May 2019

Police in Zamfara on Tuesday confirmed the killing of 23 persons in Tunga and Kabaje villages, Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area by suspected bandits in the early hours of the day. Confirming the incident to News Agency of Nigeria in…

  The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday declared August 22 as International Day for the remembrance of victims of religious-based violence. This followed the adoption of draft resolution A/73/L85 tabled…

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has urged staff of the ministry to support his successors the way they supported him. Mohammed who made this plea at a valedictory and handover ceremony organized for him by the…

BARELY a week after former President Olusegun Obasanjo accused the Federal Government of being lackadaisical about invasion and unprovoked attacks by herdsmen across the country, the Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, has advised the Presidency…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with service chiefs. The meeting started at the President’s office in the State House around 2pm. Discussions at the meeting would dwell on the security situation in the…

Gennaro Gattuso has resigned as AC Milan manager. The 41-year-old Italian announced his exit in an interview with La Repubblica on Tuesday. Gattuso took the decision after missing out on Champions League qualification by a single point…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his career in the military was hellish, especially experiences he had living through the 1966 coup, 1967 counter-coup, and later a civil war. The President spoke during a pre-recorded interview aired by…

Okezie Ikpeazu: A Trans-Generational Leader, Fulfilling Promises, Securing the Future By Jude Ndukwe As Dr Okezie Ikpeazu commences his “Second Missionary Journey” as Executive Governor of Abia State from May 29, 2019, people of the State…

All seems tense in Anambra State – no thanks to threat issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to security agencies over the enforcement of its May 30 sit-at-home order. In a statement yesterday in Awka, the Anambra…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has so far withdrawn 64 Certificates of Return and re-issued them to persons declared winners by courts of law, following the 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Mahmood…