•Gowon Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has reopened some of the deepest controversies of Nigeria’s Civil War, revealing how the late sage, Chief Olusegun Awolowo stepped in to save late military ruler, Gen. Murtala Mohammed. Also, he revealed that he never wanted late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, captured or k...
•Chief Emeka Anyaoku The Patriots, a group of senior Nigerian citizens and professionals led by the former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has expressed deep concerns about the prevalent killings and kidnappings as a result of banditry going on in the nation, including poverty among the citizens. The eminent group m...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu yesterday said that exchange rate and oil subsidy cabals are wishing him dead, following his introduction of the policies upon assumption of office in 2023. Speaking in Lagos yesterday at the launching of the book, “The NADECO Story” written by Chief Ayo Opadokun, and presentation of awards to those who played [&h...
•INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the report on the Supreme Court-ordered delineation of wards and polling units in the Warri Federal Constituency, ending months of controversy and agitation surrounding the exercise in Delta State. The report was unveiled during an emergency stakeh...
•An official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA Barely 24 hours after a dispatch rider was killed by a hit-and-run driver along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, another dispatch rider has died following a collision with a containerised articulated truck along the Ilupeju Bypass area of Lagos State. The spokesperson for the Lag...
No fewer than three persons sustained injuries today when a section of the Zaria Central Mosque under reconstruction collapsed during casting work. The decking of the second floor beside the southern minaret caved in while workers were carrying out casting on the structure, reports NAN. Eyewitnesses said the injured persons, believed to be con...
•Road safety officials at an accident scene A late-night collision in Jigawa State on Monday claimed seven lives, leaving the Kafin Hausa LG chairman injured as the police launch probe. Our correspondent gathered that seven people have been feared dead after a ghastly auto crash along the Malam Madori–Hadejia Road in Jigawa State on Monday [&h...
•New Ondo CP Felix Ohagwu (C) A new Commissioner of Police, Felix Ohagwu, has assumed duty as the 47th Commissioner of Police in Ondo State. Ohagwu takes over from CP Adebowale Lawal following the recent redeployment of the former police chief by the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu. The development was announced today in a […...
•Troops In a solemn and deeply symbolic moment that underscored the Nigerian Army’s enduring commitment to its personnel, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, presented the Nigerian Army Personnel Insurance Cheques to some families of fallen heroes and troops wounded in action at the opening ceremony of the COAS Fir...
•Falana and Tinubu Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prioritise security briefings from Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters over comments from foreign political figures when assessing the country’s security situation. Falana’s remarks come amid growing public debate over recent...

