Security agencies will enforce anti-open grazing law– Lagos

The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, has said the implementation of the anti-open grazing law in the state has begun. He added that that all…

Anti-grazing law unrealistic, I can implement ranching with N114bn —El-Rufai

THE Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has described the anti-grazing laws being signed by some of his colleagues as unrealistic noting that while ranching was the ideal solution to the…

President Buhari meets Okonjo-Iweala in the US (photos)

President Buhari today September 21 met with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in New York. The meeting comes ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting taking…

Police arrest foreigner and four others for allegedly supplying fuel to bandits in Katsina

A 32-year-old Niger Republic national,  Lawal Shu’aibu and four others have been arrested for allegedly selling fuel to armed bandits in a forest in Katsina state. The suspects were arrested on Saturday September…

Ibadan Amotekun parades three suspected ritualists with butchered corpse

Members of the Oyo state Amotekun Corps have paraded three suspected ritualists for their alleged involvement in the killing of a yet-to-be-identified man believed to be in his early fifty’s.…

Suspected Yahoo boy attempts to behead his girlfriend for money rituals in Bayelsa (photos)

A man suspected to be a ‘Yahoo boy’ has been arrested by the police in Bayelsa State over alleged failed attempt to use his girlfriend for money rituals.  It was gathered…

Reps decry falling education standard, demand more funding

The House of Representatives has decried the falling standard of education in Nigeria, asking that the Federal Government allocates more funds to the sector. At the plenary on Tuesday, the…

PIA: Buhari wants finance, petroleum ministries removed from boards

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sought amendments to the Petroleum Industry Act, including removal of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and Ministry of Finance, Budget and National…

Why table is turning against bandits in Katsina, others -Lai Mohammed

Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said that the “table is turning” against bandits in Katsina and other North-West states after security measures imposed by governors. He also said…

Senate approves nationwide emergency communications service

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Nationwide Emergency Communications Service. The upper chamber also approved 112 as the toll-free number for emergencies. The development followed…