Female suicide bombers in Nigeria are now carrying babies to avoid detection in their attacks, authorities warn. An attack in the town of Madagali on 13 January saw two women detonate their devices, killing themselves, two babies, and four others. They had passed a vigilante checkpoint,
An Abuja High Court has again reaffirmed the bail granted former National Security Adviseer, Colonel Sambi Dasuki and five others in the arm deal trial involving $2.1bn. Justice Baba Yusuf reaffirmed the bail on Dasuki on the ground that he was entitled to it and having being admitted to same since 2015 when the federal […]
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Kayode Aderanti, has said the abducted pupils and members of staff of the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges, Isheri, Ogun State may regain their freedom in the next 24 hours. He disclosed this on Tuesday in Abeokuta while speaking with journalists during his courtesy visit to the Governor of Ogun […]
The Federal Government has dissociate itself from the recent arrest of the Premium Times Publisher, Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi and his reporter, Ms. Evelyn Okakwu. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said federal government will not do anything to stigle press freedom. Mohammed stressed further that […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned the immediate-past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), and former Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, his son Sagir before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama. They were re-arraigned before Justice Baba Yusuf on 22 counts involving alleged diversion of
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that new members of the party that meet the right criteria would be allowed to contest in 2019. Reacting, APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, assured that the party would accommodate the defectors. “We are happy that people across the political spectrum are buying into the philosophy […]











