Unidentified gunmen yesterday kidnapped four Catholic priests, wounding others in a brazen broad day attack that has sent shivers down the spine of the survivors who were lucky to escape. The abducted priests include Rev. Fr. Victor Adigboluja of Ijebu…
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Suleiman Kazaure, has cautioned corps members’ against bribery ahead of the 2019 general elections. Kazaure gave the warning on Wednesday while visiting corps members at the NYSC permanent orientation camp in…
Buhari, Atiku clash over N30,000 minimum wage (Nation) Rather than subside, the row over the minimum wage keeps growing. President Muhammadu Buhari explained yesterday his position on what the least paid worker should earn. The Ms Ama Pepple committee set…
Head Coach Thomas Dennerby has released a list of 21 players who will fly Nigeria’s flag at the 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana. The championship starts next week, with cup holders Nigeria heading Group B of…
The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday expressed regrets at the level of poverty plaguing the society and said all hands must be on deck to bring the affected citizens out of…
President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the Odogwu family on the death of Chief Sunny Odogwu, the Ide Ahaba of Asaba. President Buhari also extends heartfelt condolences to the good people of Asaba and the Government of Delta State on the…
A 25-year-old woman, Edet Gift, was on Wednesday brought before an Ota Magistrates‘ Court in Ogun for allegedly biting a man’s ear. Gift, who lives at No. 4, Ojubanire St., Off Joju, Ota, is facing a charge of assault. The…
The Nigerian Army Commander of the Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), Major General Adeyemi Yekini, has brushed aside reports that some OPWS troops including Captain Sani were ambushed and attacked in Benue State. General Yekini in a statement made available to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in 23 National Commissioners of the National Population Commision (NPC) and seven members of the Code of Conduct Bureau including its chairman, Malam Muhammed Isah. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Environment to interface with relevant Federal Government agencies and parastatals, to avert “impending earthquake in Nigeria.” The lawmakers also requested that the concerned agencies monitor and ascertain the extent to…
