Kidnap victims on Monday explained how bandits had been thwarting the Federal Government’s security regulations in the telecommunications sector. Residents of Katsina, Zamfara and Kaduna states, who recounted their experiences in kidnappers’ dens, told our correspondents that they made the bandits’ telephone numbers available to security agents. They, however, lamented that …

Jihadists in Niger Republic have wiped out all the male Christians in Fantio and Dolbel, two towns in the Tillabéri region in the south west. Survivors of the attack, a group of women, with small children and babies fled to the Dori region of Burkina Faso. AID TO THE CHURCH …

Chicago rapper KTS Dre shot at least 64 times, killed after jail release Several suspects “exited two separate vehicles and all began to shoot.” Chicago rapper KTS Dre was fatally shot over the weekend after reportedly being ambushed by multiple gunmen following his release from the Cook County Jail. The …

Ex-NIMASA DG, Peterside Accuses Rivers Governor, Wike Involvement In N3.5 Billion Fraudulent Road Projects According to Peterside, Governor Wike awarded road projects in the state to three firms that have not accomplished their tasks despite being paid all their contract fees. Former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety …

The position of the Southern governors that the 2023 pres­idency should be zoned to the Southern part of the country appears to have divided the Ni­geria Governors’ Forum (NGF), as state governors are not on the same page on the issue, Newsextra24 has gathered. According to the communiqué by the …

Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government of plotting to rig the 2023 general elections by nominating presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Governor, who made the accusation in Port Harcourt during the presentation …

…Says Kenya played no role in arrest of Kanu to face trial in Nigeria …Expects FG to handle Kanu’s trial in line with laws and respect to human rights …Resolves to monitor Kanu’s trial to ensure his rights are not violated The International Human Rights Commission based in Geneva has …

NIGERIAN NAVY PRESS RELEASE 12 July 2021 PUBLIC ADVISORY ON A FAKE SECTIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES IN NIGERIAN NAVY RECRUITMENT 1. The attention of the Nigerian Navy has been drawn to a purported sectional list of supplementary candidates in the Nigerian Navy recruitment exercise trending online and amplified by …

A gang of suspected criminals who specialises in attacking motorists and road users in traffic met their Waterloo, when Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday morning, personally arrested them at Ojota area of the state while in the act. Taking the war against criminality in Lagos a notch …

There were indications last night that the Senate may reject President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Ms. Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) representing Delta State. The Nation investigation showed that Onochie’s nomination is among the big issues on the agenda …