OGUN INSISTS ON OWNERSHIP OF EBA ISLAND, DISMISSES ONDO CLAIMS AS MISLEADING
By: Sefiu Ajape The Ogun State Government has reaffirmed its territorial jurisdiction over Eba Island in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area, dismissing claims from some...
POLICE RECOVER 415 LIVE CARTRIDGES, ARREST SUSPECTS IN AKWA IBOM
By: Sefiu Ajape The Akwa Ibom State Police Command says it has recovered a large stockpile of live ammunition and arrested a suspect, along with...
VETERAN JOURNALIST, EX-AFRICAN CONCORD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF LEWIS OBI DIES AT 77
By: Sefiu Ajape Lewis Obi, former Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of African Concord, has passed on. He died on Friday at the age of 77....
TROOPS NEUTRALISE BOKO HARAM SECOND-IN-COMMAND, 10 OTHERS IN BORNO – MILITARY
By: Sefiu Ajape Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised a top Boko Haram leader identified as the group’s second-in-command, along with 10 other foot...
NDLEA ARRESTS BRAZIL-BASED NIGERIAN BUSINESSMAN WITH COCAINE HIDDEN IN PRIVATE PARTS AT LAGOS AIRPORT
By: Sefiu Ajape Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazil-based Nigerian businessman, Uche Franklin Onyekwere, at Murtala Muhammed International...
JUST IN: 80 WORSHIPPERS RETURN HOME AFTER ESCAPING ABDUCTION IN KADUNA
By: Sefiu Ajape No fewer than 80 worshippers who escaped abduction during a bandit attack on Kurmin Wali community in Kajuru Local Government Area of...
VIDEO: FELA MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST AFRICAN ARTIST TO RECEIVE GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
By: Sefiu Ajape Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has made history as the first African artist to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy....
SERAP DRAGS NNPCL TO COURT OVER ‘MISSING N22.3BN, $49.7M OIL MONEY’
By: Sefiu Ajape The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited over the “failure...
EDO POLICE ARREST NINE SUSPECTS OVER KIDNAPPING, CULTISM, ROBBERY, OTHERS
By: Sefiu Ajape The Edo State Police Command has arrested nine suspects in connection with kidnapping, cultism, robbery, and other related offences. The command’s spokesperson,...
FG ENGAGES US TO SEEK NIGERIA’S REMOVAL FROM IMMIGRANT VISA RESTRICTION LIST
By: Sefiu Ajape The Federal Government says it is engaging the United States through diplomatic channels to ensure Nigeria is removed from the list of...