APC group succumbs to pressure, suspends planned nationwide protest

Supporters of the All Progressives Congress, under the aegis of Concerned APC members, on Tuesday, suspended their planned nationwide protest. The group had two weeks ago issued a 14-days ultimatum…

Anti-open grazing law’ll be celebrated like June 12 -Ortom

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday, expressed the conviction that like the June 12, a government will come and accept ranching as the best practices for animal husbandry. The…

Volume of beneficiaries responsible for staggered palliative distribution – CACOVID

The Coalition Against COVID-19 has explained that the scale of the nationwide food distribution programme and the number of persons to benefit from the palliatives are some of the reasons…

People stopped thugs from burning my house – Melaye

The Senator who represented  Kogi West in the 8th National Assembly,  Dino Melaye, said on Tuesday that his people rallied him to save his house in his home town, Aiyetoro-Gbede,…

SARS men seized, sold my properties, man tells panel

The Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State Government to look into cases of human rights abuse by men of the recently-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad opened…

Court grants Atiku’s ex-wife custody of children

THE Upper Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday ordered Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to hand over the custody of his three sons to his divorced wife and mother of the children.…

Eid-el maUlud: FG declares Thursday public holiday

The Federal Government has declared Thursday as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-el Maolud celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The Minister of…

#EndSARS protests and unemployment, poverty bomb

AS two weeks of extraordinary nationwide peaceful protests by youths gave way to brigandage and mass looting, Nigerians got a bloody ringside preview of the impending explosion of the poverty…

NSCDC Agro Rangers dislodge herdsmen in Oyo reserve

THE Agro Ranger team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Oyo State Command, says it has dislodged some herders from Aroro Kole, along Igbo Oloyin in the Akinyele…

Reps caution FG over insistence on anti-social media law

The Federal Government has warned that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder if the issue of fake news is not urgently addressed, insisting on regulation of the social…