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The races towards the 2023 gubernatorial tickets of both the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) have already peaked with chieftains of the two political parties now at war over who should fly the parties’ banners at the next governorship election in Akwa Ibom …

Alhaji Yusuf Nuhu The Emir of Agaie in Niger state, Alhaji Yusuf Nuhu, has rescued two girls from their parents who wanted to force them into early marriage. Nuhu disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a sensitisation campaign on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) on Saturday in Agaie Local Government Area of …

When President Muhammadu Buhari on October 8, 2020 made a promise to Nigerians that his administration would complete and commission the Second Niger Bridge before the end of his tenure in 2023, not many people took his promise seriously. And the reason why many people took the promise made by …

 Share The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that its ongoing warning strike may be extended for 16 weeks due to failure of the Federal Government to meet the union’s demands. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke,  said if at the end of its two months strike the government has …

Pastor Adeboye Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says he doesn’t know whether there will be a general election in 2023. The leader of the Pentecostal church said God has not told him whether there would an election next year. He said God …

Brigadier-General-Onyema-Nwachukwu The Nigerian Army is denying the alleged report that its troops killed one Cyril Obruche in Ovre–Eku community, a border town between Edo and Delta states. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday, in Abuja, …

  • As police pilots conclude specialized training on operations, deployment. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba psc(+), NPM, fdc, has acquired five (5) additional high-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to improve surveillance operations to checkmate criminal activities in the country in line with the IGP’s vision and …

Amaechi Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, on Tuesday noted that he predicted the Monday attack on the Kaduna-bound train coming, lamenting that he had requested digital security apparatus to forestall such incident. The visibly angry Amaechi told reporters that the attack would have been foiled if the procurement of the …

Atiku Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former vice president, has expressed sadness over a reported second train attack by terrorists in Kaduna, after the Monday night’s horrendous attack that led to the death of at least nine people, with several others injured or missing. The terrorists were said to have planted …

The 36 states of the federation, through their attorneys, have appealed a judgment that dismissed a suit seeking to restrain the federal government from effecting the planned deduction of $418 million from states’ funds to settle the Paris Club Fund debt. The plaintiffs in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1313/202 sought to …