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June 3, 2021 Some gunmen on Thursday morning hijacked a school bus in Oba ile Estate of Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo state.…
** Senate passes law to abolish HND/BSC dichotomy ** Senator Abaribe queries Buhari’s ambivalence on IPOB/Herdsmen ** Twitter deletes Buhari’s tweet for ‘violating’ rules **…
The proposal suggests United African Republic or United Alkebulan Republic as Nigeria’s new name.Adeleye Jokotoye, a tax consultant, submitted the proposal to the committee at…
Nigerian Army has dismissed no fewer than 3,040 soldiers from service for various acts of misconduct, and indiscipline, including desertion, possession of hard drugs, rape…
** Governance Cost: Sacking workers not long-term solution – Osinbajo ** We’ll ensure quick implementation of security summit’s outcome – Gbajabiamila ** Aregbesola charges firemen…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to resume its suspended strike action in Kaduna State if the governor of the State, Nasir El-Rufai, fails…
** FG launches menstrual pad bank for emergency situations ** Osinbajo hosts Liberian vice President ** Kalu salutes new Chief of Army Staff, General Yahaya…
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina says that President Muhammadu Buhari has done enough in 6 years to make…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent “an urgent complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over the arbitrary detention and…
In a development that caught many unawares, the Christians, Non-Hausa/Fulani from the Southern part of Kaduna state and its rival Northern Muslim Hausa/Fulani dominated part…
The 30th richest person in the world and CEO of video-sharing social networking service, ByteDance, parent company of TikTok, Zhang Yiming, says he’s resigning to…
A 23-year-old Nigerian man, Theophilus Ugwu, was sentenced to death on Tuesday, May 25, for smuggling nearly six kilos of methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam.…
A policeman died on Tuesday after mistakenly detonating a grenade in Ebonyi State, authorities confirmed to Channels Television. This is according to the spokesperson of…
The bill on the discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps has reached the second reading in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by the lawmaker…
The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill that seeks to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned,…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday called for an immediate removal of fuel subsidy. At the virtual meeting, a committee set up by the…
The acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, has declared war on Biafra agitators, and has ordered police officers in the South-East region to…
Director procurement, Nigeria Air Force, (NAF) AVM M A Yakubu has stated that for the Nigeria Military to be effective in the fight against insecurity…
Ekiti Book Club under the leadership of Olamilekan Okebiorun on Monday, 17th of May, 2021 met with the Director-General, Ekiti State Council for Arts and…
** Yoruba Nation: S’West govs, Gbajabiamila, others meet Tinubu Sunday ** Osinbajo has not declared interest in 2023 Presidential race – Aide ** Asaba Accord:…
Residents of Kaduna state took to the streets to protest against abnormalities going on in the state. The protest which was held is against the…
Amid raging calls for secession, South-West governors are expected to attend a meeting at the Lagos House, Marina, on Sunday, May 23, 2021. The meeting,…
The Nigerian troops of Operation Hadin Kai bombarded an assembly of Boko Haram members Dawuri village at the weekend. The attack of the location, within…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Chad that Nigeria will play its part to ensure a free and fair poll, for the return to constitutional order…
Governor Samuel Ortom speaking at Makurdi, at the ‘Media Week and Communications Day 2021’ organized by the Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Diocese of Makurdi.…
Governor Samuel Ortom speaking at Makurdi, at the ‘Media Week and Communications Day 2021’ organized by the Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Diocese of Makurdi.…
Armed men suspected to be robbers invaded the residences of two senior aides to President Muhammadu Buhari inside the precinct of the Presidential Villa, administration…
The Federal Government has shut down bars, night clubs and recreational centres in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. The…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has said that the state Police Command is investigating the separatist group, Oodua Republic, and also…
A composite of SSS Officers and Bandits used to illustrate the storyA composite of SSS Officers and Bandits used to illustrate the storyArmed bandits terrorising…
