GUNMEN operating in Anambra State have kidnapped a priest of the Nnewi Catholic Diocese, Rev Fr Stanislaus Mbamara. The young priest was kidnapped on Friday evening while driving from Awka, the state capital, to Nnewi, where he serves. The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi disclosed the development in a statement where …

THE National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has announced plans to join the proposed nationwide strike scheduled for Wednesday. Acting General Secretary of the body, Dominic Igwebike, said the leaders of the body at national and state levels should start mobilizing ahead of the strike. Igwebike made the call in …

VICTOR Osimhen has made history as the first African to be crowned the highest goal scorer in Serie A. Osimhen is also the first player to combine that with the Scudetto since 2009. His closest rival, Lautaro Martinez, fired blanks in Inter Milan’s victory against Torino on Saturday night. Martinez …

THE Nigeria National League (NNL) has fixed Saturday, June 10, for the final matches of the 2022–23 regular season. The league body fixed the date after the completion of outstanding matches and deliberation on disciplinary matters. Top teams from the Southern and Northern conferences will compete in the NNL Super …

THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has debunked speculations that it might back down on its proposed industrial action slated nationwide for Wednesday. It said the only reason it would shelve the strike is when the Federal Government and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited NNPCL did the needful by returning …

THE Kano People’s Redemption Party (PRP) Candidates Forum headed by Alhaji Abdullahi Sabo Rano has said that since the 2023 general election is now history, there is the need to forge ahead and for members to remain committed towards entrenching a viable democratic culture in the Country. Making the disclosure …

By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano THE Federal Road Safety Sector Commander Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi has said that no fewer than Eighteen Passengers were killed in an auto crash on Friday at Zakirai town on Kano-Ringim Road in Gabasawa Local Government Area of Kano state. It was reported that Twelve other persons …

A group, Center for Democracy and Human Rights, has frowned at what it called lip service on the war against drug trafficking by the national drug law enforcement agency, NDLEA. The group said its latest condemnation comes against the backdrop of seeing one of the biggest drug barons in the …

Our loss is huge, say Shettima, Zulum By Yunusa Pirkusu, Maiduguri VICE President Kashim Shettima, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, led dignitaries to the funeral of Alhaji Usman Jidda Shuwa, immediate past Secretary to Borno State Government. The funeral …

…Recovers 390kg illicit drugs in Kano, Kaduna, Borno, Oyo OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted not less than 76.9 kilograms of Canadian loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, from four used vehicles in a container marked MSDU6686346 from Canada, at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, …