Two months away from the anniversary of the terrorists attack on an Abuja-Kaduna passenger train, gunmen on Saturday kidnapped scores of passengers waiting to connect a train from Igueben station in Edo State to Warri, Delta State. The Police command in Edo State confirmed the incident in which many others were said to have been injured. In a statement, the …

The President/Chairman of Tompolo Foundation, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (well known as Tompolo) on Friday donated 458 single seater desks worth millions of Naira to the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. At the combined matriculation for the 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions of the university, the Executive Secretary of Tompolo Foundation, …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the Diaspora has elected Comrade John Ogar from the University of Sierra Leone, as its president. Prince Ogar takes over from Evidence Ahayere, whose tenure has come to an end. He was declared the winner after he scored the highest votes to beat Comrade Abdulrazak Abdulrahman from the South Africa University in …

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have received N500 million each from Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative for Africa (ASR Africa) as a security sector support grant. The grant was given as part of Abdul Samad Rabiu Social Corporate Responsibility and support for security agencies in the country. According to a statement from the Public Relations …

Tributes are pouring in for the Photo Editor of The Guardian newspapers, Mr Femi Femi Adebesin-Kuti, who died on Friday morning at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta. Popularly known as Eshin Funfun (white horse), Adebesin was an active member of both the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Photo Journalists Association of Nigeria (PJAN). He has been buried according to …

A total of 14 bodies have been recovered while six are still missing in Tuesday’s boat accident in the Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the boat was conveying about 100 rice farmers to Samanaji, a riverside community when it capsized. Already, 80 people were rescued alive while the search for the six …

A couple, Taiwo and Salawa Ajalorun, and six others have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly selling human parts. The suspects, who allegedly killed three persons before they were arrested, reportedly sold human legs for N30,000, and a heart for N50,000 to their buyers, who used them for money rituals. In a statement on …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has suspended Mr Nimi Walson-Jack as a member of its National Executive Council(NEC) and stripped him of his privileges as its former General Secretary. According to a communiqué made available to journalists on Thursday, the NBA-NEC resolved at its last quarterly meeting in Abuja to punish Walson-Jack, who was said to have acted as a …

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A (FOU A) of the Nigeria Customs Service has said that it seized 93,102 bags of 50kg rice, which is equivalent to 156 trailer loads of the product. The unit also said that it seized 656,414 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), 108 automobiles comprising trucks, tankers, cars, and motorcycles, among other contrabands in 2022. …

The Lagos State Government on Thursday received the Presidential Technical Committee for the development of a comprehensive plan of action for preventing flood disasters in Nigeria, urging the Federal Government to dredge major rivers in Nigeria. Receiving the Committee on behalf of the state government, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello said that the time …