President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Saturday embark on a one-day official visit to Kebbi State to attend the Argungu Festival where he is expected to serve as the Special Guest of Honour. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President…
By Evelyn Usman The Inspector-General of Police IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has declared Nigeria’s banking industry a strategic national asset, ordering an immediate intelligence-led crackdown on cybercriminal networks, insider facilitators, and transnational financial crime syndicates threatening the stability of the financial…
Since Trump’s return to office, a narrative has steadily gathered momentum in Washington: that Nigeria is a theatre of “Christian genocide,” orchestrated or tolerated by Muslim political actors. It is a grave allegation. It is also one that many credible…
Two serving police officers attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) at the Niger State Police Command Headquarters, Dutsen Kura, Minna, have been accused of defrauding three young Nigerians of over ₦700,000 under the guise of securing…
The explosion of a petrol-laden tanker in Lagos state has reportedly injured several residents. The incident occurred on Thursday morning along the Abeokuta expressway According to witnesses, the residual product was seen burning inside drainages in the area. Residents were…
By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin —Nine victims abducted by terrorists in Adanla community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, are still being held in captivity after payment of N40 milliom ransom by the community. A relation of some of the…
More than 200 artefacts looted from Nigeria by the British military in the 19th century are set to be returned. The Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) confirmed this in a statement issued last Sunday. The institution has…
United States lawmakers have introduced a new legislation aimed at increasing accountability for human rights abuses in Nigeria, including potential sanctions against Fulani militias and former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. According to the lawmakers, the proposed legislation seeks to…
By Muideen Olaniyi, Itodo Daniel Sule, Baba Martins (Abuja) & Mumini Abdulkareem (Ilorin) The decision of the Senate on the amended Clause 60(3) permitting both electronic and manual transmission of results has raised fresh questions. SPONSOR AD The Senate…
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says mixed electronic and manual transmission of election results will be resolve challenges in election process. Atiku said that such combinations would amount to a potentially threat to the country’s electoral system. He said…