South-West interest: Ooni caucus to meet Obasanjo, Soyinka, Olubadan, Alake, others

Ooni’s Caucus, a Yoruba group recently inaugurated by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, will in the coming weeks meet with top Yoruba political and traditional leaders towards seeking…

Kidnapping: ISWAP, Boko Haram training bandits, says NIS

Nigerian officials have warned that IS-aligned jihadists are training criminal gangs engaged in mass kidnappings in the country’s northwest, in a sign of deepening cooperation between armed factions. The development…

Delta housewife petitions AGF, IGP over husband’s illegal detention, one year after

One year after her husband, Mr Sunday Okoro, has been allegedly detained by the Nigeria Police, a Sapele-based housewife in Delta State, Mrs Rose Okoro has petitioned the Attorney General…

Executive, legislature, judiciary interface’ll enhance citizens’ life quality – Fayemi

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, said on Friday that constant interface among the executive, legislature and judiciary on state affairs and how to meet people’s needs would enhance…

PIB: FG to engage oil-producing communities, says Sylva

The Federal Government says it will, again, engage Niger Delta oil-producing host communities on the three  per cent operational costs allocated to them in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill.…

Igboho’s asylum: Monarchs lobby Benin president, meet top govt officials

Yoruba-speaking monarchs in Benin Republic have mounted pressure on the president, Patrice Talon, and other top government officials to grant asylum to Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as…

We get regular updates on Kanu through his family -Abia Govt

The Abia State Government says it gets regular updates on the leader of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, through his family members and other relevant persons. The…

Abia, Igbo clerics’ forum demand fairness in Nnamdi Kanu’s trial

The Abia State Government says it is actively monitoring the situation with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, an indigene of the state currently being tried…

Group opposes IPOB’s planned sit-at-home, police vow clampdown

Ahead of the sit-at-home protest by the Indigenous People of Biafra, which will commence on Monday, groups, under the aegis of the South-East Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, have asked…

To ensure dad died painfully, hoodlums broke his skull, set him ablaze –Son of ASP killed in Akwa Ibom attack

An Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ogueri Vitalis, 52, lost his life alongside other policemen during an operation to repel an attack by some hoodlums on Essien Udin, Akwa Ibom State.…