Senate seeks to ban carrying illegal firearms

The Senate on Tuesday demanded stiffer punishments for anyone who bears illegal firearms in the country. The red chamber said the action would checkmate all forms of criminal activities in…

Amaechi’s loyalists celebrate faction’s victory at Supreme Court

THE All Progressives Congress in Rivers State loyal to the Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to strike out an appeal filed by Igo Aguma…

FG subsidises electricity by N50bn monthly, says minister

The Federal Government has been subsidising electricity supply across the country to the tune of over N50bn monthly, the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has said. He said the subsidy…

UNN lecturer suspended for alleged sexual harassment of student

• As police shoot 75-year-old woman dead The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has suspended a senior lecturer in the Department of Archeology and Tourism, Dr Chigozie Odum, for alleged sexual…

Marketers raise petrol price to N170, depots suffer shortage

Fuel marketers have started adjusting their petrol pump prices amid the supply shortage facing private depots in Apapa. Our correspondent observed that some filling stations in Lagos and Ogun states…

Ogun monarch alleges arms build-up as Makinde, Abiodun host northern govs

The Onimeko of Imeko, Oba Benjamin Olanite, has raised the alarm that arms and ammunitions are being imported into Ogun State. The monarch, who spoke during a stakeholders’ meeting in…

ACF, Afenifere, others fault Buhari’s silence on herders’ menace

The   Pan-Niger Delta Forum, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation,  Afenifere and  the Arewa Consultative Forum, on Tuesday  challenged  the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over his silence  on killings and kidnappings…

Nigeria moving towards disintegration, Abdulsalami warns

A former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has warned that the country may disintegrate if Nigerians do not remain calm and united in the face of recent challenges.…

EFCC defends new chair as graft allegation surfaces

• Shakeup looms in anti-graft commission as Buhari names Bawa new helmsman • White Paper to determine suspended chairman Magu’s fate, says Presidency The  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on…

OHANAEZE CONGRATULATES OKONJO-IWEALA ON EMERGENCE AS WTO CHIEF

APEX Igbo Socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has extended their heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for emerging as the Director general of the World trade Organisation, (WTO). We had…