Former President of the Senate Bukola Saraki has advised Nigeria to find solution to kidnapping through collaborate with countries that had successfully tackled the menace. He urged the country to learn from these successful countries’ experiences and measures adopted in addressing it. Saraki gave the advice on Friday during a …
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NCoS: Incident At Bauchi Correctional Service Was Caused By A Mobile Phone
Incident at Bauchi State Command of NCoS Date: 2021/04/10 A little skirmish broke out at the Bauchi State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service on Friday April 9, 2021. This emanated from the attempt of an officer to smuggle a mobile phone into the custodial centre, for the use of …
Read More »Tinubu: A Presidential Disaster Waiting To Happen? – By Farooq A. Kperogi
Anyone who has watched Bola Ahmed Tinubu closely and dispassionately can’t help but notice that the man is not well. He is a walking psychedelic calamity. His endless verbal miscues and nonverbal cues constantly conspire to construct the profile of a man who is battling a troubling internal turmoil, who …
Read More »Ethiopia’s Meseret Dinke Wins Female Category Of 2021 Lagos City Marathon
#LagosCityMarathon Meseret Dinke of Ethiopia is the women’s champion of the 2021 Lagos City Marathon. Second position for the women is Celestine Jepchirchir of kenya, while in third place is Desta Muluneh of Ethiopia
Read More »North Has Sunk Lower Under Buhari, NEF, ACF, CNG, Others Lament
Seventeen famous Northern groups, including the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) have lamented the region is worse off under President Muhammadu Buhari. This was one of the major outcomes after a two-day Northern People’s Summit in Kaduna. The groups, in a …
Read More »Bandits Kill One In Gurmana, Kidnap 10 People; Set Houses Ablaze, Rustle Cattle b
Bandits have invaded Gurmana Community in Shiroro Local government area of Niger state again, killed one person and abducted 10 others. The bandits were said to have invaded the community in broad daylight yesterday on motorcycles and were shooting sporadically to scare villagers. They moved from house to house and …
Read More »Kenyan, Emmanuel Naibei Wins Lagos City Marathon 2021 (Photos)
Emmanuel Naibei of Kenya has won the 6th edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. Naibei beat thousands of marathoners on Saturday morning to win the 42km race in 2 hours 11 minutes and 37 seconds and also claim the grand prize of $30,000.
Read More »Aliko Dangote Celebrates His 64th Birthday Today
Aliko Dangote GCON (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian billionaire business magnate. He is the wealthiest person in Africa, with an estimated net worth of US$13.5 billion (July 2020). Family Aliko Dangote, an ethnic Hausa Muslim from Kano, Kano State, was born on 10 April 1957 into a wealthy …
Read More »Naval Ratings Beat Up LASTMA Officials (Disturbing Photos)
The Lagos State Government has again condemned the action of some Naval Ratings noted for escorting commercial vehicles, who attacked LASTMA Personnel for apprehending a VOLKSWAGEN BUS with registration number LSD 73 XT. @jidesanwoolu @NigerianNavy According to eyewitnesses, the said bus obstructed the flow of traffic at Onipanu inward Fadeyi …
Read More »Cleric Arrested For Kidnapping 15-Year-Old Girl For Ritual In Ogun (Photos)
Cleric arrested for allegedly kidnapping 15-year-old girl for ritual purposes in Ogun (photos) A 36 years old Islamic cleric, Amodu Jamiu, has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command for allegedly abducting a 15 years old girl and attempting to use the girl for ritual. A statement …
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