The apex Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused the federal government of ethnic prejudice regarding the recent comment on attacks in the Southeast. Communities in the south-east have come under attacks in recent months, with the latest being the invasion of a police station in Agwa, Oguta LGA of Imo state, which led to the killing of four officers. In another attack that reportedly occurred on August 1, some Nigerians were said to have...

The federal government on Wednesday confirmed that it approved the purchase of vehicles worth N1.4 billion to the government of the Republic of Niger to fight insecurity. The confirmation follows David Hundeyin’s, an investigative journalist with Business Day, tweet on Tuesday. Hundeyin had posted the photo of a budget office document showing the president approving the sum of N1.4 billion to buy vehicles for the government of the Republic of Niger, asking President Buhari to...

ENUGU — The lucrative but nefarious business of kidnapping by criminals in the nation has become a huge concern to the public. An obviously overwhelming challenge to the security agents to address that we need divine intervention to stop. The later, of course, cannot be debated as many including the Actors guild of Nigeria testifies of divine intervention in the release of two of her own who were abducted on Friday 29th of July, 2022....

As part of measures to secure the lives and properties of Kogi State citizens, Governor Yahaya Bello has ordered the closure of all brothels harboring prostitutes and also banned the use of facemasks in public places in the state. He gave the directives on Tuesday in Lokoja during a meeting with all First and Second-class Traditional rulers, including local government chairmen in the state. The governor also ordered the demolition of shanties in Lokoja, Osara,...

The national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has given an update about the abducted members of the guild, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel. The AGN had declared the veteran actors missing last Friday after their family members confirmed that they had yet to return from the movie set they went to at Ozalla Town in Enugu state. A few hours later, Okereke and Cornel were confirmed to have been abducted. And...