The decision of the National Assembly leadership to allow electronic voting without electronic transmission of election results has not gone down well with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as the electoral body statutory empowered by the 1999 Constitution as amended, to conduct elections in the country has berated the federal lawmakers for not behaving […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday warned contractors and businessmen who have enjoyed government’s patronage against bribing him and other top government officials, including ministers. Rather, he advised the affected contractors to be alive to their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) through which they could give back to the immediate community where they operate. This is just as […]

The Nasarawa State Police Command said yesterday, that it has arrested one Saalumun Waako, a member of the criminal gang responsible for the gruesome killing of Dr. Terkula Suswam, an elder brother to Senator Gabriel Suswam representing Benue North East at the 9th National Assembly. Dr. Terkula was gruesomely murdered on March 2, 2021 at […]

Bandits, yesterday morning, launched fresh onslaught on Dansadau community, in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing four villagers. They also kidnapped 14 others and set ablaze a military armoured personnel vehicle in the community. A resident of the community, Nuhu Dansadau, who confirmed the incident to THISDAY in a telephone interview said the […]

By Akpoebide Okotiene, President and Edet Ekpenyong, Secretary, Niger Delta Integrity Group puncture the insinuation that the Senate-confirmed Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission was dissolved by President Muhammadu Buhari Our attention has been drawn to a news report in some newspapers such as The Guardian, Thisday and Vanguard newspapers of Thursday, July 22, […]

The Nigerian Air Force yesterday announced the arrival of A-29 Super Tucano fightear planes from the United States. The aircraft arrived Kano State at about 12:34pm. The fighter jets were received by the Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) and the service chiefs. A statement by NAF Spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed […]

Three of the 156 abducted girls of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State were believed to have died, a THISDAY investigation has revealed. Many of the remaining students were also said to be seriously ill resulting from hunger, cold and trauma. The girls, some of their […]

The federal government has raised the alarm over a possible uptick in Covid-19 cases, propelled by a spread of the new Delta variant of the virus recently discovered in the country. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who made a presentation at a virtual meeting held by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the country’s […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday alerted of plots by Justice O.A Nwabunike of the Anambra State High Court to derail the course of justice by hiding the case file on the Senator Ugochukwu UBA Vs PDP & Ors in a bid to frustrate an appeal against his judgment on PDP Anambra State governorship primary […]

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, yesterday, said the present security challenges in the country required robust security architecture and a versatile air force capable of rapid air power deployment across the theatres of war. Speaking against the backdrop of concerns that bandits and terrorists had acquired the capacity to bring down […]