Parents of abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School sit inside the school premises to pray for the return of their children whom were abducted by gunmen in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria on July 14, 2021. – The girls are just two of the more than 100 Nigerian children […]
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Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has sued Kenya over his extradition to Nigeria. The pro-Biafra activist’s brother, Kingsley Kanunta, sued on his behalf, according to court papers. In his petition presented by Luchiri and Company Advocates, Kanu argued that his arrest in Kenya and subsequent extradition to Nigeria […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that contrary to widespread speculations in certain quarters, former President Goodluck Jonathan has not joined it. Clearing the airs on Wednesday, APC’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, said that the ex-leader had not dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Nabena, who hails from the same […]
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A professor of Medicine and former Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof (Mrs) Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has been named the ninth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University(LASU). Born in Lagos on April 23, 1964 into the family of Chief and Mrs Eniola Ibidapo, from Owo in Ondo State, she had her primary education at Anglican Girls […]
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The army has warned that field commanders will be held responsible for attacks on military facilities. Also warning that alleged laid-back attitudes on the part of commanders would not be tolerated, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, urged the commanders to ensure that troops maintain “a state of constant alertness and vigilance […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, will this morning, leave for Accra, Ghana to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Mali. He is representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the meeting being attended by other leaders to discuss the political crisis in the landlocked country and the security situation in […]
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Nigeria on Wednesday recorded three COVID-19-deaths and 299 new infections in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed in an update shared on the Facebook page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the additional 299 COVID-19 infections, on Wednesday, […]
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The Federal Government has to mobilise the energies and capacities of youths to minimise national security risks. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Akin Dare, disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, at the launch of the Nigerian Youth Employment Action Plan (NIYEAP 2021-2024). He said the launch of the Plan is an expression of […]
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Nigerian self determination groups resuming their protest at the United Nations Headquarters in New York…yesterday Says people will judge Yoruba Nation advocates by the company they keep Buhari to address UN General Assembly on Tuesday Gbajabiamila denies comparing IPOB, Yoruba Nation agitators with Boko Haram, ISWAP IPOB, not a terrorist organisation, says Ohanaeze Speaker has […]
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An interim report on the ill-fated Nigerian Air Force, NAF, King Air -350 aircraft that killed the former Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers including crew members in Kaduna, was submitted yesterday. Following the unfortunate incident at vicinity of Kaduna Civil Airport on May 31, 2021, the Chief […]
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