Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have eliminated scores of bandits in land and air offensives on their camps at Yadi and Kufai Shantu in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche said the operation was executed on …

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says it has started the upgrade and migration of its customers to improve electricity service delivery within the entire South-East from Nov. 1. The upgrade and migration, which involve more investment on electricity installation and boosters, will improve electricity power from its least supply axis from about six hours …

•Cyber security By Providence Emmanuel Cyber crime has witnessed a jump in the last two decades, moving in pari-passu with digitization of all sectors of human endeavour. A recent report says Nigeria ranked one of the top 10 countries in the global crypto adoption index alongside two other African countries; Kenya and South Africa. With …

Dr. Mike Adenuja Jnr. By Peter Egwuatu Shareholders of Conoil Plc have unanimously endorsed  the payment of N1.39 billion dividend proposed by the board of the Company, coming on the back of an impressive performance recorded in the 2019 financial year. This meant that shareholders will get 200 kobo on every 50 kobo ordinary share. At the virtual …

EndSARS Protester continue at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos…PHOTO AKEEM SALAU Civil Society Orgainsations (CSO) have called on the National Assembly and the Federal Government to investigate the Lekki Toll Plaza shooting of #EndSARS protesters as a way of dousing youths’ anger across the country. Mr Hamzat Lawal, Executive Director, Connected Development (CODE), said that thousands …

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River. Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River, has charged security agencies in the state to take legitimate actions to halt the spate of arson and carnage witnessed in some parts of Calabar. The governor’s charge is contained in a release issued on Sunday in Calabar by, Mr Christian Ita,  Special Adviser, Media, …

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, says it has beefed up security, following the threat of a planned attack on the teaching hospital by hoodlums. UCH Spokesman, Toye Akinrinlola, said in a statement that the Federal Ministry of Health had alerted all teaching hospitals, Federal Medical Centres, Specialist Hospitals and other tertiary hospitals in Nigeria …

Lt. Gen Jeremiah Useni (Rtd.) has appealed for calm and self-restraint in the face of on-going break-ins, looting and destruction of both government and private property across the country. Useni, a former FCT minister, in a statement on Sunday in Jos, said that such actions could dent and diminish the genuine agitations for justice that …

Kaduna State Government, says it will trace, arrest and prosecute those who looted COVID-19 items in Kaduna on Saturday. The state Acting Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe said in a state-wide broadcast on Sunday. She said that security agencies had already arrested some of those involved. “There can be no other word but theft for describing …

File Photo By Ola Ajayi, Ibadan A yet-to-be identified man was said to have died on Sunday when armed thugs attacked Mokola police station, Ibadan. The victim was reportedly killed by a stray bullet that rent the air during the attack. The hoodlums were said to have tried to set the police station ablaze but …

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan A yet-to-be  identified man was said to have died on Sunday when armed thugs attacked Mokola police station, Ibadan. The  victim was reportedly killed by a stray bullet that rent the air during the attack. But, another information gathered had it that fresh crisis erupted after the man was allegedly …

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has again condemned hate messages and eviction notices to ethnic and religious groups as a result of the consequences of the EndSARS protests in some parts of the country. Many lives were lost, while both public and private assets, worth billions of naira, were either burnt, damaged, vandalised or looted …

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government will assist the nation to give justice to peaceful protesters who lost their lives. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday, …

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State. By Bashir Bello – Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has wooed Kano indigenes in diaspora with free land to come back home to invest in the economy and also develop residential building where they will reunite with their families. Ganduje made the commitment during a virtual town …

Afenifere By Dapo Akinrefon The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Sunday, lampooned Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra Buhari-Indimi, who absolved her father of being responsible for Nigeria’s problems. Zahra, via her instagram page, had said that the warehouse invasion by hoodlums has vindicated her father. READ ALSO:Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 1.7m ― CDC “Now that people confirmed …

The United Kingdom Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Nigerians to be mindful of the authenticity or otherwise of social media posts, saying that some are planted to whip up sentiments and create panic and hatred among the people. Mr Ade Omole, the leader of the chapter, gave the advice in an …

Some restaurant operators and food vendors in the FCT  have decried low patronage amid scare of possible attack by hoodlums due to the recent #EndSARS protests in the country. The operators spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Sunday in Abuja. According to them, reports of attacks by hoodlums who …

Mourns killing of protesters BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME WARRI: Christians under the aegis of Pentecostal   Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, yesterday held a black Sunday service in Warri, Delta state,  to mourn the killing of protesting young Nigerians by security agents  during the ENDSARS  protest  in the country. Chairman of  PFN in the state, Bishop Kingsley Enakirerhi …

…Protest hijacked by poorly educated and jobless group Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s office on fire By Dayo Johnson Chairman of the Ondo state All Progressive Congress, Ade Adetimehin weekend said that the party is now like an orphan with no office to function following the razing of the Secretariat by hoodlums under the guise of …

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has directed schools in Ibadan to resume normal academic activities from Monday. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan. READ ALSO:#EndSARS Protests: Buhari condemns eviction notices to ethic, religious groups Olaleye said that the …