BY GODWIN OBI United States citizens travelling abroad have been told to “exercise increased caution” in light of the heightened global tensions spurred by Hamas’ terror attack on Israel and the unfolding Israel-Hamas war. The State Department said in a new advisory yesterday, “Due to increased tensions in various locationsContinue Reading
•No life was lost —Prisons BY GODWIN OBI There was pandemonium in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday, as four people were feared dead and many injured when a vehicle conveying inmates to court and belonging to the Nigerian Prisons Services, NPS, was involved in an accident. But the Prisons authorities saidContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Supreme Court has fixed Monday, October 23 for hearing in the appeal by the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, seeking the nullification of President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the presidential election. The apex court will same day, hear the motion by AtikuContinue Reading
BY JAMES ENIOLA The Civitas Auxillium Foundation (CAF) has equipped over 800 pupils from six schools at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in the Wassa community of Abuja, with school supplies and classroom infrastructure to enable them have a hitch-free learning experience. This, according to the foundation, was partContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The crises festering in Nigeria’s currency exchange market doubled down yesterday with the local currency depreciating further across all segments of the market. F’ontline Reporters’ monitor of the market yesterday indicated that the Naira went down from N1,100 to USD1.0 mid-day in the parallel market before settlingContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Suspected armed herdsmen and bandits, yesterday, reportedly murdered no fewer than 15 people in some local government areas of Benue, Zamfara, Kebbi and Nasarawa states, just as bandits kidnapped many in the resumed spate of killings and kidnappings across the country. In the attacks, nine people wereContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI At least three persons have been killed and 11 others injured in an attack by armed bandits in the Bagega community of the Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State During the attack, the district head of the community, his eight-year-old daughter and about 10 others wereContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential poll, Atiku Abubakar, has again asked the Supreme Court to jettison technicality and grant his application for leave to tender fresh and additional evidence to support his claim that President Bola Tinubu, submittedContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, said in Abuja on Tuesday that the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, won the February 25 presidential election and not Bola Tinubu as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Lawal,Continue Reading
By Bashir Bello The Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to personally address the general public on disputes surrounding his alleged forged certificate. Obi made the call when he visited Kano State to condole with the state and family over the demise of SardaunaContinue Reading