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Emirship tussle: Gwarzo recants, apologises to NSA Ribadu

Kano Deputy Governor Aminu Gwarzo has apologized to the National Security adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, for implicating him in the Kano emirate tussle. According...

Emir Sanusi’s reinstatement: Nobody can intimidate us – Kano Deputy Gov.

Amid pockets of protests and insistence by law enforcement agencies to enforce court order, the Kano State Government says nobody can intimidate it...

Just in: Passengers stranded as an Abuja-Kaduna train derails halfway

An Abuja-bound train from Kaduna derailed halfway to the nation’s capital on Sunday. The train, carrying dozens of passengers, departed Kaduna at 8:05...

Northern elders react to Sanusi’s reinstatement, caution Kano Gov. Yusuf

As the return of Kano Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II continues to raise dust in the polity, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has sent...

24 hours after arrest, Abuja publisher released on bail

The Enugu Police Command has released Madu Onuorah, publisher and editor-in-chief of Globalupfront newspaper, Abuja, on bail 24 hours after his arrest. The...

Abuja online publisher Onuorah arrested over alleged defamatory publication – Police

The Enugu State Police Command has refuted the allegation that they abducted an Abuja-based online news publisher, Mr. Madu Onuorah. Rather, the command...

Just in: Chad swears in sixth president

Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, the son of Chad’s former President and the African country’s interim military leader, took the oath of office as...

Alleged N19.4bn fraud: Court grants Ex-Aviation Minister Sirika, brother N200m bail

A former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, and his brother, Ahmad Abubakar Sirika, were on Thursday granted bail in the sum of N100...

Decade after, two abducted Chibok girls excited as they graduate from US varsities

More than a decade after their freedom from the clutches of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists, Patience Bulus and Mercy Ali Paul have...

Assault on nurse: Police arraign Oriokpa masquerader

The Enugu State Police Command says it has apprehended and charged a masquerader, Ugwuoke Ebube, a 22-year-old, who allegedly assaulted a nurse in...

Federal appointments: Woke reassigned as OORBDA’s MD to NOSDRA as DG

Barely two weeks after his appointment, President Bola Tinubu has reassigned Engr. Chukwuemeka Woke to the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency...

Democracy: Pres.Tinubu advocates bolstering Africa’s regional economic communities

In a bid to promote commerce and integration, advance democracy and expedite the continent’s progress, President Bola Tinubu has advocated the strengthening of...

Just in: Tinubu appoints Shehu Mohammed as FRSC Corps Marshal 

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr. Shehu Mohammed as the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Mr. Segun Imohiosen, the...

Tax Evasion: Absence of Binance official, Gambaryan, in court stalls arraignment

The absence of Binance official Tigran Gambaryan in court on Tuesday stalled his arraignment on the tax evasion charge preferred against him and...

Plateau, Benue killings, one death too many, says Obi

A former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, says the ongoing killings in Benue and Plateau States are deeply concerning. Obi’s comment...

Banex Plaza attack: A threat to national security – Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army’s spokesperson, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu has described the assault of some soldiers at Banex Plaza, Abuja, as a threat to national...