Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo says the regime of the Federal Government has been overwhelmed by insecurity as evidenced by the bomb attack on a Kaduna-bound train last week. He said this at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while receiving a Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant, Dr Ugochukwu Williams, and his team. This […]

• 21 Passengers In Attacked Abuja-Kaduna Train Still Missing – NRC • ‘Nigeria Has Lost Over N128m In 6 Days Of Service Suspension’ • IGP Patrols Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, Deploys Armed Tactical Squads, UAVs At a time a section of the Nigeria railway, specifically the Abuja-Kaduna line, has come under heavy terrorist attacks, the federal government […]

Unknown gunmen Thursday night kidnapped seven Abia State University Uturu, students close to the school. Sources, as corroborated by the university Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Onyemachi Ogbulu, and the Abia Police Public Relations Officer, Geoffrey Ogbonna, said the incident happened between 7.30 pm and 8 pm at the Abia end of Okigwe – Uturu road, close to […]

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has vowed to hire foreign mercenaries to fight against terrorists following the Monday night attack on a Kaduna-bound train. He also stated that four others of the seven Northwestern states—Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto—may join him to hire foreign mercenaries if the Federal Government does not end the ongoing spate of […]

NIMC enrolment centres open weekend At least 20.4 million Nigerians risk being disconnected from telecommunication services if the Federal Government implements the National Identification Number–Subscriber Identity Module policy as it has hinted. In a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management […]

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday, shared how he got over his “deep sorrow” caused by the death of his son, Dare, last May. According to the octogenarian preacher, a text message from one of his spiritual daughters turned the tide following the death of his […]

A Nigerian based in West London, Adeyinka Shoyemi, 45, of Powis Terrace in Notting Hill, who incited racial hatred with inflammatory messages encouraging violence in Nigeria has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Shoyemi, popularly known as Adeyinka Grandson, of Powis Terrace in Notting Hill, first came to the attention of counter-terror police in the UK […]