One Cop, Three Others Killed as Police Foil Boko Haram Bank Robbery Attempt
Banking activities in Damaturu were on Thursday disrupted, after gunmen allegedly shut dead a policeman at the branch of one of the old generation commercial bank. Police source said the…
Commentary: Obasanjo Vs Jonathan
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, likes to throw punches. He delights in criticizing Nigerian heads of government. He did it to General Ibrahim Babangida when the latter was playing…
OECD Study Shows Most Bribes Paid by Big Companies with Management Knowledge
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) just released a foreign bribery report that analyzes more than 400 cases worldwide involving companies or individuals from the 41 signatory countries…
Boko Haram Unleashes 50 Female Suicide Bombers on Maiduguri
A top security operative in Kano, has said that the Islamist militants, Boko Haram, last weekend unleashed 50 female suicide bombers on Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital. The source also…
157 Deltans depart for Barbados, Trinidad on technical training
Over 147 young people from Delta State have left for Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago for special training in technical vocations in the oil and gas sector, agriculture and hospitality…
Boko Haram Suffers Loss in Failed Attempt to Take Over Government in Yobe State
It was a case of a failed coup as members of the violent Islamic sects, Boko Haram, on Monday attacked Damaturu, the capital Yobe state in a failed attempt to…
Gunmen Attack Ado-Ekiti Prison, Killed Warder, Free 122 Inmates, Explosion Rocks Maiduguri Market Again
Unknown gunmen in the wee hours of Monday invaded Ado-Ekiti prisons along Afao road and freed some 122 the inmates in the prison after killing one official. This is not…
Nigerian Navy seizes vessel laden with over N1bn stolen oil
Naval operatives from the Central Naval Command, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have arrested nine suspected illegal oil criminals and a vessel laden with 66,000 barrels of oil estimated to worth over…
Uduaghan, Ibori Loyalists Win Delta Assembly Primary
Former political appointees as well as loyalists of Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and the daughter of former Governor, Chief James Ibori, Saturday clinched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Ambassador Ashiru Dies at 66
Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, former minister of foreign affairs, has died in a South African hospital after a long battle with illness. The career diplomat, credited with re-energising Nigeria’s presence in…