The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory has arrested a 16-year-old and seven other suspected smugglers of 1,522 bags of foreign bags of rice in Calabar, Cross River. Speaking to journalists during the parade on Wednesday, the Commander, NNS Victory, Commodore Idi Abbas, disclosed that the suspects were intercepted in two batches. Abbas said that the […]

The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has rejected the increase in the pump price of fuel from N148 to N151. 56 announced by the Petroleum Product Marketing Company (PPMC) on Wednesday. The lawmakers, in a statement, said that the increment was unacceptable as it would result in an increase in the already high […]

Eleven young elephants found dead near Zimbabwe’s biggest game park may have succumbed to a bacterial infection, the country’s parks agency said on Tuesday, after it ruled out poaching and cyanide poisoning. The elephant carcasses were discovered last Friday in Pandamasuwe Forest in western Zimbabwe, between Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls. The mysterious deaths […]

Mass defection stares the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the face in Cross River State, as the issue of senatorial candidate for Cross River North Senatorial District heats up. Also, the issue of who controls the party structure in the state remains unresolved and controversial. In the past one month, the party at the national […]

Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has commended Federal Government’s efforts to ensure that peace returned to communities in the southern part of the state, while supporting the return of displaced persons to their ancestral homes. The president, Jonathan Asake, and other members of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) met with the Commander, Operation Safe Haven, […]

Utomi blames ‘leadership failure’ for Nigeria’s woes Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has written Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, urging the National Assembly to reject new loan requests tied to projects that would not generate income. He stated in the letter, dated August 19, a copy of which was seen by The Guardian yesterday, that the […]

Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, met with the management team of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) ahead of next Saturday’s reopening of airspace for international flights, urging a remodelling of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). Discussions at the meeting focused partly on actionable steps being put in place at the […]

A group, Citizens’ Initiative for Security Awareness (CISA), has advised the Federal Government to tread carefully on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) issue to avoid providing an opportunity for another insurgent group to spring up in the South East. IPOB, which was designated a terrorist group and proscribed in 2017, has been locked in […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to desist from further contemplation, discussions and arrangements to concession major airports in the country. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Wabba said that organised labour condemned the plans by government to concession Nigeria’s major airports. […]

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 […]