POLICE WARN AGAINST PROTESTS OVER KEBBI SCHOOLGIRLS’ ABDUCTION, CITE SECURITY RISKS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Kebbi State Police Command has cautioned civil society groups and organisations against staging protests over the abduction of students from...
VIDEO: POPE SAYS CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS “HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED” IN NIGERIA, LINKS VIOLENCE TO EXTREMISM, ECONOMIC, LAND CONFLICTS
By Aishat Momoh. O. Pope Leo XIV has said that both Christians and Muslims are being killed in Nigeria, attributing the violence to extremist activities,...
FAULTY NOSE WHEEL FORCES PLANE TO HALT ON ENUGU RUNWAY, ALL PASSENGERS EVACUATED SAFELY – FAAN
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed that an aircraft operating a Lagos–Enugu flight experienced a nose-wheel malfunction while...
US LAWMAKER URGES NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TO PARDON FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH
By Aishat Momoh. O. A member of the United States House of Representatives, Riley Moore, has called on the Nigerian government to grant clemency to...
FRSC, GOMBE POLICE DEBUNK RUMOURS OF FATAL NYSC CORPS MEMBERS’ CRASH
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Gombe State authorities have dismissed viral reports claiming that prospective National Youth Service Corps...
TINUBU DEPLOYS MATAWALLE TO KEBBI TO RESCUE ABDUCTED SCHOOLGIRLS, URGES URGENT ACTION AGAINST BANDITS
By Aishat Momoh. O. President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi State following the...
US LAWMAKERS REVIEW NIGERIA’S CPC DESIGNATION, CITE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND NNAMDI KANU DETENTION
Agency Report The United States House Subcommittee on Africa on Thursday held a public hearing to assess President Donald Trump’s recent redesignation of Nigeria as...
MENTALLY UNSTABLE TEENAGER STABS NSCDC OFFICER TO DEATH IN ONDO
By Aishat Momoh. O. A 19-year-old man believed to be mentally unstable on Thursday fatally stabbed a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer...
JUST IN: FORMER NEPC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OLUSEGUN AWOLOWO DIES AT 62
By Aishat Momoh. O. Former Executive Director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun Awolowo, has died at the age of 62. Awolowo, a...
US HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE OPENS HEARING ON TRUMP’S REDESIGNATION OF NIGERIA AS COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United States House Subcommittee on Africa on Thursday commenced a public hearing to review President Donald Trump’s recent redesignation of...