Issues

Unknown gunmen kidnapped the Deputy Registrar (Administration) of the Taraba State University, Jalingo, Sanusi Sa’ad. Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the institution, Dr. Samuel Shikaa confirmed the incident, saying the captive, who doubles as the ...

The Christian Association of Clergies in Nigeria (CAC-NIG) has urged Christians, who have been elected into the National Assembly to ensure that the Senate and House of Representatives do not end up being headed by Moslems. It expressed its reservation ...

Multiple road accidents in Ogun State and the Auchi-Okene road at the weekend have claimed the lives of 10 persons. While five persons died yesterday along the Auchi-Okene highway, another five persons were confirmed dead in a road accident at ...

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samson Olasupo Ayokunle at the weekend urged the Federal Government to release leader of Shi’a Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, former National Security Adviser (NSO), Sambo Dasuki and others still ...

Five Nigerians and three Cameroonians have been arrested by the Navy in Calabar, Cross River State, for allegedly attempting to smuggle out 105 drums of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, to Cameroon. It also arrested six Nigerians ...

The quest to realise the president of Igbo extraction for the country in 2023 may have started in earnest as sons and daughters of the ethnic group gather today in Enugu to inaugurate a pressure group, “Southeast for President 2023 ...

Leadership of the Tiv Youth Council (TYC) has called for decisive actions towards restoration of permanent peace between the warring ethnic groups in Benue and Taraba states. The group, in a statement yesterday signed by its president, Mike Msuaan, also ...

The House of Representatives yesterday urged security agencies to arrest perpetrators of the killings in Taraba State due to crisis between Tiv and Jukun nationalities with a view to prosecuting them. The House also sought thorough investigation to unravel those ...

The Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) has asked the federal government to compensate the families of the 11 persons who died in the 2016 pipeline explosion at Agip’s oilfield in Southern Ijaw Council of Bayelsa State. It urged ...

The Rivers State Police Command have arrested four cult kingpins suspected to have been the brains behind the incessant cult wars in Rumuolumeni Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Nnamdi ...