No fewer than nine people have been reportedly killed by bandits, while an unspecified number were abducted along the Kaduna-Kachia road. The attack was said to have taken place at about 10:30pm on Monday, near Kasuwan Magani in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to sources in Kasuwan Magani, the vehicles were many... Read More
Former owners of Nigeria’s major carrier, Arik Air, have taken issue with Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) over the circumstances that led to the takeover of the airline on February 9, 2017. The Vice-Chairman of the former management of the airline, Senator Anietie Okon, told the news team in an exclusive interview that the... Read More
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said yesterday that it would continue the search for the missing fighter jet that disappeared last week in Borno State. The fighter jet lost contact with radar shortly after take-off while on an interdiction mission in the North-east. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, immediately flew into... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all security and intelligence agencies to ensure the arrest and prosecution of all those behind yesterday’s dawn attacks on both the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and the correctional facility in Owerri. Buhari, in a statement by his media aide, Mallam Garba Shehu, described the attacks as an act of... Read More
The leadership of the striking resident doctors under the umbrella of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been summoned by the House of Representatives Committee on Health next Thursday to discuss issues relating to their ongoing industrial action. The President of NARD, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, who confirmed the meeting to the news team in a... Read More
Saudi authorities said yesterday that only people immunised against Covid-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage from the start of Ramadan, the holy fasting month for Muslims. The hajj and umrah ministry said in a statement that three categories of people would be considered “immunised” — those who have received two doses... Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the late Director of Ford Foundation, West Africa, Mr. Innocent Chukwuma, as a thoroughbred social activist. Osinbajo, who expressed deep sadness over the demise of the activist, also commiserated with the family members, friends and associates of the late civil society leader, noting that Nigeria has lost a... Read More
A new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) estimates that attaining global gender parity will take nearly 136 years, up from its previous estimate of almost 100 years. WEF measures parity in four ways: economic participation and opportunity, education, health and political empowerment. Data examined by the organisation showed that the gap in political... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with the Itsekiri nation on the announcement of a new Olu of Warri, as pronounced by the Iyatsere of Warri Kingdom. The President, in a message issued on Tuesday by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, also condoled with the Itsekiri on the passage of the immediate past Olu, His Royal... Read More
Wanted drug baron nabbed in Nasarawa as NDLEA intercepts 1,330kg skunk in Edo . Notorious supplier to Abuja drug joints arrested It was indeed a bleak Easter for the most wanted drug baron in Nasarawa state, Sami Ashoko as he did not only spend the festive season in custody, his warehouse filled with skunk was... Read More