Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has expressed the Federal Government’s commitment to ending insecurity in Nigeria. He stated that in addition to the prosecution of 400 suspected Boko Haram financiers, the government has taken more measures to counter the twin trouble of insurgency and insecurity in the country. He […]
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The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 2018. NASA/Roscosmos Russia’s space agency said Thursday it was sending an actress and a director to the International Space Station in October to make the first feature film in space. “Filming will take place at the International […]
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Nigerian Army has refuted online media reports that Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province had distributed Ramadan welfare packages to some residents of Borno and Yobe States. Army spokesman Mohammed Yerima in a statement said the article did not mention any specific location where the alleged distribution took place. Yerima said said “The […]
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Security forces and police escort the ambulance carrying Maldives’ former president Mohamed Nasheed, who was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt on May 6, as he is directed to the international airport to fly to Germany, in Male on May 13, 2021. (Photo by Hussain Waheed/ AFP) Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, who was seriously […]
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The Federal Government will soon resuscitate Special Terrorism Prosecution Courts, the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said. He made this known in a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations on Thursday in Abuja. The move, Malami said is geared towards the Federal Government’s commitment to end insecurity […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party has approved the nomination of its members to serve on the screening appeal panel for the 2021 Anambra gubernatorial primaries. The National Working Party of the party made this approval in a Wednesday statement titled, ‘2021 Anambra State gubernatorial primary’. According to the statement signed by the PDP National Organising Secretary, […]
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On Scales and Balances By Yinka Fabowale My career as the Oyo State correspondent benefitted immensely from the magnanimity of my departing colleagues. Although they could not wait to personally introduce me to their news sources because their resumption in Lagos was overdue, they passed me a directory in the office containing a list of […]
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• Scene of the explosion An infant and two other persons were on Wednesday burnt to death in a fire incident in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred at Oke-Egunya along the NTA Road in the state capital. An eyewitness said that the fire started around 3.15pm following a gas explosion. […]
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Nigeria Labour Congress, Kaduna State Council, has said that over 20,000 state workers have not received their April salaries. NLC Chairman in the state, Ayuba Suileman, said that workers in the state would begin a five-day warning strike on Monday because of the mass sacking of over 6,000 workers by the state government. Suleiman said, […]
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The National Emergency Management Agency on Thursday announced that it had commenced the direct distribution of relief materials to 24,925 households of internally displaced persons affected by banditry in 14 Local Government Areas of Niger State. Director-General, NEMA, Muhammadu Muhammed, flagged off the relief materials distribution in Kuta, the headquarters of Shiroro Local Government Area […]
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