Police to investigate alleged payment of ransom
Following the revelation by Chief Olu Falae that money was paid for his release, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has dissociated the police from the alleged ransom...
Military blocks terrorists escape routes
The Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, said Boko Haram insurgents would face increased military assaults if they refused to surrender their arms and embrace peace. In a statement released to...
President seeks support to recover stolen funds
President Buhari, while speaking at the New York at the Global Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism called on United Nations member nations to assist in the recovery...
NIMASA DG debunks rumours of ex-militant’s contract termination
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Haruna Jauro, has debunked claims that ex-militant, Tompolo's contract with the agency has been terminated by the Federal...
Speaker constitutes 15-member ad hoc committee to screen Ambode’s nominees
Mr Mudashiru Obasa Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, has constituted 15-member ad hoc committee to screen Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode's nominees for appointment into the state Executive Council. The News...
Anxiously Waiting for Buhari’s ‘noisemakers’ Appointment
IT is three days to the end of September 2015, the magic month within which President Muhammadu Buhari promised to appoint his ministers. It is expected that in spite of...
List of 83 Nigerian senators who passed vote of confidence on Saraki
As the 8th Senate, on Tuesday, resumed from its 4th recess in 110 days, no fewer than 83 Senators passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the embattled...
Uwazuruike: United Nations should allow Biafra to be separated from Nigeria
ONITSHA—Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday, gave what he termed as genuine reasons the United Nations should allow Biafra...
Nigeria in the year 2030: A new narrative
OUR obsession with the drama and intrigue of politics has relegated discourse on policy and national development to the background. We all know what Saraki is accused of but how...
Olu Falae: Police not privy to ransom payment, says IG
ABUJA—The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, said yesterday that the police authorities were not privy to the fact that the family of former Secretary to Government of the Federation,...