Police in Jigawa State has confirmed that Unknown gunmen Wednesday night attacked Garin Maidawa, Abiya ward of Dutse local government. The State Commissioner of police, CP Bala Zama Sanchi, while
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Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force have neutralized 39 Boko Haram terrorists while on clearance operation in consonance with operation ‘YANCIN TAFKI’ around Cross Kauwa village in the Lake
Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has accused lecturers used as ad hoc staff during the 2019 elections of conniving with politicians to compromise the
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has more educational qualifications to have participated in the February 23, 2019, presidential election than Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has blamed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for his government’s inability to pay workers’ salaries and pension. According to his spokesman, Kingsley Fanwo, the
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, called on the Federal Government to redouble its efforts toward securing the release of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram. The lawmakers also
A suspected notorious kidnapper in Akwa Ibom State, Edidiong Uduak Luke had confessed that out of N4.5million he collected as a ransom from his victim, his father stole and absconded
By Philip Whiteside, international news reporter Uganda will consider an offer of asylum for ousted Sudan leader Omar al Bashir despite an indictment for his arrest by the International Criminal
The State High Court In Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital has sentenced three policemen and four others to death by hanging for kidnapping a woman. Another woman, who was contracted
The Edo State government says the state’s foreign debt profile shows positive development and “there is no cause for alarm”. Crusoe Osagie, the Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor
An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos on Wednesday, ordered that a 35-year-old man, Jimoh Musibau, who allegedly defiled a minor, be remanded in prison. Musibau is charged with indecent assault.
Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, says 90 per cent of the rice consumed in the country is produced locally. Ogbeh revealed this on Tuesday at the
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, CoS, Abba Kyari of using the police to make “outlandish and unsubstantiable allegations” against its
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has admonished corps members who will be serving in the state for the next one year on the need to uphold the selfless pursuit of
Secretary General of INTERPOL, Jurgen Stock, has commended the zeal and concerted efforts of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in ridding Nigeria of all forms of economic crime.
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has described electoral corruption as the worst form as it undermines the will of the people and
Venezuela has accepted its first shipment of humanitarian aid from the Red Cross, after the government spent months refusing to allow it into the country. Volunteers in blue vests lowered
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has warned government establishments not to reject any corps members posted to them for their primary assignments by the NYSC. Masari gave the warning
Sequel to plans by the Plateau State Government to privatise the water sector in the state, the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service, Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE),
The Kano State Government has assured corps members posted to the state for the one year mandatory service of adequate security and enhanced welfare during their stay in the state.
