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The former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Yusuf Bomoi (retd), is dead. NYSC said in a statement that Bomoi died on Monday after a brief illness. He was buried same day in Abuja. The statement said: “Brigadier General Bomoi was the 13th Director-General who served …

ASUU President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, has officially suspended its one month, six days strike. ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the announcement in Abuja, late Monday, night shortly after a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. Ogunyemi said universities …

Reports reaching us indicate that the Movement for the emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), has claimed responsibility for the continuous vandal attack oil pipelines that runs through Ishawo, Ikororodu, some parts of Abeokuta, Sagamu, Ijebu Ode among other areas. Our investigation reveals that the militants have vowed to avenge the …

The  Police Command in Osun on Tuesday said it arrested three male suspects, with two human heads and hands in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, told newsmen in Osogbo that the suspects were arrested on Aug. 29 during a police stop and search operation. “On Aug. …

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru has called for a deeper collaboration with India to revitalize  the corporation’s 52 clinics across the country. A statement by NNPC Spokesperson, Mr Ndu Ughamadu said Baru made the call on Thursday in Abuja, when he received the …

The minister of state for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has reiterated Federal Government’s  commitment to take aviation security to the next level and not be a global weak link. The minister, who stated this to the global aviation security while addressing participants at the ongoing Regional ministerial conference on aviation …

The army has disclosed that a total of 68 Boko Haram insurgents have given up their intention to fight against the Nigerian forces at different locations in the theatre in the last three weeks. According to a statement signed by the Deputy Director Army Public Relations in the Theatre Command, …

The son of Biafra former warlord, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Emeka Ojukwu Jnr, on Wednesday lent credence to President Muhammadu Buhari’s disclosure that he and the late Ojukwu reached a concensus on the unity and indivisibility of the Nigerian nation. Buhari had in a nationwide broadcast on Monday disclosed that “in …

The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 28-year-old messenger, Christopher Onmiyi, in a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly receiving stolen property. The defendant, who resides at Bakusa Dei-dei Abuja, is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and receiving stolen property. The prosecutor, Florence Auhioboh, told the …

The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed that nine people died in a fire outbreak that occurred at Linc Oil and Gas tank farm yesterday morning. The state Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria  (NAN) at the scene of the event, confirmed …