The scuffle between officials of the Department of State Services, DSS, and Nigerian Prisons Services at the premises of the High Court is being probed by the security agency, its spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, said yesterday. Afunanya said the DSS did not authorise…

Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have beheaded 21 herders in the Kukawa axis of Borno State, in what looks like a deliberate target of herdsmen in the North East state. The herdsmen were killed on Tuesday because they allegedly trespassed some of…

President Bola Tinubu has rejected a reported coup attempt in neighbouring Niger Republic, saying leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the global community will not tolerate threats to democracy.      Reports filtered out of Niamey yesterday that the…

Former Kaduna State Governor Nasiru El-Rufai, his Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike and eminent medical scholar Ali Pate are on the list of ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it was learnt this morning. Also nominated for cabinet positions…

Soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger’s government following an apparent coup in the West African nation on Wednesday when members of the Presidential Guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum. Members of the elite guard sealed off access to the president’s residence and offices in…

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, in Abuja appealed to the organised labour to avail him more time to consider their grievances before embarking on any nationwide strike. This is just as indication emerged that the Federal Government may enforce the court order restraining…

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a “total and indefinite strike action”. The association revealed this in a terse statement made available to Channels Television on Tuesday evening. It later followed it up with a communique. The resident doctors listed their demands…