WAKE UP: Alhaji Kola Animasaun – A father in a million difficult to forget two years after
Editorial
May 30, 2021
WAKE UP: Alhaji Kola Animasaun – A father in a million difficult to forget two years after
By BASHIR ADEFAKA To lift from my tribute to him published in The DEFENDER on June 1, 2019, I…
Despite Tinubu’s denials, loyalists like Obasa, other loyalists allegedly use thugs to impose candidates in Lagos APC LG Primary elections
General News
May 29, 2021
Despite Tinubu’s denials, loyalists like Obasa, other loyalists allegedly use thugs to impose candidates in Lagos APC LG Primary elections
Against the public pronouncements by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he had anointed no candidate for All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Our greatest legacy is to give you a better country, President Buhari tells Nigerian children
General News
May 29, 2021
Our greatest legacy is to give you a better country, President Buhari tells Nigerian children
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday celebrated the Children’s Day with a solemn promise to bequeath a better country for the present…
Nigeria in safe hands despite security challenges – Minister
General News
May 29, 2021
Nigeria in safe hands despite security challenges – Minister
By BASHIR ADEFAKA The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured Nigerians that in spite of the…
BMO counters PDP’s Governor on Buhari’s Executive Order 10
General News
May 29, 2021
BMO counters PDP’s Governor on Buhari’s Executive Order 10
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has faulted the position of the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, on President Muhammadu…
President Buhari, Jonathan confer on crisis in Mali
Africa
May 29, 2021
President Buhari, Jonathan confer on crisis in Mali
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja called on the actors in the political crisis in Mali to come together for…
“If you pay a kidnappers ransom you’ll go to jail!”
Comments
May 29, 2021
“If you pay a kidnappers ransom you’ll go to jail!”
By TONY OGUNLOWO Nigeria is a funny and strange country to live in and the lawmakers are even stranger making…
MURIC replies Pentecostal body over Sharia in new Constitution, says, “Mind your own business”
Christianity
May 29, 2021
MURIC replies Pentecostal body over Sharia in new Constitution, says, “Mind your own business”
By BASHIR ADEFAKA Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has warned the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN)…
Boko Haram logistics base busted, fuel suppliers arrested in Gujba
Defence
May 29, 2021
Boko Haram logistics base busted, fuel suppliers arrested in Gujba
By BASHIR ADEFAKA Troops of Sector Two Operation HADIN KAI, on Saturday May 29 2021, raided suspected Boko Haram logistics…
Troops neutralize 7 IPOB/ESN terrorists in Agbomchia forest Rivers State clearance/raid, arrest 5
Defence
May 29, 2021
Troops neutralize 7 IPOB/ESN terrorists in Agbomchia forest Rivers State clearance/raid, arrest 5
By BASHIR ADEFAKA “The Nigerian Army urges members of the public to always avail the troops with accurate and…