BREAKING: Court extends remand order on dismissed Inspector
An Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos has extended till June 10, its remand order against a dismissed Police Inspector, Olalekan Ogunyemi,…
Guns exceed guests at bombed Sri Lanka hotel
At the Cinnamon Grand Colombo, one of six Sri Lankan targets hit by suicide bombers on Easter Sunday, the silence…
Russian plane crash kill 41
Forty-one people died after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames just after takeoff from Moscow’s…
Begging bandits is not a security strategy
Dear Police Inspector-General Mohammed Adamu, You cannot tackle the atrophic security threat assailing the country by pandering to the whims…
Nigeria records ₦27b foreign portfolio deficit in Q1
Nigeria suffered a net deficit of N26.6 billion in foreign portfolio transactions in the first quarter (Q!) of this year…
Unknown gunmen kidnap Permanent Secretary in Taraba
The Permanent Secretary in the Taraba State Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs. Susana Jonathan, has been abducted by unknown gunmen,…
2019 UTME: JAMB begins biometric verification of candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has begun the biometric verification of the 1.8 candidates who sat for this year’s…
CBN: ₦2b stolen as fraudsters target Mobile Apps users
Going by the record of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), e-fraudsters have fleeced customers of self-initiated banking solutions, such…
Pope urges Bulgarians to ‘open hearts’ to migrants
Pope Francis urged Bulgarians to open their hearts and doors to refugees as he began a visit to the European…
Banditry, kidnappings, and killings in the North
By Odumodu Gbulagu In the times past when the kidnapping scourge was at it’s peak in the Southeast and South…
ILO begins €28m project in five African countries
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has begun a 28-million-euro project, sponsored by the Netherlands, to accelerate the fight against child…