Amnesty International has called on the Federal Government to ensure that every single person who were abducted by gunmen in Borno and Kaduna states. The Organisation which puts the number at over 687 people said suspected Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped over 400 persons including women and children from the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in…
The Department of State Services has issued a warning against large gatherings to avoid potential threats. In an advisory issued on Friday, DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, urged Nigerians to be vigilant against public dangers, especially Improvised Explosive Devices. He said this while congratulating Muslims on the commencement of Ramadan and the Christians for the Lent…
Wife of the President Oluremi Tinubu has condemned in very strong terms the abduction of nearly 300 students in Kaduna state and called on state governors and lawmakers to prescribe capital punishment for kidnapping. Speaking at an event to mark this year’s International Women’s Day she lamented the abduction of children and women whom she…
Barcelona moved up to second in La Liga thanks to Lamine Yamal’s superb late winner against Real Mallorca. The visitors looked set to frustrate Barca, for whom Ilkay Gundogan had a 24th-minute penalty saved. Yamal, 16, then struck the crossbar early in the second half but curled in a fine effort from just inside the…
Anthony Joshua needed only two rounds to knockout Francis Ngannou and deliver the most powerful statement to the heavyweight division. Joshua floored the UFC champion in the first round and early in the second. Still dazed, Ngannou rose to his feet in Riyadh but was stunned by an explosive right moments prompting the referee to…
An ugly incident played out on Friday inside the Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, after a prison inmate seized the rifle of a warder, shot and wounded a road side vulcanizer close to the facility. While the injured vulcanizer, who was shot in the stomach, was rushed to a medical facility for treatment,…
Nigeria Football Federation has declared the position of the Super Eagles head coach vacant. This follows the expiration of Jose Peseiro’s contract in February With the departure of the Portuguese who led the Eagles to second place at the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, the Glass House is out shopping for a…
Security has been beefed up around the Edo State House of Assembly. This comes a day after members of the house served an impeachment notice on the State Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu. According to the House, the Deputy Governor has seven days to respond to the notice. Meanwhile, members of the Edo State Security Networks,…
The lawmaker representing the ward of former Governor Nyesom Wike in Obio/Akpor Local Government in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Akor Prince Nna has announced his resignation. The lawmaker stated that he is backing Governor Siminalayi Fubara in the ongoing power tussle in the state. He has stepped down from his position as…
The move to impeach the embattled deputy governor of Edo state Philip Shaibu has not gone down well with indigenes of Jattu, in Edo North where the deputy governor comes from. On Thursday, thousands of youths, women and men, yesterday, protested to register their anger at the plot to impeach Shaibu, calling on the Edo…
