NIGER COUP SUPPORTERS CALL FOR FRENCH TROOPS TO LEAVE COUNTRY
Tens of thousands of protesters rally outside a French military base in Niger’s capital Niamey on Saturday demanding that its troops leave in the wake...
MAKINDE APPROVES SELECTION OF PRINCE LAOYE AS SOUN OF OGBOMOSO
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has approved the selection of Prince Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun-elect of Ogbomosoland. It was reported that...
GABON REOPENS BORDER THREE DAYS AFTER COUP
Gabon has reopened its borders three days after a military coup. An army spokesman on Saturday made this known, three days after closing them during...
TANTITA ACCUSES NAVY OF SHIELDING OIL THIEVES, CONDEMNS THEFT CLAIM AS ‘ SMEAR CAMPAIGN’
Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited has denied a statement by the Nigerian Navy claiming four of the security firm’s personnel were involved in crude oil...
TINUBU ORDERS RECALL OF ALL NIGERIAN AMBASSADORS
President Bola Tinubu has recalled all Nigeria's ambassadors, both career and non-career, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar. Tuggar's confirmed the...
‘FRIVOLOUS JUDGEMENTS’ TO BLAME FOR LOSS OF HIGH-PROFILE CORRUPTION CASES – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has bemoaned its inability to secure convictions in corruption cases, including high-profile ones. In an interview with journalists...
FEAR GRIPS RESIDENTS, MOTORISTS AS GAS TANKER LEAKS IN LAGOS
Residents and motorists were gripped with fear in the early hours on Saturday, following a gas tanker leakage along Ikorodu Road, by Stadium Road, Surulere...
GABON: NO RUSH TO ELECTIONS AND ‘SAME MISTAKES’ – COUP LEADER NGUEMA
The leader of a coup that toppled Gabon’s President Ali Bongo says he wants to avoid rushing into elections that “repeat past mistakes” as pressure...
SUBSIDY REMOVAL: ALEX OTTI BEGINS SECOND PHASE PALLIATIVE DISTRIBUTION IN ABIA
Abia State governor, Alex Otti, has commenced the second phase of the distribution of palliatives to cushion the impact of the fuel subsidy removal in...
OGUN POLICE ARRESTS ONE FOR VANDALISING IBEDC TRANSFORMER
The Ogun State Police Command said that its operatives at Owode Egba Division on Friday, arrested a suspected vandal, one Adewole Adekunle, 28, and recovered...