• • • Parents withdraw wards from schools in Abuja over kidnap scare • • • Schools remain safe, police insist • • • Bandits use walkie-talkie, no more GSM, says NASDRA boss It’s an unending gale of insecurity unleashed across the country daily while security agencies appear to be... Read more

Wives of returning soldiers and police officers who served in conflict zones under the aegis of Defence and Police Officers Wives Association (DEPOWA), have lamented behavioural changes in their spouses. DEPOWA President, Mrs Victoria Irabor, who led her members on courtesy call to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS),... Read more

Lawmakers have been notified of a possible attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the National Assembly complex and other public buildings in Abuja, The PUNCH has learnt. Several members of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, confirmed to our correspondent that they had been notified of the imminent attack by the... Read more

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to demonstrate his  commitment to fight the war against insurgency and insecurity. The governor has reiterated the call for State police to boost internal security And amidst prevailing insecurity in Nigeria. Governor Wike, who stated these during  an interview... Read more

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami should resign from office, irrespective of his recent volte-face on his previous support for extremist groups. The governor noted that in an ideal society, an allegation that the United States of... Read more

In the last one month, so much has been said and written about the unnerving extremist religious views of Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami. The minister has not denied them but insists that they were views he espoused as a teenager. But in this exclusive interview... Read more

Lawyers from Nembe in Bayelsa under the auspices of Nembe SE Lawyers Forum on Tuesday said they are working to end violent agitation as a means of venting grievances in the oil rich Niger Delta region. Addressing a virtual news conference, Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, a traditional ruler in the... Read more

A pan Niger Delta group, known as the Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta (MOSIEND), has asked the people of the Niger Delta region to hold Federal Government appointees from the region responsible for what they call the sprightly deteriorating development situation in the... Read more

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has offered explanations for his support for the Boko Haram group. Pantami said this on Saturday at the An-Nur Mosque while responding to the criticism that had followed his past support for Boko Haram and a recent... Read more