John 'Lofty' Wiseman served in the SAS for 26 years, setting a record for the youngest person ever to pass selection when he was aged 18. In addition to extensive service worldwide in which John saw action in every theatre of operations and spe...
The Presidency will shortly forward to the National Assembly, an amendment bill that will re-jig the existing Anti-Terrorism Act. UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis previews the single-item amendment that could raise the ante in a new, tougher drive to cage...
Former Police Commissioner Abubakar Tsav served with distincton in Lagos and several other states in the country. In this interview with IGHO OYOYO, he alleges that dishonesty and corruption are the key triggers of the current state of insecurity that ...
The curfew imposed on Suleja local governemnt area of Niger state since the Christmas day bombing has affected economic activities in the once peaceful community. Traders have now resorted to the weekly Madalla Market notorious for tanker accidents whi...
The spate at which victims of emergency lost their lives due to demands for deposit and police report by hospitals is alarming. MAIRO MUHAMMAD MUDI takes a look at the situation. Ishaq was a roadside mechanic in Kaduna who after closing for work had to...
Ijaw Elders from Bayelsa State yesterday stepped up campaign to alert Nigerians against perceived provocative criticisms of President Goodluck Jonathan administration, asking Nigerians to rally round the policies and actions of the present administrati...
Amidst speculations, the presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu is said to have reached conclusions to hav...
Armed robbers on Friday night sacked the police station in Igarra, Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo state where they invaded the station’s armoury and went away with three guns which they later used in an attempt to rob a new generation ban...
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has tasked the newly elected National executive committee of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party led by its national chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to uphold the virtue of the internal party democracy and always ens...
The Joint Military Task Force code named Operation Pluto Shield was weekend put on red alert following rising tension in Okpokunnuo town of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State over the arrest and detention of Four prominent members of the Commu...
Residents of Lagos and Ogun states yesterday defied the heavy downpour of rain that fell in the early hours of the day to participate in the partnership on advocacy against polio held at the border town between both states. The two governors, Mr. Babat...
Niger State Government has reiterated its commitment to enforce a law criminalising the refusal of parents and guardians to allow their wards to be immunised. Governor of Niger state Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu represented by the deputy Governor Hon Ahme...
Ahead of the forthcoming National Identity Registration exercise, the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Chris Onyemenam has advised Nigerians to douse their fears, saying that the current exercise was targeted ...
Ahead of the new National Identity scheme planned by the Federal government, Nigerians are doubtful that the exercise though long overdue may not meet the expectations of over 170 million population of the country. CHIKA OKEKE reports that the buzz has...
Sports administrators, football aficionados and politicians converged on Ira, Oyun local government area of Kwara state for the fidau prayer of the late Super Eagles’ goal merchant, Rashidi Yekini. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president,...