ECOWAS DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WEST AFRICA
The Economic Community of West African States has declared a state of emergency throughout the region. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, announced...
BAYELSA BANS ILLEGAL MINING TO CURB INSECURITY
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR The Bayelsa State Government has stopped all illegal and unauthorized mining of minerals in communities within the eight local government areas of...
CHILDREN ABDUCTION IS LESSER EVIL THAN KILLING SOLDIERS
Islamic cleric Sheikh Gumi said that taking schoolchildren hostage is a "lesser evil" compared to killing soldiers. He told the BBC in an interview that...
CHRISTMAS: ENUGU REAFFIRMS BAN ON FIREWORKS
The police chief in Enugu State, Mr Mamman Giwa, has again said that selling and using fireworks, which are also called "knockouts" or "bangers," is...
CHINA EXECUTES FORMER SENIOR BANKER OVER BRIBE ALLEGATIONS
China executed a former executive of a top state-controlled asset management firm for corruption on Tuesday, state media reported. Bai Tianhui, the ex-general manager of...
WORK WITH STATE GOVT TO CURB FUTURE KIDNAPPINGS – TINUBU ORDERS SECURITY AGENTS
By: Muftau Fatimo President Bola Tinubu has instructed security agencies to collaborate with state governors to curb future kidnappings across the country Tinubu said students...
TROOPS NEUTRALISE SUSPECTED BANDITS DURING OPERATION IN SOKOTO
By: Muftau Fatimo Troops on Monday eliminated several suspected bandits while responding to an ambush on traders along the Tarah–Karawa route in Sabon Birni Local...
EFCC TELLS COURT HOW EX-AMCON BOSS ALLEGEDLY DIVERTED N4.9BN FROM ARIK TO FLOAT NG EAGLE
By Aishat Momoh. O. A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday heard how a former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation...
ONE KILLED, CHURCH SET ABLAZE AS GUNMEN ATTACK WORSHIPPERS IN ANAMBRA
At least one person has been confirmed dead while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries following an attack on a church in Lili, Ihiala...
114 KILLED INCLUDING CHILDREN IN SUDAN HOSPITAL, KINDAGERTEN- WHO REPORTS
The World Health Organization on Monday said that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed in “senseless” strikes on a hospital and kindergarten in Sudan’s...