a female police officer attached to the Plateau State police command to seek pleasure out of her matrimonial home has reportedly...Tribute: ‘For Joshua Dogonyaro, A Star Snapped’, By Ibrahim B. Babangida
I didn’t have the faintest idea that my good friend, brother, associate, professional colleague and confidant, General Joshua Dogonyaro would take the last breathe...
- Viewpoint
Interrogating Nigerians’ Deadly Desires For Their Leaders
By Onyema Omenuwa The death of Abba Kyari, the President’s Chief of Staff (CoS), on April 17, 2020, throws to the fore, again, the peculiar...
- Crime
Updated: 8 Students, 2 Lecturers Abducted As Gunmen Invade Polytechnic In Kaduna
A gang of armed men invaded the Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State, abducting yet-to-be-ascertained number of students and lecturers, it was...Man Lands In EFCC Net After Claiming To Be Owner Of Range Rover Worth N46M Under Probe…Son Also Arrested
A man, Isa Bola Bakare, who appeared at the Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, claiming ownership...Abductors Of UniJos Lecturer, Ella, Demand N10M Ransom
Abductors of Dr Dan Ella, a lecturer in the Department of Theatre Art, University of Jos, have demanded a ransom of N10...EFCC Arrests 61 For Alleged Internet Fraud, N102.3M Scam
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, June 4, arrested 50 suspected internet fraudsters at Alaro Sango, Agbaje Ijokoro, and Apete Aladura areas of Ibadan,...How German-Based Nigerian Was Shot By Soldiers In Imo -Police…Wife, Children Witnesses To Gory Murder
Imo State police command on Monday gave graphic details of how a Nigerian based in Germany was murdered in cold blood on...
- Agriculture
Open Grazing: Bayelsa Impounds 34 Cows For Violating Law
The Bayelsa State Livestock Management Committee (BSLMC) on Tuesday said it impounded 34 cows in Yenagoa for alleged violation of the state’s...Makinde Inaugurates Annual Farmers’ Support Programme
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday inaugurated the Annual State Farmers’ Support Programme through which 20,000 small-holder farmers received improved seedlings,...Plant Diseases Rob Global Economy Of $220B Annually – UN Study
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), an agency of the United Nations says plant diseases rob the global economy of more than...We Need Timely Release Of Inputs For Food Security — Farmers
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector on Thursday said farmers needed timely release of inputs to boost food availability and end food insecurity. Some of the...FCT Farmers Decry Poor Rainfall, Want More Fertilisers
A cross-section of farmers in Gwagwalada and Kwali in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried the paucity of rainfall and insufficient fertiliser supply. The...
- Entertainment
D’banj To Release Single In July To Mark Birthday
Music star, Oladapo Oyebanji popularly known as D’banj, will in July release single from his next album entitled “Stressfree” to mark his...Voice Nigeria: Contestants Spotlight Styl Plus, Seyi Shay
With the Voice Nigeria already halfway, team Waje battled to clinch the few spots left on the show, on Saturday night. The first talent to...Naira Marley: Mother, Daughter Accept Threesome Challenge As Nigerians React
Music artiste, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, has been under fire over his desire to have a threesome with a mother and daughter who...Alleged Defilement: Baba Ijesha Denies Lawyer
Embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James alias Baba Ijesha, has said, a former Chairman of Ikeja Branch of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Adeshina Ogunlana, is...Aki, PawPaw Unveils ‘Fatty & Sons’ TV Series
Comic star actors Aki and Pawpaw, real names Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme are collaborating again, filming a television series titled ‘Fatty & Sons’. The...
- Foreign News
Biden ‘Extremely Sympathetic’ In Harry Dunn Case – British PM
U.S President Joe Biden is actively engaged and extremely sympathetic in the case of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn killed in an accident,...Biden Fails To Restore U.S Image In France, Germany – Survey
United States’ reputation as the most influential power has suffered in France and Germany compared with its pre-pandemic levels, a recent survey...Capitol Riot Report Illustrates Glaring U.S Double Standards
United States Senate on Tuesday issued a new report on the January, 6 Capitol riot, stating that a number of intelligence and...Wuhan Lab Leak Hypothesis ‘Flawed’ Says WHO Investigator
A “lab-leak hypothesis” about the origin of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is flawed, said Dominic Dwyer, a professor at the University of Sydney,...Biden To Challenge Britain’s Johnson On N. Ireland Brexit Dispute
U.S President Joe Biden is expected to tell British Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to let the row over Northern Ireland’s Brexit...
