All Boko Haram terrorists arrested and held in Kuje prison in Abuja escaped during the attack on the facility on Tuesday night. Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi confirmed the escape of the dreaded group members while interacting with newsmen on Wednesday morning after a visit to the facility, Naija ...

  The Osun State Police Command has warned cultists planning to celebrate the July 7, (7/7) Day to Bury such plans. 7/7 is a day set aside by some cult groups known to be members of the Aiye confraternity or Black Axe to celebrate what they call ‘cultism day’, new ...

  There are fresh indications revealing that the gunmen who attacked the Kuje Medium Security Prison reportedly freed over 90 percent of the inmates. According to Daily Sun, the heavily armed gunmen invaded the correctional centre around 10.30pm. The gunmen who bombarded the facility and successfully operated for about one ...

  The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo has died. The outgoing Sec-Gen died at about 11p.m on Tuesday at the aged 63. Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, announced his death. In a post on Twitter, ...

  The Kuje Correctional Center is said to be under heavy bombardment by unidentified gunmen. A source who spoke to THE WHISTLER on telephone said “they are unleashing bombs. “We don’t know who is carrying out the attack but we can hear heavy sounds bearing the hallmark of bombs. “Everywhere ...

  Former United States president, Barack Obama has stated that increased access to abortion is one of the signs that the American democracy was growing. He lamented on Tuesday that there is still work to do in areas of abortion rights, gun control and LGBTQ rights, among others. He wrote ...

  The Osun governor election slated for Saturday, July 16, may not be a walk in the park for Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress (APC). The reason is that some APC members, even leaders, have diverted their support to Akin Ogunbiyi, the candidate of the Accord Party ...

  Multichoice Nigeria has announced that season 7 of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show will commence on July 23, 2022. The winner of this season will walk away with N100 million prize at the end of the show. The anchor, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, also confirmed the news in a ...

  Asari Dokubo, a former Niger Delta militant, on Tuesday said the Obidient movement of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is a futile one ¡°because it is going nowhere¡±. Speaking in a Facebook Live monitored by POLITICS NIGERIA, Dokubo said Obi does not have the pedigree ...

  A former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin Republic, Tukur Buratai has denied links to monies and properties recently seized in Abuja by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Recall that the ICPC had raided a property in the Wuse 2 area ...