Bandits: NAF bombards camps in Kaduna, Zamfara forests
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, says the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will continue to identify and clear bandits from their hideouts, as the NAF begins bombardment…
Ondo Election: Sultan admonishes contestants not to see polls as a do-or-die affair
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad, has tasked all the contestants in this Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State not to see the exercise as a do-or-die affair. Abubakar…
COVID-19: ECOWAS female forum donates items for empowerment to FCT community
The ECOWAS Commission’s Women Forum (ECOCOM) has donated relief items and empowerment tools to some residents of the FCT as part of efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.…
IGR: Lagos State records highest with N204.5bn, Rivers N64.5bn, Jigawa least with N3bn– NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Lagos State recorded the highest Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of N204.51 billion in the first half of 2020. The NBS made this known…
Police Brutality: We have no plans to disband SARS – Mba
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Tuesday reaffirmed his determination to reform the special unit in order to curtail their excesses. Adams, however ruled out the possibility of…
Ondo Gubernatorial Elections: Okechukwu dismisses fears of alliance
Mr Osita Okechukwu, a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Committee on Ondo State Gubernatorial elections, has dismissed fears that the alliance of 11 missionary political parties would…
Court dissolves 17 year-old marriage over wife beating her husband
An auto mechanic, Olumayowa Afolabi, on Tuesday prayed an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 17-year-old marriage to his estranged wife, Mojisola, on grounds of disrespect, threat to…
World Teachers Day: Buhari approves special salary scale for teachers, increase years of service to 40
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale for Nigerian teachers while also increase the years of service from 35 years to 40 years. Buhari, who was represented by…
NECO: Gana’s lawyers write SaharaReporters over ‘defamation’
Lawyers representing former Acting Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Mr Abubakar Gana,have lodged a formal request to SaharaReporters for a public apology and retraction of three defamatory publications…
Trump: Doctor says condition improving, not on oxygen
U.S. President Donald Trump, who is ill with the novel coronavirus and being treated at a military hospital, is seeing his condition improve, his physician said on Saturday. The president…
Ooni of Ife wants Govt to return schools to owners
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ojaja II), has called on government to return public schools to their original owners to allow stakeholders, including alumni associations, contribute fully towards…
Manchester United FC set to sign Cavani for 2 years
Manchester United have agreed a two-year deal with former Paris St-Germain (PSG) striker Edinson Cavani. According to French daily L’Equipe on Saturday, Uruguay international Cavani is a free agent having…
Insurgency: Youths in Borno laud resettlement of IDPs in ancestral homes
Youths from 10 local government areas in Borno under the auspices of Northern Borno Youths Frontier, have lauded the state government for resettling people displaced by insurgents to their ancestral…
Zidane not worried injury-prone Hazard will turn out like Bale
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is not concerned that Eden Hazard will be dogged by injuries in the same way Gareth Bale was during his spell with the club. The…
2020 Ondo Election: FRSC deploys 1500 personnel, 35 vehicles
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has deployed 1,500 personnel to cover the forthcoming Ondo gubernatorial elections billed to hold on Saturday Oct. 10, 2020.The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO),…