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It used to be so easy. A reporter brings a story and the excited editor goes through it and simply publishes it, confident that the claims are correct. Very often, impressed editors offered some morale […]

Journalists could be hit with lengthy prison sentences if their stories upset the Government under ‘sweeping reforms’ to the Official Secrets Act, the newspaper industry warned yesterday. Reporters given leaked documents would be treated similarly […]

DUE to the intractable traffic challenges confronting most Nigerian cities, the advent of commercial motorcycles as a means of transport was hailed as a welcome necessity. This was particularly the case in traffic jam-prone Lagos […]

Sequel to the alleged abduction of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya and his alleged rendition to Nigeria and continued detention by the Department of State Service, DSS, the United […]

Kaduna State is under siege, its government and estimated 9.48 million people terrorised by hordes of bandits and militias operating with impunity. The seeming helplessness of the state was demonstrated anew when bandits recently stormed […]

Britain has asked Nigeria to explain where and how its citizen, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra was kidnapped. The diplomatic query followed the statement by Kanu’s lawyer that the IPOB leader […]

The Democracy Vanguard of Nigeria in Diaspora (DVND) has called on the United States to impose a visa ban on those senators that opposed electronic transmission of election results in Nigeria. Led by Comrade Timothy […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the hike in prices for rams and other items in the market, saying the development was not consistent with the virtues of Islam. In his message marking the occasion of […]

An estimated 3,462 Nigerian Christians have been killed this year by Nigerian Jihadists, Fulani herdsmen and state actors up till 18 July. The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law gave this grim […]

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the seven Northwest governors to urgently put machinery in motion to end banditry in the zone. Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu disclosed this on Sunday. Bagudu, who is also […]

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has cautioned political parties and their followers against violence during Saturday’s council poll. Obasa gave the warning while speaking with newsmen on the […]

Ahead of the Eid-el Kabir celebration, Lagosians, yesterday thronged the popular Kara market, located along the Lagos- Ibadan expressway for their Sallah rams. Eid al-Adha, Arabic for Festival of the Sacrifice, is one of the […]

The Nigerian Bar Association on Sunday took a swipe at the National Assembly over its decision on the electronic transmission of election results. The National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, Rapulu Nduka, in an interview […]

President, Living Faith Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has said he never used his church’s money to buy his private helicopter. He said he bought it with his own money and that he could drive the […]

With a heavy heart, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya, Officers and Soldiers of the Nigerian Army regret to announce the passing on of Maj Gen Hassan Ahmed, a former Provost Marshall […]