64 injured in Kano petrol tanker explosion

No fewer than 64 persons were reported to have sustained various degrees of injuries as a petrol tanker exploded on Saturday in Kano. The incidence happened at the Al-ihsan filling station at Sharada in Kano Municipal Area of Kano State. Malam Saminu Abdullahi, spokesman of the Kano Fire Service, confirmed the incident in a statement […]

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I am for a virile, united, indivisible Nigeria – Akeredolu

By Banji Ayoola Chairman of the South Western Nigeria Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared his support for a virile, united and indivisible Nigeria as demanded by the Southern Governors’ Forum. He said in a statement on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, My Richard Olatunde, that he is not in […]

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Tearful farewell to army chief Attahiru, 10 others

Families of a military officer who was killed alongside 10 other military officers including the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, react during the burial ceremony at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja on May 22, 2021. Kola Sulaimon / AFP Nigerian Army personnel prepare for the burial of military officers who […]

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Reps halt proposed hike of electricity tariff

In response to public outcry, the House of Representatives on Thursday called on Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the proposed increase in electricity tariff proposed for June, 202l.  The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Aniekan Umanah, who frowned at the economic burden imposed on the […]

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Catholic priest killed, another kidnapped by gunmen in Katsina

A Catholic priest, Reverend Fr. Alphonsus Bello, has been reportedly killed while another priest, Rev. Fr. Joe Keke, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church Malunfashi, Katsina State. It was learnt that the gunmen stormed the Church, on Thursday, night and started shooting sporadically into the air, leaving some persons injured. […]

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Update: Chief of army staff, Attahiru, wife, six others die in military plane crash

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and his wife, Fati, have died in a plane crash involving a Nigerian Air Force aircraft. The couple and six other military officers died near Kaduna airport where the Chief of Army Staff was billed to commission a project in one of the military formations in […]

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Open grazing: You are wrong, lawyers tell Malami

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami came under withering criticism from Inner Bar colleagues on Thursday, for tagging the ban on open grazing by southern governors unconstitutional. Malami is a Silk, popularly known as Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the Chief Law Officer of the Federation. But his colleague-Silks took […]

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PDP dissolves caretaker committee in Cross River, names new team

Following the defection of the Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the national leadership of the PDP on Friday dissolved the caretaker committee of the party in the state. It also immediately announced the composition of another caretaker committee which is to […]

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Obasanjo: How Nigeria can overcome insecurity, banditry, kidnapping

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has identified sustained quality training and education of all Nigerian children as critical, if the nation is to end the cycle of insecurity, banditry, terrorism, kidnapping and other forms of criminalities. Obasanjo who identified this imperative during his remarks at the commissioning of the Professor Abayomi Oluwatosin Jiboku Building and Entrepreneurship […]

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