NATIONAL NEWS

The rise in the cost of crude oil, coupled with the depreciation of the naira against the United States dollar, might lead to a hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, oil marketers stated on Sunday. It was also gathered that the sharp rise in crude oil price to about […]

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has been denied access to his old office at the Government House in Benin, the state capital. Shaibu arrived at the Government House on Monday morning but met the gate leading to his office under lock and key. He says he has yet to receive a formal […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will on Wednesday, September 20, swear in nine newly appointed Justices of the Court of Appeal. The new appellate court justices are to be inaugurated at the Main Court auditorium of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Abuja. A statement by the Supreme Court’s Director of Press […]

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has applauded the steady drop in crime rate in the “Ember months” while assuring voters in the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections of necessary deployments and security measures for a safe environment. Egbetokun stated this on Thursday during a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, including Deputy Inspectors-General […]

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested 30-year-old suspected notorious armed bandit Saidu Yaro, alias Sabon Jini, of Tsaskiya Village, Safana LGA of Katsina State following the death of an Area Commander for Dutsinma, ACP Aminu Umar, and another officer. The police spokesman, ASP Sadiq Abubakar, who disclosed this on Thursday during a parade of […]

The acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Friday, said collaborative efforts were ongoing to secure the “swift” release of eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) kidnapped in Zamfara State about four weeks ago. IGP Egbetokun stated this while delivering his remarks at the meeting with strategic police managers and media briefing highlighting policies, […]

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has reaffirmed the Nigerian military’s dedication to democratic values, even in the face of recent coups in parts of Africa. Gen. Musa made the assertion on Thursday during the opening of the first-ever Chief of Defence Staff’s Joint Task Force Commanders Conference at the Defence Headquarters in […]

There was a fire incident at the Transmission Company of Nigeria transmission substation in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, on Thursday night. The 330 kilovolt (kV) facility was reportedly engulfed in the inferno, though the immediate cause is yet to be disclosed. The incident comes barely 24 hours after a national electricity grid collapse resulting from a […]

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, says Federal Government cannot totally back out from funding universities. Speaking on Thursday, Osodeke said it is clearly stated in the Constitution that the Federal Government must fund public universities. He was reacting to a report where the Minister of Education Prof. […]

With over 133 million people in Nigeria affected by multidimensional poverty, the World Food Programme (WFP) says it is committing to spend $2.5 billion to fight hunger in Nigeria in the next five years. This was made known by the Country Director of the WFP, David Stevesson when he led a team of the United […]