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Bandits who kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna state, have on Sunday, released 28 of the students who were in captivity for about 20 days. Rev.John Joseph Hayab, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN), in Kaduna state, confirmed the development to journalists on Sunday, July …

The Executive Management of Fidelity Bank Plc, led by Managing Director/CEO, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe recently paid a courtesy visit on the General Overseer, Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Church, Pastor Lazarus Muoka. Specifically, the visit was to foster good working relationship with the Church and find ways of serving the church …

By Yewande Foluke Bassey The epic moment was heralded by jingles in the media and all other avenues of modern communication. The hype was in commemoration of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). Two decades of existence as the champion of IT …

The women of Uegwere Boue Community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State have petitioned the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) as well as the National Human Rights Commission, accusing ex militant Solomon Ndigbara of sending his cult boys to rape them in their farms. The women also …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has incurred the sum of N274.03bn as subsidy payment for Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol between January and May this year. The figure is contained in the NNPC Report for June which the Corporation submitted to the Federation Account Allocation Committee. The Report …

  Sunday Igboho Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, is expected to appear before a court in Benin Republic today as his extradition hearing starts. Igboho’s media aide, Olayomi Koiki, said this on his Facebook page during a programme on Thursday morning The Yoruba Nation agitator and …

Breaking from a century-old tradition in the name of health and safety, the largest convention organization in the world has moved its annual in-person event to a virtual format for the second time in as many years, canceling nearly 6,000 conventions in 240 lands. For about 90 years, Jehovah’s Witnesses …

The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the death of 13 police operatives in Kurar Mota village of Bungudu Local Government Area (LGA), of Zamfara State. The state police command had disclosed this in a statement made available to THE WITNESS on Sunday. The incident reportedly happened on Sunday at …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday denied report another of its Alpha jet crashed in Kaduna. Reports emerged on Sunday evening a jet that left the NAF Base in Yola, the Adamawa State Capital for an anti-banditry operation crashed in a village in Kaduna. It was also reported rescue …

COVID-19 – The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Sunday explained why the agency has not approved any locally produced herbal medicine for the treatment of COVID-19. Prof. Adeyeye said no single drug had been found to cure …