No fewer than 33 ships laden with petroleum products, commodities and other goods are expected to arrive at Apapa, Tin-Can Island and Lekki Deep Sea Ports in Lagos from 30 to 31 January. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this…
The Lagos State House of Assembly says it backs the state government’s ongoing demolition of structures and shanties erected along shorelines and under high-tension cables across the state. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, Mr Stephen Ogundipe,…
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has dismissed claims of a political alliance involving former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari Ashiru and opposition parties, describing any such move aimed at unseating Governor Uba Sani…
Academic activities were disrupted on Monday at the Ondo State College of Health Technology in Akure, as students embarked on a peaceful protest demanding better learning conditions. The students also alleged that they were being extorted and that they were…
The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Saidu Audu, has assured the Borno State Government that the end of Boko Haram and other non-state armed groups operating in the Lake Chad region is in sight. Audu gave the…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles may have fallen short of lifting the trophy, but in the eyes of one of African football’s greatest ever midfielders, they were the defining force of the tournament. Former Manchester City and FC Barcelona star Yaya Touré…
*Speaker expresses shock over exclusion By Ndahi Marama Maiduguri—Outrage erupted in Maiduguri on Monday after the All Progressives Congress, APC, excluded the photograph of Vice-President Kashim Shettima from a banner displayed at the North-East Zonal Public Hearing on the amendment…
By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— An Inspector of Police identified as Victor Okus, has shot two of his colleagues, following an altercation in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Although the cause of the shooting is still sketchy, it was gathered that…
The Kaduna State Government has dismissed claims of mass abduction of church members in the Kajuru Local Government Area, confirmed by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), as false. The government and the police said security assessments conducted in the…
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – OVER one week after the anti-kidnapping protests in Ekpoma, Edo State that went violent, leading to the arrest of many, a group, Edo State Civil Society Coalition for Human Rights, yesterday, called for the…