Obasanjo, Secondus in closed-door meeting amid PDP crisis

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, held a meeting behind closed doors in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The meeting is…

Kanu: Crisis hits IPOB over sit-at-home suspension

The suspension of the weekly sit-at-home order in South-East by the Indigenous People of Biafra has led to a crisis among its members. This is as some of the members…

Pictorial: Buhari receives leader of Tijaniyya sect in Aso Villa

The President, Major General Muhammdu Buhari (retd.), has received the leader of the Tijaniyya sect, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi at the State House in Abuja on Thursday. Photos from their…

Buhari ratifies international coffee agreement, 2007

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has ratified the International Coffee Agreement, 2007. This was done on Tuesday following the Federal Executive Council’s approval of Nigeria’s membership of the…

Lalong begs warring groups, gunmen kill five, four missing

THE increasing level of insecurity in some parts of Plateau State took a fresh turn Tuesday night when a group of gunmen suspected to be herdsmen killed five persons in…

JUST IN: Suspected cultist shoots final-year student dead in Rivers varsity

There is tension at Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, after a student was shot dead at a cafeteria on Thursday morning. It was leant that a group of suspected cultists…

NSCDC nab four suspects with adulterated petroleum product in Anambra

The Anti Vandalism team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested four suspects with adulterated petroleum products in Anambra. Mr Vincent Ogu, the state commandant of…

Insecurity: President Buhari meets with service chiefs

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is currently meeting with the service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Also present at the meeting is the Vice President, Professor…

Suspected Nigerian drug peddler arrested with 400 ecstasy pills worth over N8m in India

The Govindapura Police has arrested a 47-year-old Nigerian national and allegedly recovered over 400 ecstasy pills worth ?15.5 lakh (N8.5m) from him. The accused identified simply as Thomas K was arrrested…

Leave Lagos or face sanctions – State govt tells Beggars and street hawkers

The Lagos state government has asked beggars and street hawkers to vacate the state or face sanctions. The directive was given at a press conference by Commissioner for Youth and…