Police arrest six suspected IPOB members, recover arms in Ebonyi

The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested six suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and recovered five locally made pistols with 12 live ammunition from them.…

Why Buhari appointed Gen Yahaya as Army chief

President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Major General Faruk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) last Thursday. The immediate-past Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai succeeded the late Lieutenant…

NYSC designed to strengthen unity, development – Director

Members of the Nation Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been reminded that they were transferred to regions outside their states of origin to create an enabling environment to meet people…

Gunmen murder NECO Registrar, Godswill Obioma

Professor Godswill Obioma, the National Examinations Council (NECO) Registrar and Chief Executive Officer has been murdered Gunmen stormed his residence Monday night, strangled him to death and left without taking…

KILLING FIELDS: EBONYI HERDSMEN KILLINGS RISE TO 52, NIGER BANDITS KILL 16

• We closed shops when Hausa youths were brandishing cutlasses — Igbo trader The pan-northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Monday said South-East leaders had left their responsibilities for…

WIKE, EX-COMMISSIONER EXCHANGE HOT WORDS ON TV PROGRAMME

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and his former Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, John Bazia, traded words on Monday over the recent defections between the Peoples Democratic…

PROCESS TO PROSECUTE 400 BOKO HARAM SPONSORS ONGOING – AGF

THE Federal Government on Monday said the process that would lead to the arraignment of about 400 alleged Boko Haram sponsors and financiers arrested in a nationwide operation in April…

SANWO-OLU BEGS FG TO FUND LAGOS-BADAGRY EXPRESSWAY

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged the Federal Government to provide adequate funding for the construction of the Lagos-Badagry Express way, saying it serves as a trans-West…

HASTEN RESCUE OF 200 KIDNAPPED CHILDREN, BUHARI TELLS SECURITY AGENCIES

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has ordered security and intelligence agencies to hasten their moves to rescue the 200 children kidnapped from an Islamic school in Niger State.…

N3.4B FRAUD: FG RECONSTITUTES NSITF BOARD, SACKS MD, OTHERS

THE President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the sacking of the top management staff of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund over alleged N3.4bn fraud. The NSITF Managing…