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The Nigeria Police have vowed to bring to justice the persons who were responsible for the arson and other criminal actions that took place Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday.   This was declared on Sunday by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ngozi Onadeko, through a statement issued […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, over an eviction order he gave to Fulanis in Oyo State.   Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa.   Shehu said on BBC […]

Governor Abdulahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Friday raised the alarm over activities of the terror group, Boko Haram, saying the terrorists, once dislodged from the state, were regrouping there. Governor Sule disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said […]

Hopes of Federal and State-owned universities reopening soon dimmed Friday as the non-teaching staff in the varsities announced their plan to begin a nationwide strike from February 15, 2021.   The universities have been on strike since March last year due to strike action by the teaching staff under the aegis of the Academic Staff […]

Nigerian soldiers on Friday killed at least four kidnappers in Ondo State and rescued travelers who had been abducted by the gang. The event took place along the Owo-Ifon Expressway. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Monday gave Fulani herdsmen seven days to vacate Ondo government’s forest reserves, saying the areas had been converted to dens of […]

Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has ordered massive recruitment into the State Security Network known as the Amotekun Corps in its second batch recruitment exercise.   The order came as the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum given by the governor on Monday to Fulani herdsmen in the state to leave government forest reserves nears. The governor […]

As man Nigerians have  expected, Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has finally explained why the pigeons released by the president during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Abuja at first refused to fly.   There were media reports that day that the pigeons released by the President […]

If Nigerians are to be spared the fulfilment of the damning predictions of many observers about Nigeria as a country tottering on the verge of implosion, come the 2023 general elections, the recent victory of Joe Biden who defeated former President Donald Trump in the US presidential election is significant, as it offers Nigerian politicians […]

  The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, has warned that the overt support being given to Miyetti Allah by the Federal Government could destroy Nigeria as a nation.   “Should there be any breakdown of law and order in any part of the country over this encouragement of Miyetti Allah against law and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Hadiza Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority for another term of five years.   The President also reconstituted the boards of NPA and that of the Transmission Company of Nigeria.   Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, announced these on Thursday in a statement […]

Farmers, forest guards and the members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Ondo State on Thursday staged a protest against the incessant abduction of their members allegedly by some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen.   They also gave their support to the order by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to the herdsmen the forest […]

The Management of Anchor University, Lagos, says it has established contact with its Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof J.O. Fatokun, who is currently in captivity with his abductors. Anchor, which is owned by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that Fatokun was kidnapped on Monday, January 18, 2021, in Nasarawa State on […]