Coalition defends NSCDC chief over Minna deaths
Rejects calls for Audi’s removal, urges probe to run its course The Centre for Justice for Common Nigeria, under the Coalition of Nigerian Civil Society Organisations, has rejected calls for…
Catholic Bishops oppose foreign aid regulation bill
By Olayinka Latona ABUJA — The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has called on the National Assembly and the Federal Government to halt moves to enact the Foreign Aids…
2027: ‘Ignore opposition tactics’, APC chieftain urges Tinubu to focus on governance
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to be distracted by opposition tactics ahead of the 2027 general elections.…
N3.4bn drug bust: NDLEA arrests fake police, mechanic
Records major drug seizures across eight states, FCT By Olasunkanmi Akoni ABUJA — Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted more than 1.3 million pills and…
Akpabio in Italy prays for banditry, terrorism to end in Nigeria
By Henry Umoru Ahead of the 2027 presidential and general elections, the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, visited the Prayer Ground of St. Padre Pio at St Giovanni…
VIS impounds 38 buses over illegal BRI operations
By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — The Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service, VIS, has impounded 38 buses for allegedly operating illegally under the Bus Reform Initiative, BRI. The vehicles were apprehended…
NDLEA seizes 1.3m opioid pills, 6,000kg cannabis, nabs two teenagers with AK-47s, pistol, ammunition
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted more than 1.3 million pills and capsules of tramadol and other opioids, as well…
Nine killed in fresh Plateau attacks
Passengers, pastor among victims By Golok Nanmwa JOS — At least nine persons have been killed in separate attacks in Barkin Ladi, Riyom and neighbouring communities in Plateau State between…
I didn’t abandon Gov Yusuf; I still like him — Kwankwaso
The Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, says he is willing to reconcile with Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State. It will be recalled that Yusuf, a staunch…
“He Practised As A Lawyer For Over 10 Years, Appeared In Court As ‘I.C. Igwe, Esq.’ And Cross-Examined A Witness” — Court Jails ‘Fake Lawyer’
The Anti-Fake Lawyers Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Aba Branch, has secured the conviction of a 38-year-old man, Ifeanyi Christian Igwe, for falsely holding himself out as a legal…