The State Security Service, SSS, has threatened two prominent broadcast stations with lawsuit over what they described as false and malicious report against them organisation. According to the security Agency, Africa Independent Television, AIT amd Channels Television both aired false report against it on the crisis that rocked the Lagos State House, of Assembly, on…
The death toll from the attack on Yaav and Mbadura council ward in Turan community, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, by armed men suspected to be herdsmen has risen to 34, as 15 more bodies recovered today.” Our correspondent who spoke to a local source from the community who identify himself as Ordue…
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has described late Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, as a towering figure in Nigerian politics and a relentless advocate for the rights of the Niger Delta. The President General of AYCF, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, in a statement on Tuesday, extended the group’s condolences to the Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of…
Mr Sunday Oyinloye, Publisher of Green Savannah Diplomatic Cable, has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to take decisive action against the rising incidents of ritual killings of girls across the nation. Oyinloye made the appeal on Tuesday in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in response to the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, declined the application filed by Mr Kabiru Turaki, former Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Minister, seeking to stop the police from presenting the DNA test result in the paternity dispute with a lady, Hadiza Baffa. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on an ex-parte motion, moved by…
Progress has reportedly been made in indirect negotiations between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on accelerating the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Israeli media reported on Tuesday that potentially six, instead of three, living hostages could be handed over on Saturday. Hamas has also apparently agreed to transfer the bodies…
The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday embarked on a nationwide schools monitoring and evaluation to stamp out institutions not registered and operating as ‘miracle centres’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ministry commenced the exercise with visit to some schools in the Federal Capital Territory. NAN also recalls that the ministry…
The absence of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witnesses on Tuesday stalled the trial of the Managing Director of Beligetto Holding Company Limited , Ayodele Raymond and four others in an FCT High Court, Zuba. The EFCC charged Raymond alongside the group chairman of the company, Harry Samuel, Gowon Egbunu, Alhaji Nuhu Amanabo with…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate declined to 24.48 per cent in January 2025, This is contained in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rebased results released in Abuja on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the headline inflation rate for December 2024 was 34.80 per cent. The…
Gov Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta on Tuesday commiserated with the Ijaw nation on the passing of elder statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, describing his death as “End of a great era”. Pa Clark reportedly passed on Monday night, at 97. The governor’s condolence is contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir…
