The Federal Government on Monday said that it would tighten security in its international land and maritime borders with seven countries through effective policing. While assuring that it would “never compromise an inch of Nigeria’s integrity”, the government also sought the cooperation of relevant borders management structures in Nigeria and integration of traditional rulers in […]
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House of Representatives’ Ad hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for Effective Efficient Management and Utilisation has threatened to invoke its constitutional powers against top Federal Government officials who failed to attend its investigative hearing. […]
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Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle The Zamfara State Police Command in collaboration with the state government’s Peace Committee has facilitated the release of 11 kidnapped victims. In a statement, the spokesperson for the command, Mohammed Shehu, said the victims were abducted on June 4, 2021, near Wanzamai Village, along Gusau – Zaria Road in Tsafe […]
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By Azuka Onwuka Only those who love self-deceit still say or think that things are alright in Nigeria. For those who are realistic, it is scary to move around, as nobody knows where danger lurks. Then, there is the fear for the future of Nigeria. In addition to the widespread insecurity in all zones of […]
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Federal Government on Monday expressed worry over the incessant attacks on critical public facilities such as police stations and the Independent National Electoral Commission, describing it as not just vandalism but terrorism. Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed, said this in Abuja during a town hall meeting on protecting public infrastructure, organised in conjunction with […]
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde There was tension in Igangan and other communities in Ibarapaland of Oyo State on Monday over the presence of some gunmen in forest. Recall that suspected herdsmen had killed about 17 residents of Igangan town on Sunday morning. On Monday, our correspondent gathered that pupils did not go to school […]
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Yoruba Nation Agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho on Monday evening stormed Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo state. His visit, according to his spokesman Olayomi Koiki, was over weekend’s attacks by suspected herders in the village. Some residents of Igangan community were killed in the early hours of Sunday while […]
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DAAR Communications PLC, owners and operators of Africa Independent Television, Raypower FM and Faaji Radio, has said that they will go to court to challenge the National Broadcasting Commission’s stance on the suspension of Twitter announced by the Federal Government once the strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria is over. They made this […]
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Power sector experts on Monday expressed worry over the decline in power generation despite interventions by the Central Bank of Nigeria in the sector. Figures released by the System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, showed that the country’s power generation stood at 3,689.2 megawatts on Monday. Although it moved up by […]
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A 35-year-old woman, Oluwadamilare Aremu, has accused the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital of negligence leading to the amputation of her right leg. Aremu said that she was admitted to LASUTH in December 2018 when an 18-passenger vehicle she boarded was involved in a crash on the Third Mainland Bridge, leading to her suffering a […]
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