An elderly man on Monday collapsed in Edo State as retirees protested over their unpaid pensions and gratuities by the state government. During the exercise, the senior citizens disrupted the flow of traffic at Ring Road in Benin City, the state capital while airing their grievances. Most

Six women and nine children kidnapped in the North-East have escaped their captors, walking for six days through the bush to freedom, an official said Monday. The 15 hostages were seized separately from the farming villages of Takulashi in Borno state’s Chibok district and Cofure in

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, has disclosed that the government needs to engage Nnamdi Kanu and his group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Ikpeazu explained that the face-off between the federal government, Kanu and IPOB can be resolved on a negotiation table. He, however, warned

Peter Obi, former Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rubbished the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, for saying the Federal Government may declare a state of emergency in Anambra State. Obi said the Federal Government should first declare a

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday assigned new portfolios to some commissioners and senior officials of the state government. He explained that the reshuffle was designed to help harness fresh energy for the government’s final lap, bring new insights, and enable the commissioners to have

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has defended the current administration, saying it is not a complete failure. Speaking during an interview on Monday, Adesina said those who branded President Buhari as a failure are wrong, insisting that his principal,

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former presidential aide, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, over allegations of certificate forgery. Obono-Obla is the former Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP) for the Recovery of Public Property. He was charged with two

Yet-to-be identified hoodlums have attacked a police divisional headquarters in Enugu, authorities at the state command have said. The affected facility is the Umulokpa Police Divisional Headquarters located in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state. The whereabouts of a policewoman, attached to the facility, is unknown

Festus Ogun, a legal practitioner has condemned the warning of Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, against End SARS protest on October 20. Groups and individuals are planning to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Lekki toll gate shooting by Nigerian Army troops. In a statement