The emotional and lachrymose outburst of Senator Smart Adeyemi, among other senators, at the plenary session of the Senate on national security lately; as well as the affirmation by Senator Sani Musa (Niger East) that Boko Haram had captured and hoisted their flags in three local government areas of Niger State, have dramatically drummed home […]
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The G7, a group of the world’s wealthiest countries, has promised to aid Nigeria’s fight against the decade-long fight against Boko Haram insurgency with $389 million. The British high commissioner in Nigeria Catriona Laing said the fund will help combat the worsening humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s northeast. The region is the most impacted by the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over a closed-door security meeting at the State House, Abuja. The meeting currently ongoing is holding at the Conference Hall located in the Office of the First Lady. It is expected that the prevailing security situation in the country would form the crux of deliberations. Meanwhile, the security meeting today […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Command in Kano State has deployed 1,820 personnel to ensure a hitch-free Eid-el-Fitr celebration in the state. Mr Zubairu Mato, the State FRSC Sector Commander, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Kano. Mato said three ambulances, 16 patrol vans, one tow truck and personnel have been deployed […]
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High Commissioner Jonathan Richardson meeting with former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian newspaper, Mr Eluem Emeka Izeze and former Editor, now Editor-in-Chief, of the newspaper, Mr Martins Oloja, in 2014 On scales and balances By Yinka Fabowale “How are you, Yinka? How would you like to go and work in outstation?” The gentleman […]
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The suspension of Hadiza Bala Usman as the managing director of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) has caused a crack on the wall of the authority, leaving the maritime sector with substantial affliction. Few days after the suspension of Bala Usman who is currently facing a probe, the development has unsettled the NPA and the entire […]
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Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Nigerian Navy, Rear Admiral Jason Gbassa (left); General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Lagos, Major General Lawrence Fejokwu; representative of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, David Setonji; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; State Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba; Air Officer Commanding Logistics Command, Ikeja, Nigerian Air Force, […]
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The Nigerian Army says the troops of 8 Division operating in Zamfara and adjoining states, have eliminated many bandits’ commander and over 48 members of their gangs in North West. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Yerima said that the Division had earlier launched […]
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Nigerian authorities Monday announced a new set of COVID-19 restrictions as many countries continue to battle the resurgence of the virus. The new measures, which come into effect on Tuesday, ban gatherings of more than 50 people while access to government buildings will be denied to anyone not wearing facemask. Bars and nightclubs are to […]
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has described his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai, as among those who mislead President Muhammadu Buhari. Responding to el-Rufai, who accused him of using the insecurity in Benue to attack the Federal Government, just to cover his failure, he described the Kaduna helmsman as a sycophant, ethnic champion and religious […]
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