Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi State, Alhaji Wakili Damina, has been abducted. Kogi Secretary of MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar, told newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday that Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed
By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the continuation of a security meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which was summoned by Buhari last Friday, was adjourned to Tuesday Those at the meeting are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo;
The Senate on Tuesday shifted its proposed meeting with Service Chiefs, the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Inspector General of Police to Thursday. Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this at plenary. Lawan said the security chiefs, who are
NCPC TO PARTNER PLATEAU STATE ON YOUTH PILGRIMAGE TO ISRAEL The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, Rev Yakubu Pam has said that his Commission would collaborate with the government of Plateau State on youth Pilgrimage to Israel. The NCPC helmsman
By Sanni Onogu, Abuja The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF), has queried the National Orientation Agency (NOA) over alleged payment of N2 billion as cash advances to some members staff that was not retired. The AuGF also faulted the agency
Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has blamed organised religion for the rape epidemic in Africa, saying women walked around naked for thousands of years before the coming of Christianity and Islam. The 38-year-old made the point in a social media post on Monday in
Security operatives have arrested a businessman believed to be one of the sponsors of the hoodlums responsible for the mayhem in Imo State. He was identified as 42-year-old Nnamdi Okafor from Amanachi community in Orsu council area. He was allegedly linked to the
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided some eateries in Jos, the Plateau State, where freshly baked cakes made with cannabis sativa were recovered. Recovered in the raid was 48.726kilogrammes of assorted psychotropic substances, according to the agency’s spokesman,
Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, has admitted he met President Muhammadu Buhari with three contractors to help his government. He however said he never stood to gain anything personally from the contract, which he said was “contract of
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) to be domiciled at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). The Head, Strategic Communication, ONSA, Mr Zakari Usman, disclosed this