The Kano State Government has assured residents of the state that the lingering emirate tussle in the state would soon be resolved. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya, gave the assurance on Thursday while addressing newsmen in Kano, saying concrete steps have already been taken to restore lasting peace and stability. … Read more
A burst of heavy gunfire and explosions erupted early on Thursday near the international airport in Niger’s capital Niamey before halting within hours, residents told AFP. Videos filmed by residents of the area showed streaks of light in the sky with the sound of loud explosions, while other images showed flames several metres high and … Read more
The Police Special Fraud Unit has cautioned intending travellers to strictly adhere to due process when applying for travel visas. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday, the spokesperson of PSFU, DSP Ovie Ewhubare, cautioned intending travellers against scams. Ewhubare urged members of the public to remain vigilant against … Read more
AWKA – THE Anambra State Police Command has beefed up security at the gates of Onitsha main market which was ordered to be shut down on Monday by Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo on Monday following the traders insistence on observing every Monday Sit-at-Home. The police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga, a superintendent of police said the … Read more
ABUJA – FORMER governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola has taken President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government to the cleaner over the insinuation that defection of governors to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will guarantee their winning the 2027 election. Speaking at the public book launch of Bola Abdullahi titled “The Loyalist,” the … Read more
In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes. Mandera County, along Kenya’s borders with Ethiopia and Somalia, has seen no rain since May and is now on the point of a … Read more
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof Shehu Usman Adamu representing the Vice Chancellor Prof Olufemi Peters, on Saturday in Fiditi Town, Oyo state, rallied the residents of the town led by its monarch, OniFiditi of Fiditi, HRM Oba Sakirulai Oyewole Oyelere, as well as, eminent dignitaries … Read more
The European Union on Wednesday announced that Nigeria and other African countries would be receiving the sum of 557 million euros from the bloc’s 2026 humanitarian aid budget. The EU made this known in a statement by its delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS Embassy’s Press Officer, Mr Modestus Chukwulaka, in Abuja. It said that … Read more
Eleven suspects linked to the murder of Arise News journalist, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, and a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, were on Wednesday arraigned before a Federal Capital Territory court. The Federal Capital Territory Police Command confirmed the arraignment in a statement released on Wednesday, stating that the suspects were charged with criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, … Read more
A former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission and Human rights lawyer, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has criticised the Kaduna State Police Command over its denial of the reported abduction of worshippers from churches in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. Odinkalu questioned the motive behind what he described as an attempt by … Read more