Category: News

3 nabbed for threatening to kidnap, demanding N10m from targets

  Three people have been nabbed in Adamawa State for allegedly threatening to kidnap three citizens and asking the citizens to pay N10 million to be spared. The...

Gunmen invite, shoot hotelier dead in Delta community

  Gunmen have shot dead one Chief Thorpe Edijana, a hotelier based in Agbarho Community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The deceased was killed...

Fake prophet arrested in Edo

    The Police Command in Edo State said it has arrested a man masquerading as a prophet to defraud members of the public. The command disclosed this in a...

Herders bag 10 years jail term for stealing cows in Ondo

    Two persons, Abdulai Ibrahim, 26; and Dauda Mohammed, 22, have been sentenced to ten years in prison by an Odigbo Magistrate’s Court for stealing three...

Kidnap victim dies after N2m, three Motorcycles ransom payment to bandits

    One of the 21 victims of kidnap released from Angwan Bulus, Sabo Tasha, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on March 30, 2022, Mr. David Tony,...

South East: No one has right to carry AK-47 – Buhari warns

  President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abakaliki, reiterated that no one has the right to carry an AK-47. Buhari insisted that anyone seen in any part of the...

2023: CBN Governor, Emefiele picks APC presidential form

  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has picked the All Progressives Congress, APC nomination form to contest the 2023 presidential...

Alleged secret meeting: PDP making excuse ahead of its funder’s defeat

  We have seen the misleading press release signed by Mr. Sunday Bisi, the ousted state chairman of Osun PDP who has now been compensated with the post of the...

BREAKING: Osun Govt enrolls 30,000 youth into its Health Insurance Scheme

  …Embarks on massive recruitment of O’YES cadets As part of its avowed commitment to maintaining the status of the state as a pacesetter in the health...

Osun pensioners: Accord Party knocks Oyetola, says APC will lose elections

  The Osun State Chairman of the Accord Party, Victor Akande has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola will not be...

BREAKING: Supreme Court set to deliver judgment in Rivers, Imo 17 oil wells ownership tussle

  The Supreme Court is now fully set to deliver judgment in a legal battle between Rivers and Imo states over the ownership of 17 oil wells in their territories....

Splinter Boko Haram group, ‘Ansaru,’ begins recruitment

    The Ansaru terrorists’ group, a splinter of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists, has commenced recruitment across communities in Birnin-Gwari Local...

Osogbo market: Beware of fraudsters selling stalls, group warns

    The leadership of the umbrella body for the indigenes of Osogbo known as Osogbo Progressives Union, on Thursday, warned people against dealing with those...

Man breaks into Soun Palace, injures chief, damages property

    A 30-year-old man, Bukola Adediji, popularly known as Ajanlekoko, on Thursday, broke into the Palace of Soun of Ogbomoso and destroyed some property. The...

Tinubu behind Sanwo-Olu, GAC insists as controversy surrounds second-term bid

    CONTROVERSY has surrounded the second term bid of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. While the Governor’s Advisory Council maintained that it has...

Sowore remains AAC chairman, presidential aspirant – Party

    The African Action Congress on Thursday maintained that Omoyele Sowore remained the National Chairman and a presidential aspirant of the party for the 2023...

2023 Presidency: Osinbajo, Amaechi, Ngige, Umahi, Bello, others will withdraw – Omokri

  There are claims that some presidential aspirants under the All Progressives Congress, APC, would willingly withdraw from the race during the presidential primary...

2023: Rotimi Amaechi finally obtains APC’s N100m presidential form

  The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has obtained his All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential expression of interest and nomination forms. Amaechi...

APC primary: 95 guber aspirants, 241 Senate hopefuls, 821 pick HoR forms

Ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, no fewer than 95 governorship aspirants have obtained the expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress...

UK Government Recognises Nnamdi Kanu’s Indigenous People Of Biafra As Terrorist Organisation, Violent Group

    The United Kingdom has recognised the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation and a group that uses violence to achieve its aims....