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday and Thursday as public holidays to mark the 2021 Eid-ul-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made…
SaharaReporters gathered that the insurgents appealed to the villagers to join the group as militants and support their cause to establish an Islamic caliphate. Militants…
Crisis looms in Karu, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as commercial motorcyclists (also known as Okada riders) take to the roads…
Zainab Shamsuna AhmedThe Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the salaries committee to review…
The Defence Headquarters has responded to the advice to President Muhammadu Buhari to hand over power to the Nigerian military. Robert Clarke, a Senior Advocate…
The President expresses his condolences to the families of our dear citizens who lost their loved ones in the recent spate of killings in Benue…
The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report for the year 2020 was published on Wednesday, November 25, revealing the impacts of terrorism across the globe, including…
Nigerian investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo revealed on twitter that some communities in Niger State have allegedly bought six Honda motorcycles worth N500,000 for Boko Haram…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the date for the 2023 general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made the…
The British Government has told Nigerians that no partnership will resolve the security situation facing the country, describing the nation’s security challenges as massively complex.…
The Forum of Christian Bishops and Clergy Council have thrown their weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari on his stance on the allegations that have trailed…
The Nigerian Army condemns in the strongest term possible, the indiscriminate sharing on social media of graphic pictures of personnel who paid the supreme price…
Shiroro hosts one of Nigeria’s largest power stations and the overrun LGA is barely 200 kilometres from Nigeria’s capital Abuja.Boko Haram insurgents have taken over…
Some unknown gunmen have reportedly attacked the Ibadan residence of Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho. According to the BBC Yoruba service, the…
Unknown gunmen on Saturday night attacked military and police checkpoints along the Owerri-Port Harcourt Road in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State. According to report,…
PREMIUM TIMES has obtained a pamphlet which was widely circulated in Giedam by the Boko Haram members when they attacked the town. The terror group…
Three students of the Greenfield University in Kaduna State who were abducted by bandits suspected to be kidnappers have been killed by their abductors. The…
President of Chad, Idriss Deby, has died of injuries suffered on front line during his visit to soldiers fighting the Boko Haram insurgents, an army…
About 400 businessmen have been, reportedly, arrested for allegedly funding Boko Haram insurgents and bandits. For over a decade, there has not been a clear…
Members of ISWAP/Boko Haram have reportedly attacked the Kumuya military base in Yobe State, destroying heavy equipment during the operation. The terrorists struck on Saturday…
** Ramadan: I’m not behind distribution of rice in north, says Tinubu ** We can’t ‘continue’ with bad governance, PDP tells Buhari ** FG threatens…
“We are all happy whenever unbelievers are being killed,” Mr Pantami said. “But the Sharia does not allow us to kill them without a reason.”Isa…
Yoruba women in diaspora, under the aegis of Obinrin Oodua Agbaye, have visited the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, demanding self-determination…
** Buhari arrived Abuja at about 5 p.m. on Thursday. ** Fight against drug trafficking will block insurgency funding –FG ** FG cancels meeting with…
The Federal Government has lifted the ban on new Subscribers Identification Module (SIMs) card registration, The Nation has learnt.The effective date for implementation, the government…
** Be committed to Nigeria’s unity, peace, Osinbajo urges citizens ** Chibok girls, Leah Sharibu, others not forgotten – FG ** Zulum hopeful Chibok girls…
Microblogging site, Twitter, has explained why it chose Ghana over Nigeria, to set up its first African presence. Twitter Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Jack Dorsey,…
The source, who spoke to SaharaReporters on Tuesday, said the arms smugglers were headed for Nigeria and would have penetrated through the North-East region but…
In several photos and videos making the rounds, residents were seen with bags of rice with the inscription ‘JAGABA- Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’.
