archiveAugust 9, 2019

The Defence Headquarters has constituted a seven-man joint investigation panel to unravel the circumstances that led to the killing of three police personnel and a civilian by troops of Nigerian Army in Taraba. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in...

  Thousands of motorists have been trapped for hours as drivers of articulated vehicles block both lanes of the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the road was blocked following the death of one of the drivers, who was allegedly shot by a policeman for his...

A report by the United States government on drug trafficking has said that Nigerian traffickers are leading globally. In the comprehensive report released on Thursday the rate at which the illicit drugs are trafficked from the country had become worrisome to the international community. According to the report, “Nigerian drug...

The European Union (EU) through its Erasmus Plus programme, has awarded scholarships to 40 Nigerian students to study in various European countries for a masters or PhD degree. The awardees of this year’s scholarship programme would attend universities in 12 different European countries including Greece, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Czech Republic,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated the renowned chartered accountant and teacher, Chief Akintola Williams, who turned 100 on Friday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Friday, Buhari congratulated the elder statesman for the many honours and pride, he brought...

National President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Christopher Isiguzo, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately review his security strategy. Isiguzo, who noted that the strategy adopted by the president in tackling insecurity in the country was not working, insisted that it was time for the president to review...