The Inspector General (IG) of the Nigeria Police Force, Mr. Mohammed Adamu the other day had cause to warn the officers and men of the force to conduct themselves with discipline and avoid violating the rights of citizens, lest they would be punished. Though the I-G’s warning is a step in the right direction, it […]

Fifty years ago, a devastating civil war that killed more than one million people in Nigeria came to an end. Most of those who lost their lives in what became known as the Nigerian Civil War died from fighting, disease and starvation during the two-and-a-half-year conflict. In 1967, the military governor of then Eastern Region, […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said it has stepped up efforts to encourage retail investors to invest in the capital market, to create wealth, deepen the market, and grow Nigeria’s economy. The Acting Director-General of SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk, who spoke to journalists in Lagos on the sidelines of the Thisday Awards 2020, urged […]

• YCE condemns Tinubu’s comment • Ibadan Progressive Union drums support for security outfit Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and South-West governors yesterday met at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where they resolved to come up with a framework to provide backing to the regional security outfit called Amotekun recently set up in the region. Specifically, the […]

• Residents of Lagos, Ogun border towns lament neglect • We will bring relief to township roads this year, says governor That the people of Ajuwon and Akute, border towns in Iju area between Lagos and Ogun states are literally in distress is no longer news, but most worrisome is the fact that year after […]

Nigeria’s hope of parading a table tennis team at the Tokyo Olympics Games went up in flames yesterday at the 2020 ITTF World Team qualification tournament in Gondomar. Poland’s Jakub Dyjas, who was runner up some nine months ago at the 2019 ITTF Challenge Slovenia Open, ended Nigeria’s journey to Tokyo on the second day […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has condemned the 2019 Corruption Perception Index, CPI recently released by Transparency International (TI) which ranked Nigeria 146 out of 180 countries. EFCC in a statement said the poor rating was “baseless and appalling” report measured by a “bogus and ambiguous criteria jaundiced and illogical.” Nigeria is currently […]

We are joined by a Security Consultant, Onyekachi Adekoya, as we discuss securing Nigeria’s pipeline to avoid vandalism and explosion.

The Federal High Court, Abuja, Thursday, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from giving effect to the judgment delivered by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory against Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. The court had ordered the electoral umpire to issue a Certificate of Return to Obinna Uzor as the Senator representing Anambra South. […]

Nigeria will lift a ban on mining in Zamfara state by the end of March after the government deployed a surveillance team to stifle illegal activity in the northwestern region, the minister of mines and steel development said. The government suspended operations in April on concerns that illegal mining was connected to a surge in […]

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it is working with the Federal Ministry of Health and other agencies to intensify efforts to control Lassa Fever in the country, as well prevent any case of the Coronavirus in the country. NGF Chairman and Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end […]

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command killed two suspected kidnappers during an operation along the Zaria- Kaduna highway, the police spokesman Yakubu Sabo said. Sabo in a statement said the operatives also rescued eleven kidnap victims from the suspects. He said the police received a distress call on Wednesday that some bandits blocked the […]