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Lagos Police Commissioner’s Special Squad smokes out cultists, bandits from hideouts, nabs five

    A special strike force of the Lagos State Police Command has whupped some criminals after a successful smoking of some black...

Nigeria receives 16m doses of COVID-19 vaccines

  Contrary to some media reports, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says about 16 million AstraZeneca doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been received...

So who is Babafemi Ojudu?

  By Fejiro Johnson   The pro democracy activist-journalist is not new   NOT many may know, though few can recall the battles...

Herdsmen killings: ECOWAS Court reserves judgment in SERAP’s suit against Buhari administration

  The suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Government for its failure to prevent, account for...

Reason behind Air Afrique Airlines Failure

  The fact that Air Afrique airlines met an ignominious end is common knowledge. However, not a lot of people are familiar with...

Breaking: Tragedy: Ekweremadu slumps, dies

  A former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has lost his elder brother, Chief Mathias Ekweremadu, the Enugu State Commissioner for Transport....

Retired IG-P Adamu’s tenure elongation: An illegality, breach of Police Act, Constitution — Senior lawyers

  President Muhammadu Buhari’s elongation of the tenure of retired Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, for three months has received a swipe...

Breaking: Buhari rewards Buratai, Olonisakin, other ex-Service Chiefs with ambassadorial jobs

  Barely two weeks after their retirement, the five immediate past Service Chiefs have been nominated as non-career Ambassadors-designate. Well-meaning Nigerians, governors and...

Breaking: Retired IG-P Adamu gets 3-month tenure elongation

  Mr Mohammed Adamu, who attained retirement age on February 1, 2021, has been given three months tenure extension as the Inspector-General of...

Faisal, Maina’s son, jumps N60m bail, bolts to U.S.

  Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, who is standing trial alongside his father, for laundering pensioners’ money to the tune of billions, has...

FG approves licence for 20 new universities, pushing the number to 190

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Abuja on Wednesday approved 20 new including nine private ones, pushing the number of universities in...

Insecurity: Gov. to FG: All citizens should be licensed to carry guns

  Overwhelmed and frustrated by the deteriorating security situation in the state, Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku has asked Federal Government to grant all...

A Peep into Air Peace New E-195 Aircraft

Nigeria’s airline Air Peace has taken delivery of its first Embraer E195-E2 this week. Registered 5N-BYF, the new E-195 provides a 2-2 seating configuration but...

Real Madrid FC President, Florentino Contracts COVID-19

  By Boye Ajayi   Real Madrid President, Florentino Pérez, has tested positive for COVID-19, reports Persecondnews. The club made the announcement in...

N7bn graft: Ex-Abia Gov. Orji Kalu back in court for case retrial

  A former Abia State Governor and Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, who has been standing trial on a N7.1billion money laundering...

Pres. Buhari, Atiku, mourn, extol Tony Momoh

  “He was an avowed apostle of politics without bitterness.” -Atiku President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar have reacted to the...