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No fewer than 950 pupils have been abducted from their schools by gunmen in the last six months, the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) said on Wednesday. The United Nations (UN) agency expressed concern about the attacks and abduction of children in some parts of West and Central …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has appointed some commercial banks as agents to recover the sum of N1.8trn from accounts of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited (MCN) And MultiChoice Africa (MCA). This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami and released on Thursday. The statement confirmed …

The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N74,773,601,916.30 as the 2021 budget of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The approval of the amount followed the presentation of the harmonised report of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Police Affairs on the floor at plenary. Chairman Senate Committee …

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has said the death of its General Overseer, Prophet Joshua, aka T. B. Joshua, increased the church’s followers on social media by over 600,000. The church said it had also received tributes from 195 countries since the announcement of his demise. The ministry stated this on …

Details have emerged on how the federal government of Nigeria apprehended the fugitive leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, over the weekend. Following Kanu’s extradition to and arrest in Nigeria, the IPOB leader, has been ordered to be remanded in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). The remand …

The Federal Government on Tuesday re-arraigned the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, before a Federal High Court in Abuja for continuation of trial. Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), produced Kanu before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Mr. Kanu was brought …

Bishop David Oyedepo Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church International (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, has shared the story of how he spent seven hours in the same room with a cobra. Oyedepo who was not hurt by the snake shared the story to prove how …

Ataga and Ojukwu A CCTV footage has emerged of Chidinma Ojukwu and the chief executive officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in a restaurant before she allegedly killed him in an hotel. It was reported that Ojukwu, a 21-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), allegedly stabbed Ataga to death in the …

FILE: Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), jets out to London for medical check-up Buhari beats 21-day requirement, avoids handover to Osinbajo NARD laments accumulated salaries, says FG fails to fulfil promise The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Friday proceed to London for “a scheduled medical  …

• Minister: 476 online platforms working against govt. The Federal Government said yesterday that  placing Twitter on an indefinite suspension  was a hard decision to take because of its importance as information dissemination and business channel. It also restated that  476 online media outlets were working hard to pull down …