Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu is in a crucial meeting with heads of security agencies in the state. The Nation learnt the meeting is holding at the Governor’s Lodge located off Aba-Owerri road, Aba, the commercial nerve of the state. Sources confided the meeting was hinged on restrategising to address some of the security concerns in […]

The Nigeria Army, under ’’Operation Sahel Sanity’’ on Monday arrested 13 notorious bandits terrorising Katsina and other North West states in their ongoing onslaughts against bandits terrorising the region Acting Director, Defense Media Operations, Nigerian Army, Brigadier- General Bernard Onyeuko made the disclosure in a statement in Katsina. He added two of the bandits were […]

VICE Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Lanre Fagbohun, has said students of the institution will resume in batches. The final year classes, he said, are expected back in school three months ahead of others. This followed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s directive on Saturday that all tertiary institutions in the state should resume on […]

THE Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Yahaya Bello as the winner of the last governorship election in Kogi State. In two judgments delivered by Justice Uwan Abba Aji, the court’s seven-man panel, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Mohammad, dismissed the two appeals decided on Monday. The first […]

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has carpeted President Muhammadu Buhari and South East politicians for “deceiving the people of the region by going ahead to commission the Akanu Ibiam International Airport whose renovation works have not even reached a significant proportion or percentage.” It also dismissed as “sycophantic rhetoric the praises heaped […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has relocated the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, said the move followed the President’s consideration of the critical role of the commission towards realisation of the objectives of the National Digital Economy Policy and […]

• Sets up panel for IDPs’ return to Baga • To demolish 1,300 houses in Maiduguri, Jere Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has attributed arms proliferation and insurgency in the North East to porous borders with neighbouring countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroun. Zulum raised the alarm yesterday when the president of Alumni Association of […]

Following controversy over the fate of his client, counsel to the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on Sunday said the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on its activities has not submitted any interim report. Mr. Wahab Shittu said the release of the purported interim report did not emanate […]

The Quorum Aviation Bell 206 helicopter, which crashed in Lagos on Friday, flew in from Port Harcourt to position itself for prospective hire and reward otherwise known as charter. The chopper was flown by the late Captain Chika Prudence Ernest. The Flight Engineer was Clement Ndiok. On board with the duo was Macaulay Brownson, an […]

After two months of intrigues, more members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State have embraced the reconciliation efforts of the committee led by former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala. The Nation gathered that the former governor will be part of a collegiate leadership that will eventually evolve for the party in the state. It […]

Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Yahaya Bello as the governor of Kogi State. The apex court dismissed the suit of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Musa Wada and Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Natasha Akpoti challenging Bello’s election. Bello, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was re-elected to office […]

Staff of Federal Airport Authorities of National (FAAN) on Monday occupied the domestic terminal of Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, (MAKIA) protesting move to concession major airports in the country. The aviation workers also kicked against the government directive to return all staff that retired from 1st April 2014 to PenCom. The federal government has […]