The Federal Government through the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) on Thursday presented a cheque of N135 million to the victims of the September 20, 2013 shooting by operatives of the Department of State…
A corps member has been reported dead at the Kwara orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, which is ongoing at Yikpata, Edu Local government area of the state. The corps member identified as Miss Eva Iche Amadi,…
Nigerians and the rest of the world have been treated to a most bizarre and undesirable public drama involving the police and a serving federal legislator, Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West Senatorial District of Kogi State). The entire world saw…
A Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Dr. Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, has filed a no-case submission in response to the N5.1bn fraud charges filed against him by the Federal Government. Dudafa, through his lawyer, Mr. Adegboyega Oyewole…
The Kaduna State Government has charged the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, and two others with various offences including murder of a soldier. The allegedly murdered soldier,…
Amidst growing concerns about the recent killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the country, including two Catholic priests and 15 other worshippers in Benue State, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. The…
Former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff formally collapsed his political structure into the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday. Led by Sheriff’s former vice chairman, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, defectors to the APC also included Senator…
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, failed to appear before the Senate on Thursday. This angered the lawmakers. The Senate had on Wednesday summoned the IGP to appear in the chamber and brief the lawmakers in plenary, on the arrest…
The Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Thursday asked the youths to mobilize themselves and have representatives in government and stop bothering old people like himself. Soyinka gave the charge while speaking with journalists after he delivered a lecture to commemorate…