1960 Headlines

Former Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Ibrahim, retd., has said weekend the country’s relative prosperity and porous borders have contributed to its security challenges. The former defence chief, who stated this at the reunion of the 42nd Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy on Saturday night in Abuja, said Nigeria’s economic potential attracts […]

Nigerians were, once again, confronted Monday last week with a grim reminder of a recurring national failure: the deadly practice of scooping diesel or petrol from accident scenes. The sight of residents of Apapa, Lagos, rushing to scoop diesel from a fallen fuel tanker at Liverpool Bridge was not just alarming, it was shameful, tragic, […]

By PAT UTOMI For 30 years, without break, a major public lecture or talkfest, as I prefer to call it, has marked my birthday. Thirty years ago the main speaker was a Revered Father called Matthew Hassan Kukah, now Catholic Bishop of Sokoto. He likes to say that was his coming out party as a public intellectual. […]

By EBUKA UKOH Nigeria has opened a probe into the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s infant son, who was three months shy of two years. The Lagos State Government, in whose jurisdiction the death occurred on January 6, 2026, states that it is investigating the incident at Euracare Hospital. The Lagos governor offered condolences, committees were named, […]

By Gift Chapi Odekina, Abuja A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Solomon Bob, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Mr. Daniel Bwala, accusing him of misrepresenting facts and pushing what he described as a “maliciously distorted narrative” against the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike. […]

By Bashir Bello The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has told troops deployed to the Gwarzo, Shanono, and Tsanyawa local government areas of Kano North Senatorial District to halt marauding bandits’ incursions from neighbouring states, saying they should pursue the bandits and flush them out. The lawmaker representing the senatorial district made […]

Barack and Michelle Obama on Sunday issued a forceful statement condemning the killing of a second US citizen in Minneapolis by federal agents, saying it exemplified President Donald Trump’s “assault” on American values. “The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, […]

By Bashir Bello KANO — Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has said that his political fate in 2027 general elections rests solely in the hands of God. The governor stated this during the distribution of motorcycles to social media handlers drawn from across the 44 Local Government Areas of the state. According to him, […]

By Kingsley Omonobi Abuja — The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) through enhanced training programmes and the provision of modern operational equipment, as senior officials of the U.S. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) met with the police high command to review their strategic […]

US President Donald Trump’s Republican Party has taken a step closer to staging a highly unusual party convention to prop him up and sell his message to voters ahead of crucial midterm elections in November. At a meeting in Santa Barbara, California, the Republican National Committee (RNC) voted Friday to amend party bylaws to clear […]

The Police in Ondo State have commenced investigations into an alleged case involving the operation of an illegal medical facility linked to a maternal death in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. DSP Abayomi Jimoh, the command’s Spokesperson, who made this known in a statement on Saturday in Akure, said the case was reported […]

Mrs Foluke Osafile, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osafile, representing Amuwo-Odofin Constituency-01, in the Assembly, is also the Chairman House Committee on Wealth Creation. Confirming the development to newsmen on […]