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Abductors of the 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have threatened to starve them to death if the ransom they are demanding is not paid on time. One of the abductors stated this in an audio recording made available to Punch on Wednesday by Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi. […]

In its boldest economic move yet, the military junta that has governed Sudan on a transitional basis since the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir in 2019 succumbed to pressure from international financial institutions and freely floated the pound on Sunday. It had been trading at over 350 pounds to the dollar on the informal market, while […]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in a sting operation, have burst a drug cartel that specializes in importing cakes, biscuits, and other confections (baked with drugs) for the rich in Lagos State. In the process, the agency arrested the leader of the group, Samuel Ebenezer. “One of the drug syndicates busted […]

The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has decried what he called fatherism being practised in Nigeria, instead of federalism. The AfDB chief made the declaration in Akure, Ondo State capital, as the guest lecturer at the second inaugural lecture of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday, noting that Nigeria’s system is essentially […]

A group of Northern elders, known as the North East Elders for Peace and Development, has dissociated itself from Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, asking him to stop against justifying armed banditry and other associated criminality currently sweeping through the country. Gumi has recently become the emissary for bandits operating from forests in such places […]

Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of the immediate-past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate. Those confirmed are former Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin; former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; former Chief of Air Staff, Ibok Ibas,  and former Chief of Naval Staff, Abubakar Sadique. Their confirmation followed the consideration of the report […]

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said the country is targeting to restore peace and safety across the nation within two months. Lawan made the disclosure in Abuja Monday in a chat with Senate House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. “I’ve come to meet with Mr. President, to […]

The war raging between Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and his Bauchi counterpart, Bala Mohammed, is deepening, getting messier. Nobody knows where and how it will end because this war is itself a derivative of the wider wars raging on various fronts in Nigeria right now. It reached a new pitch on Monday, with […]

  The Nigerian Army says it has arrested 20 persons suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).   Those arrested are 16 men and 4 women, all of whom have all been handed over to the Nigerian Police Force.   These facts were disclosed by Col Aliyu Yusuf, Deputy Director, Army […]

Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, was on Sunday arrested by police, the State Police command confirmed. Okorocha, who is now the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial district, was taken into custody to explain why he led a violent breaking into the Royal Palm Spring Estate along Akachi road in Owerri, which was sealed by […]

…demands transparent process Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has thrown his weight behind the plan by the Federal Government to privatise some of the country’s assets. The government has listed the assets to be privatized to include the country’s four refineries, the International Conference Centre, Abuja, Yola Electricity Distribution Company, Zungeru Hydro Power, […]

The worsening insecurity challenge in Nigeria took a new twist on Sunday when the leadership of the Amalgamated Union of Food and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AFUCDN) gave to the Federal Government up until February 24 to address their demands or face total withdrawal of their services. This was declared by Secretary-General of AFUCDN, Ahmed […]