The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Ovie Omo-Agege, on Thursday dismissed the notion of the strong grip of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. He told journalists after a closed door meeting…
The Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor said that 613 rehabilitated low-risk repentant terrorists will be transferred to their country’s government for reintegration into society. Irabor made the disclosure during the fifth Stakeholder Meeting of the Operation Secure…
The police command in Kano State has announced the death of several people in Dawakin Tofa Local Government. The police spokesman in Kano, Abdullahi Kiyawa, said preliminary investigations indicated that the deceased died of suffocation. The couple have been identified…
President Muhammadu Buhari is building the necessary infrastructure to transit Nigeria to a manufacturing economy, the NASENI boss said on Thursday. Prof. Muhammad Sani-Haruna, Deputy Executive Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), spoke at a…
The Ondo State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Ikare-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko North East Local Government Area, following clashes at the annual carnival in the community. The state government said on Thursday that the curfew will come…
Mexican security forces on Thursday arrested the son of jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, scoring a victory in the battle against powerful cartels days before US President Joe Biden visits. Ovidio Guzman, who was arrested in the northwestern…
The group, the Coalition for Credible Elections 2023, has raised concerns about some “key areas” it believes Nigeria’s electoral arbiter, INEC, should address ahead of the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. “An effective resolution or a non-effective resolution…
Former President of the Bar Association of Nigeria, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) on Thursday, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should not exist. He said the commission was now being run outside the constitution. Agbakoba said this at…
The leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Akogun Oyedepo, has accepted the challenge by Kwara State government to public debate on their claim to have received the sum of N337bn from June 2019 to December 2021. The government, in…
Consumer electronics giant Sony and automaker Honda, which partnered last year to develop and produce electric vehicles, have announced the name of their new car brand: Afeela. The two giants announced their first car innovation during the Consumer Electronics Show.…