The minister is said to be a very close confidant of the late Mohammed Yusuf, the assassinated leader of Boko Haram with whom he shared…
At a security meeting in Owerri, Imo State capital, on Sunday, the governors announced the establishment of EBUBE AGU, which will have its headquarters in…
Gunmen on Tuesday razed the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo State. This development came just a day after unknown gunmen…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu has suspended new expensive internet data packages by telecos, saying they should be reviewed. She has warned the Tanzania Revenue Authority…
** FG faithful to agreement with Doctors – Labour Minister ** Resident doctors vow to continue strike ** PDP, Atiku preach love, hope at Easter…
A former militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has dared President Muhammadu Buhari as he has constituted a Biafran government after declaring same. Buhari had in 2017…
The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has berated the Nigerian government and states in Northern Nigeria for allowing bandits to have free rein in…
The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has stopped daughter of former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu from imposing levies on traders at…
Private individuals are now permitted to build, operate or maintain assets on some federal highways that are up for concession, the federal government has said.…
The Senate, on Thursday, considered a bill seeking to stop employers in the private and public sectors from engaging employable Nigerian graduates as casual workers.…
The Senate on Tuesday mandated it Committee on Health to investigate the procedures for certification on quality and safety of Cosmetics and propose a way…
A popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi has said bandits learnt kidnapping from the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND). Gumi made the…
** Herdsmen: We’ll protect ourselves if Buhari, Abiodun fail, says Ogun monarch ** Nobody can force us out of South-West –Miyetti Allah ** Perish any…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has on Sunday, condemned the violence that led to the loss of lives at the Shasha Market, in Oyo State, Page…
The Eastern Security Network are really proving to be very serious about their mission. Fulani herdsmen community occupying a palm plantation in Ebonyi state have…
ETI-OSA Bar Forum Set To Sue Lagos Panel Of Inquiry, Sets Up Legal Aid Clinic And Situation Room For OccupyLekkiTollgate Protesters The Eti-Osa Bar Forum…
No fewer than two persons reportedly lost their lives when some suspected herdsmen attacked the Sanusi Village in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo…
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said Fulani herders are compelled to carry firearms in self-defence. Speaking during the Press Week Celebration, theBauchi State Governor,…
The #RevolutionNow team has said the planned protest at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos on Saturday will hold despite threats by the Nigerian government, security operatives,…
BREAKING: First Civilian Governor of Lagos State, Lateef Jakande, dies at 91 Details shortly…
No fewer than 450 residents on Foreshore Road, Lekki, Lagos State , have been displaced after men of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the accounts of 20 individuals linked to the #EndSARS…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of recently trained officers of the special Weapon and Tactical Team, SWAT. Adamu…
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered the closure of public and private schools in the state on Wednesday, December 16 as cases…
The Chairman of the Northern Youth Leaders Forum, Rev Elliot Afiso, has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan laid the foundation for the festering insecurity,…
There was a protest in Kastina State on Sunday over the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara…
A captured Boko Haram fighter says Abubakar Shekau, leader of the sect, can no longer walk effectively. Mohammed Adam, a teenage fighter, who is currently…
Students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, yesterday gave a distressing account of the night they spent in the bushes following the Friday’s…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tested positive for the coronavirus after being exposed to a confirmed case. “A PCR test performed yesterday the 11th…
Armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing a security guard and…
Olu Irefin, General Officer Commanding, GOC, 6 Division and Land Component Commander Operation Delta Safe, Port Harcourt Barracks, has died of complications from COVID-19. According…
One of the coordinators of the #EndSARS Movement in Osun State, Emmanuel Adebisi, is being held by the Department of State Services for alleged impersonation.…
A former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday, collapsed in the dock during the resumed hearing in his N2bn…
The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, said on Wednesday the National Assembly has the power to summon President Muhammadu Buhari…
The Islamic State West Africa Province’s (ISWAP) Amaq news outlet, on Tuesday, shared pictures of vehicles captured and destroyed in an ambush of Nigerian troops…
The President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd. ) , on Tuesday , met behind closed doors with the nation ’s 36 state governors…
Some youths, under the aegis of Face of #EndSARS Movement, on Monday, held a protest in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Punch reports that the…
The Defence Intelligence Agency, Abuja, has acquired equipment which can spy on calls and text messages by Nigerians, a new report by CitizensLab has shown.…
The Lagos State Police Command, has on Sunday, said that the Security Agencies in the country under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch, will not fold their…