Buhari is the worst President when it comes to security – Governor Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom has described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst when it comes to security issues.  The Benue state Governor who appeared as a guest on Channels…

Real Madrid make £137m transfer bid for PSG forward, Kylian Mbappe

Real Madrid have made a £137m (€160m) bid to sign Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain. The La Liga giants reportedly made the offer on Sunday August 21, and Paris Saint-Germain…

Ex-rep, others dump PDP for APC in Gombe

A former Peoples Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives in Gombe State, Alhaji Umar Suleiman, has led several of his supporters to the All Progressives Congress. Receiving the…

Outrage as uniform-wearing gunmen invade NDA, errant officers to face trial

Our security architecture was compromised, says Nigerian Defence Academy GUNMEN wearing army uniform, in the early hours of Tuesday, invaded the country’s foremost military institution, the Nigerian Defence Academy, Afaka,…

MTEF: NIMASA, FAAN, NDIC, others frustrating us, Reps lament

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance has lamented that some agencies of the Federal Government are frustrating consideration of the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper…

Zulum defends Boko Haram members’ reintegration

THE Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said over 2,600 insurgents who surrendered are in custody but said not all of them are criminals. He also noted that over 100,000…

Igboho’s aides: DSS withdraws bid to revoke bail

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the application by the Department of State Service seeking to revoke the bail earlier granted to four of the…

Ministry, research body disagree on 12.3 million out-of-school children

An analytical statistics organisation, SBMorgan Intelligence, has put the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria at 12,320,529. However, the Federal Ministry of Education disputed the figure, saying Nigeria did not…

Osun cultists kill 17-year-old boy, police trail suspects

Some suspected cultists have hacked to death a 17-year-old boy, Quadri Olalekan, in the Oluguna area of Osogbo, Osun State. Sources in the area told our correspondent that a gang…

Bandits using guerrilla tactics, can be eliminated, says minister

THE Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammed Dingyadi, on Tuesday said the country had sufficient weapons to eliminate bandits terrorising Nigerians. He lamented that the security forces have been unable to…