Military moves against Niger Delta militants, launches 20 new gunboats
Theophilus Onojeghen The Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, on Saturday, said the Nigerian military was determined to suppress the activities of militants and other maritime crime in...
View ArticleIgbo lawmakers plan fresh push for S’East commission bill
Ihuoma Chiedozie Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Saturday, said the South-East National Assembly Caucus would engage in a fresh push for the passage of a bill that seeks to...
View ArticleReview judges’ appointment, disciplinary process, FG tells NJC
Ade Adesomoju The Federal Government has admitted that last year’s arrest of some judges for alleged corrupt practices by the Department of State Services and their ongoing prosecution by the Economic...
View ArticleInternational body rates Nigeria Police worst globally
Adelani Adepegba The World Internal Security and Police Index International has rated the Nigeria Police Force as the worst police organisation in the world. WISPI, in its 2016 report, described the...
View ArticleCBN releases 2018 economic forecasts, announces $40bn external reserves target
Oyetunji Abioye The Central Bank of Nigeria has said the regulator may change its monetary policy stance next year from the current tightening position to an easing stand that will see the benchmark...
View ArticleWike, Amaechi’s security aides clash in Port Harcourt
Chukwudi Akasike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said he escaped an assassination attempt on Saturday when operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and a group of soldiers attacked his convoy....
View ArticleTrump warned on Duterte fist salute in Manila
When US President Donald Trump and other world leaders meet in the Philippines from Sunday, copying their controversial host’s signature fist salute could land them in hot water. Philippine President...
View ArticleSeized N13bn: Ikoyi whistle-blower threatens to sue FG
Eniola Akinkuotu Yakubu Galadima, the lawyer of the whistleblower who informed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of the $43m, N23.2m and £27,800 (N13bn) recovered from an Ikoyi apartment,...
View ArticleI’m free to have romantic affair with any policewoman – IG
Leke Baiyewu The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has said that there is no law that prevents him from marrying a serving female police officer. He challenged the lawmaker representing...
View Article‘Instagram president’ expected to win as Slovenia returns to polls
Slovenia held a run-off election Sunday, with internet-savvy President Borut Pahor widely forecast to win a second term, although a low turnout could hand victory to his rival. Centre-left ex-premier...
View ArticleAround 20 concertgoers injured in Central Africa grenade attack
A grenade attack on a concert in Bangui, the capital of the chronically unstable Central African Republic, injured around 20 people, the UN peacekeeping force and witnesses said. The assault late...
View ArticleMother arrested for dumping baby in toilet
Olaide Oyelude A 20-year-old housewife, Samsiya Hassan, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly dumping her one-day-old baby boy in a pit toilet, resulting in his death six...
View ArticleIllegal timber trade: I’m behind Amina Mohammed, says UN boss
Bayo Akinloye The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has thrown his weight behind his deputy and former Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, following allegations that she was...
View ArticleUN begins evacuating refugees from Libya to Niger
A group of vulnerable refugees from several African countries, who had been stuck in war-ravaged Libya, have been evacuated to Niger, the UN said Sunday. The UN refugee agency said the evacuation of...
View ArticleGowon, Dogara inaugurate new Christian body, preach unity
Godwin Isenyo A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon; the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and several other prominent Christians in Kaduna State, on Saturday, inaugurated a new...
View ArticleObasanjo receives Dokpesi, insists PDP, APC wobbling parties
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress need to be rejuvenated for Nigeria’s democracy to be strong. Obasanjo, according to the News...
View ArticleEnugu native doctors,others arraigned for killing man with juju
Ihuoma Chiedozie Five persons, including two native doctors, have been arrested in Enugu for the mysterious death that was allegedly caused by the ‘invocation of juju’ on a disputed land. The incident...
View ArticleEkwueme flown abroad
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu Second Republic Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, was on Sunday morning flown abroad for medical treatment. Ekwueme has been hospitalised for about three weeks at Memphys...
View ArticleTurkey denies offering money for US extradition of Erdogan rival
Turkey has rejected as “ludicrous” allegations that it offered several million dollars to the United States to extradite a political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. US media reported that...
View ArticlePrivate sector’ll drive Nigeria’s growth, prosperity — Osinbajo
Alexander Okere Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, reiterated the vision of the Federal Government to encourage a private-sector driven economy as a major factor for the country’s growth and...
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