The Taliban have kidnapped six Afghan journalists working for private and government media organisations in eastern Paktia province, government officials and Taliban said on Saturday. The reporters, working for radio and TV news companies that broadcast news in Pashto and Dari languages, were abducted while travelling in group from neighbouring Paktika province to Paktia, to…

The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will on Monday, Sept 9, rule on the petition challenging the re-election of Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna state. The Tribunal Secretary, Mrs Hafsat Suleiman, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kaduna. Suleiman said the Tribunal concluded its sitting on Aug. 19…

Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State, on Saturday, took the ongoing dialogue campaign with bandits and kidnappers in the state to the neighbouring Niger Republic as part of his desire to find a lasting end to the often recurring deadly banditry attacks which has turned some parts of Katsina State into a slaughterhouse of…

In his reaction to the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa, Senator representing Kaduna Central, Uba Sani has said, Nigeria must send a loud and clear message to South Africa that, Nigerian lives matter. Senator Sani who described the attacks as shocking, deeply disturbing and an affront on African unity, equally…

There was outrage among passengers and airline workers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA ), Lagos on Saturday following the arrest and harassment of the Duty Manager of Virgin Atlantic Airways and some other staff of the airline by some police officers who claimed to be acting on the instruction of the lnspector General…

Governor Seyi Makinde has flagged-off the light-up Ibadan project, where he said Oyo State embarked on the deployment of smart LED street lighting technology to fight crimes in the state capital and other parts of the state. He said that the project would improve the security of lives and position the state for socio-economic drive….

ANTHONY Joshua says he needs to be more intelligent in his rematch with Andy Ruiz and expose the weaknesses he knows exist in the heavyweight champion’s game. The pair meet for the second time on 7 December as Joshua will try to reclaim the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles he lost on 1…

Inspector General (IG) Mohammed Adamu has issued red card to kinappers and bandits in the Southwest. Adamu said his men are battle ready to combat headlong the spate of kidnappings, banditry and attendant killings with the deployment of special forces in the region. The IG, who spoke in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, during a security stakeholders’…

SUPER Eagles winger, Henry Onyekuru has confirmed he won’t be available for Nigeria’s high profile friendly against Ukraine next week, AOIFootball.com reports. The Monaco winger, who confirmed the news of his unavailability to AOIFootball.com, stated that he was yet to get a resident card and would find it difficult to return to France should he…

The board of MTN Nigeria on Thursday rejected xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other nationals in South Africa. Its Chairman, Ernest Ndukwe, in a statement, said the board also rejected reprisal attacks in Nigeria too. The statement read: “The board of MTN Nigeria wishes to add its unequivocal condemnation of the xenophobia and violence against…