Troops foil kidnapping of traders in Rivers, destroy illegal oil dump
Troops of 146 Battalion, 16 Brigade Nigerian Army while on routine patrol on Wednesday 28th June 2017, along Sucrucho-Kalarogbana Fishing Ports general area, discovered and destroyed a reactivated illegal oil…
Buhari is on life support, Fayose claims
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari has been on “life support for 20-days.” Fayose who has been antagonistic of the Buhari government also challenged…
Former Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, has died at the age of 56.
Mr. Suntai who survived a plane crash at the Yola airport in 2012, died at home where he was undergoing rehabilitation for brain injuries arising from the plane crash. He…
Aisha Buhari to Nigerian youths: Use new media responsibly
Young people have been acknowledged as the most special breed among the citizens of Nigeria on account of the range of privileges they enjoy, which their forebears never had. The…
Lagos to shut markets for displaying wares on roads
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday warned traders in the habit of displaying their wares on the road for sale beyond the confines of the market thereby causing traffic gridlock…
Nigeria, Italy seal defence pact; Naval operations, counter-terrorism to benefit
Following successes in bilateral defence pacts with the United Kingdom, United States among others, a technical military and defence pact with Italy is being cemented by Nigerian government. The deal…
Okupe carpets Buhari’s media team for poor handling of Sallah message
Former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has knocked President Muhammadu Buhari’s media team for the shoddy manner it handled the controversial Sallah…
Shekau taunts military in new video, claims abducted police women are now Boko Haram wives
Leader of the Boko Haram terrorist sect, Abubakar Shekau, has released a video showing police officers who were kidnapped in Borno state last week. In the video which has gone…
Summary of what Osinbajo told different ethnic groups during the peace dialogues
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has again assured Nigerians that the Buhari administration is not deaf to grievances in parts of the country, disclosing that the government will address them,…
Lagos to appeal court order halting demolition of Otodo Gbame waterfront
Lagos state government has rejected a High Court ruling that it stop a program of evictions on the city’s waterfront that has left more than 300,000 Nigerian fishermen and their…