The Troops of 37 Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Demonstration Battalion have arrested three suspected gunrunners in Kaduna on Thursday. Lieutenant Colonel Umar Shuaib, the acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian…
Governor Makinde stated this on Friday shortly after the South West PDP caucus meeting held at the zonal secretariat of the party in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Ramhan Nansel, a Superintendent of Police and the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lafia.
In a statement on Friday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha, described the report as “gross misrepresentation” and “reckless endangerment of national…
In a reaction to concerns that trailed behind the recent decision of the United States of America (USA) to reduce the validity of nonimmigrant visas for Nigerians, the US Mission in Nigeria said the action of its home country was not a…
A recent widely circulated video showed about 30 hoodlums wielding machetes, assaulting the Sole Administrator of Ahoada East Council, Goodluck Iheanachor, and allegedly coercing him into resigning from office.
This is barely four days after a 300-level student of the Department of Microbiology at the institution, identified as Tochi, slumped and died while playing football.
This annual observance, initiated by the United Nations to commemorate the establishment of the Inter-parliamentary Union in 1989 on every June 30, provides lawmakers with an opportunity to reflect on the importance of legislative bodies…
She spoke in a detailed explanation on her social media handle after attending the call by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre in Abuja.
The forum’s key points will be included in the final communiqué of the 47th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council, held under the 2025 theme: “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,”…
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three students of the seminary were also reportedly abducted during the attack, which occurred at about 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
The suit, which sought to question the ICPC’s power to place a “Post No Debit” on the plaintiff’s account without a court order, was adjudged as lacking in merit.
Harry Fones, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, US Department of Homeland Security, disclosed this during a news briefing on Thursday.
John Otivere, an official of the NRC in Niger State, disclosed this in Minna in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the state of railway infrastructure.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Sen. Aliyu Wadada, made the clarification at the resumed hearing of the committee on the 2017-2023 Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation’s audit on expenditure of ministries,…
Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, Chairman of the Edo PDP Caretaker Committee, stated this in Benin while reacting to the court’s decision affirming Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected governor of Edo State.
Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after DSS’ counsel Akinkolu Kehinde, SAN; Utomi’s lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and the invited amici curiae (friends of the court) made their submissions for and against the suit.
This comes in reaction to claims by former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, that two students died during the violence that marred the institution’s student union election last Saturday.
According to reports, the incident occurred in Ikot Abasi Asutan, Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area, where Akaninyene, a father of three, and his late elder brother, Ime Thomas Okpon, ambushed and killed the victim in 2018.
It also dismissed reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu cancelled the issuance of five-year multiple-entry visas for United States citizens, describing such claims as “misinformation and fake news.”