Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has held a meeting with leaders of Fulani communities in the South-west and North-central, in a renewed attempt to stem the rising incidence of violent crimes
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A combined team of security operatives Monday morning stormed the main entrance of the University of Ibadan in a bid to stop the planned nationwide RevolutionNow protest spearhead by the
The Kaduna State police command said it had beefed up security ahead of the state High Court’s ruling on Monday (today) in the bail application brought before it by the
The Edu/Patigi Progressive Association (EDUPAPA) has called for a review of the nomination of Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Senator Gbemisola Saraki as ministers from Kwara State. The association made the
Long distance drivers on Yola, Maiduguri and Abuja, Maiduguri route Sunday commended the Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum and the GOC 7 division Nigeria Army, Major General Abdulmalik
Against the backdrop of the Thursday’s killing of a priest in Enugu State, the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev Dr. Callistus Onaga, has called on the government to
Operatives of Edo State Police command have foiled an attempt by some suspects to bomb Oko Prison in Benin with Improvised Explosive Device, IED, in their bid to set free
Ahead of today’s ruling by a Kaduna High Court on the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky’s application for medical leave, the Kaduna State Government
Ebonyi Statw Governor, David Umahi, has condemned the murder of Benjamin Simeon, a citizen of the state in South Africa. He described the act as gruesome and cruel. Simeon hailed
Iran has seized another foreign tanker in the Gulf, a state media agency has said. The vessel, carrying 700,000 litres of “smuggled fuel” bound for Arab states, was intercepted near
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue on Saturday in New York said no fewer than 81 herdsmen had been convicted and 3,000 cows arrested under the state’s anti-open grazing law. Ortom,
A French inventor has successfully crossed the Channel on his jet-powered hoverboard for the first time. Franky Zapata took off from Sangatte in northern France at 7.15am BST on Sunday,
An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore.
Five people have been reportedly killed in a cult clash in Anambra State. The causes of the violence could not be confirmed but the incident occurred on Friday night at
Benjamin Simeon, 43-year-old Nigerian living in South Africa, has been killed by unknown gunmen in Johannesburg. According to a statement released by Sunny-Wenike Douglas, spokesperson for the Nigerian Citizens Association
Some gunmen have kidnapped Abubakar Idris, a lecturer at the Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State. Idris was abducted in Kaduna State, according to a statement made by the police. A
The Edo State Police Command said on Saturday that it had arrested four suspects in connection with an attempt to attack Oko Maximum Prison in Benin to free several kidnappers
The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Kukah has said blaming Nigeria’s insecurity problems on herdsmen, banditry and Fulani won’t help the country. Kukah lamented that criminal elements are perpetuating
By Lucia Binding, news reporter Thousands of Indian tourists, pilgrims and workers have started fleeing the disputed region of Kashmir following an alleged terror threat. Indian security officials said they
The Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Chief Crowther Seth, has called for the intervention of the Federal Government over perennial flooding in communities across the metropolitan capital city, Yola. A
