The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, yesterday said security operatives had neutralised 1,429 terrorists and arrested 116 spies in the ongoing counter-terrorism fight in the North East. Addressing State House correspondents after he briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on developments at the war front in Abuja, the military chief acknowledged that his men […]
Hundreds of youths have taken to the streets where they burnt tires and chanted vulgar songs following the abduction of a man, Mansir Yusuf and his daughter at Yantumaki community, in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State. The abduction was said to have taken place in the early hours of Tuesday morning, at about […]
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has destroyed another bandits’ camp and killed several of the criminals at Kwayanbana Forest in Zamfara. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the airstrike was carried out on June 7, in continuation of air […]
The Igbo living in Lagos, under the auspices of Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu Southeastern Friends (BOS-Southeastern Friends), have congratulated Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on his one year in office. The group’s Coordinator, Eze Chika Diabia Jumbo, in a statement by the Secretary, Mazi Onyebuchi Eze, said its formation was to reciprocate the governor’s love for the non-indigenes, […]
WEEKEND’s reopening of churches and mosques in some states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has become a source of worry to the Federal Government due to the breach of guidelines. The Federal Government last week released protocols that should form the basis of discussions between the state governments and religious leaders before the reopening […]
THE possibility of an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) before the Edo State governorship primary is remote, it was learnt on Monday. The shadow poll is expected to hold on June 22, according to the guidelines by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) which has directed the […]
The legal profession last Friday lost two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Chief (Sir) Alfred Oghogho Eghobamien and Sir Jadegoke Adebonajo Badejo. Eghobamien was born on June 5, 1935 (85 years). He is the father of Mr Osaro Eghobamien (SAN). Sir Eghobamien was called to the English Bar and the Nigerian Bar in the years […]
THE Federal Government has declared Friday, June 12, as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, who announced this on Monday in Abuja on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians for the entrenchment of democratic rule in the country. The minister hailed the heroes of […]
HOUSE of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said prison experience for any politician is a “badge of honour”. The Speaker, who was represented by Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, spoke when he led Principal Officers of the House on a visit to Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu, who was recently released from the Nigeria […]
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned of imminent post-COVID -19 food crisis in Nigeria and other African countries. He urged governments in the continent to rise up to the challenges ahead. Obasanjo urged Nigerians to take the issue of post-COVID -19 seriously, saying after the novel had ran its full course, it would give way […]