The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has attributed the current social vices bedeviling the society to lack of parental guide. He stated this on Friday, while hosting the 1975 Set of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko (AKOGRAMS) and their spouses to a banquet in Akure, Ondo State capital He noted that negligence of […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, and former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday in Lagos attended a State Funeral Service for Chief Ernest Shonekan. Shonekan, who served as the Head of Interim National Government from Aug. 26, 1993 to Nov. 17, 1993, died in Lagos on Jan. 11 at the age […]

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, flanked by the Special Adviser to the President on Media, Femi Adesina (left); and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Garba Shehu, during a press conference on security challenges in Borno, at the State House, Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua • Says $6.9b lost to terrorism in N’ East, […]

14 parties sponsor 473 candidates for FCT elections Ahead of the February 12 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area councils’ election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned politicians against violence, insisting no one will benefit from disruption of the process. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this while speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on […]

Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq One person was feared killed and four others sustained varying degrees of injuries, yesterday, after a protest by Christian and Muslim parents of students of the Oyun Baptist High School in Ijagbo, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State, over the use of hijab, turned violent. It was gathered that the […]

A group of bandits, on Wednesday, invaded Daddarar Village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State and reportedly killed the village head, Alhaji Jafaru Rabiu, his personal assistant and four other residents. The Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer Gambo Isah, a Superintendent of Police (SP) who confirmed the report said “the bandits, carrying […]

Traders and visitors at the popular Aba abattoir located on the ever-busy Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expressway in Aba North Local Government Area of Abia State were yesterday thrown into mourning as an articulated truck carrying textile materials rammed into the market, killing several people. The accident occurred on Ahia Udele by the East axis of the […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya, has sought the support of traditional rulers in Nigeria to end insecurity. This as he urged troops to be vigilant and alert to their responsibilities, adding that with discipline and commitment, the war in the North-East would be brought to an end. In a statement on […]

10,000 displaced, hundreds killed in recent weeks Youths mobilise to challenge rising threats, say enough is enough Residents in various communities in Niger State are presently on edge as a result of incessant invasion of their communities by bandits, kidnappers and other militias. The invaders readily kill, kidnap and destroy homes in a manner that […]