- Health
305 Pharmacies, Patent Medicine Shops Sealed -PCN
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 305 pharmacies and patent medicine shops in Kebbi State for various offencesChild Labour Rises To 160M, As COVID-19 Makes More Vulnerable- UN
The UN on Thursday said for the first time in two decades the number of children put to labour had risen to...Cancer, A Compelling Reason To Cut Alcohol- Study
A new study unveiled on Tuesday said, telling people that alcohol causes cancer and encouraging them to count their drinks would make...Ehanire: $1.5M Clinical Trial Cost Delays Local Covid-19 Vaccine
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, and Thursday said a Nigerian researcher has developed a COVID-19 vaccine with a high probability to...Nigeria Records 100,000 Cases Of Clubfoot Annually -NOA
Nigerian Orthopaedic Association (NOA) says no fewer than 100,000 cases of clubfootare recorded in the country annually. The President...
- Law & Judiciary
Lawyers Urge FG To Deduct Judiciary Funds From June FAAC
Some Lawyers in Osun State on Thursday urged the Federal Government to deduct funds meant for state judiciaries from the June 2021...JUSUN Called Off Strike Too Early Without Achieving Aims – NBA Ikeja
Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) called off its strike too...Revalidation: CAC Set To Bar Lawyers’ Portal Access Today
Barring an extension of the deadline, many lawyers will from tomorrow be unable to access the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) company registration...9th Senate Passes 58 Bills In 2 Yrs
The 9th Senate says it passed 58 out of the 742 bills introduced at the two sessions of the assembly.JUSUN Strike: Police In Lagos Decongesting Cells – PPRO
The police in Lagos have devised means to decongest its cells amidst the prolonged strike by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria...
- Sports
I’m More Motivated Than Ever For The Euros, Says Ronaldo
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo is beginning his fifth European Championship with unbridled enthusiasm. “I am at this Euros as if...Super League 6 Agree A Combined 22M Pounds Settlement With PL
A financial settlement worth a combined 22 million pounds (31 million dollars) has been reached between England’s six Super League rebel clubs...Japan To Further Reduce Number Of Foreigners At Olympics
Olympics host Japan wants to further reduce the number of people from overseas for the upcoming Tokyo Games, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga...Super Falcons Arrive U.S Ahead Of 4-Nation Tournament
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have arrived the United States ahead of a four-nation tournament, comprising Portugal, Jamaica and hosts U.S.5 Nigerians Picked For CAF Women’s Champions League Qualifying Tournament
Ruth David of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and four other Nigerians have been picked as officials for the West African qualifying...
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Democracy Day Bombshell: That You Are President Doesn’t Mean You Can Cajole Me To Disregard Nigerian Constitution, Ortom Tells Buhari …Says No Grazing Route...
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has said it was erroneous for some persons to think that he was an enemy to President...
Senate Breaks Silence On Twitter Ban, Says Nigeria Needs Twitter
The Senate on Friday broke its silence on the Federal Government ban on microblogging platform, Twitter, saying Nigeria needs the social media...
Biden ‘Extremely Sympathetic’ In Harry Dunn Case – British PM
U.S President Joe Biden is actively engaged and extremely sympathetic in the case of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn killed in an accident,...
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Democracy Day Bombshell: That You Are President Doesn’t Mean You Can Cajole Me To Disregard Nigerian Constitution, Ortom Tells Buhari …Says No Grazing Route...
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has said it was erroneous for some persons to think that he was an enemy to President...
Senate Breaks Silence On Twitter Ban, Says Nigeria Needs Twitter
The Senate on Friday broke its silence on the Federal Government ban on microblogging platform, Twitter, saying Nigeria needs the social media...
Biden ‘Extremely Sympathetic’ In Harry Dunn Case – British PM
U.S President Joe Biden is actively engaged and extremely sympathetic in the case of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn killed in an accident,...
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