Day June 22, 2021

Kemisola Ogunniyi, the #EndSARS protester who gave birth to a baby in the prison recently, has regained freedom temporarily. She was freed on Tuesday afternoon from the Surulere Prison in Ondo West Local Government following an order by an Ondo…

An Abuja-based rights activist, Comrade Deji Adeyanju, has opined that Senate President Ahmed Lawan, House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila; and all those against the amendment of the Electoral Act risk jail term when their tenure ends in 2023. There…

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. The Red Chamber took the decision on Tuesday after the consideration of the report of its joint committee on Defence and Army…

A cross section of Nigerians has criticised the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for not questioning and arresting Sheikh Ahmad Gumi over his alleged link to bandits. Gumi had in an interview on Monday warned the government against the killing of…

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, expressed confidence that Nigeria will not break up. Osinbajo expressed the belief that Nigeria will remain united as a strong nation, adding that those waiting for the country to break up will be sorely…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says six tankers, five trucks, and two cars were destroyed in the tanker explosion that occurred at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday. The FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr. Ahmed Umar, who…

Pope Francis has declared his support and readiness to collaborate with the Federal Government of Nigeria to end insecurity in the country and sub-Saharan Africa. Vatican City in a statement said the Pontiff gave the assurance after he received a…

The Senate lobby of the National Assembly Complex on Tuesday was filled with water with the cleaners battling to clean and control water from flowing into the Senate Chambers. The water was leaking directly from the roof, but visitors and…

A Nigerian police officer in Yobe has lamented bitterly over the poor state of their welfare in the state. In the video that has become a growing sensation on social media, the police officer who was almost in tears shared…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Nigerian Senate to consider and approve N895billion as a Supplementary Budget. The request was made known at the senate on Monday. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request on the floor…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Federal Government’s Team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations in Nigeria. The approval was announced in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by the Minister of…

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has claimed that most of the bandits terrorizing Nigeria are foreigners and not Fulanis. He stated this while speaking security agencies in Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area of the state on Monday. This…

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has accused the federal government of killing Igbo youths in the guise of fighting the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH,…

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has said that his domain is enjoying peaceful co-existence with the Fulanis. The Southwest region of the country has been witnessing a series of attack by armed herders believed to be of the…

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed General Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff following the death of Lt. General…