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A group, Progressive Citizens Congress, PCC, has demanded that Amnesty International leave Nigeria, accusing the NGO of supporting criminals. Read also: (Nigerian beheaded over police murder in Saudi Arabia) During a protest march to the Embassy of the United States on Friday, President-General, PCC, Abiona Desmond in a statement said …

Adebayo Shittu Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communication, says a proposal by the Nigerian government to impose a 10 per cent tax on phone calls, text messages, data and more, would help enhance telecommunication services in the country. The plan has been widely criticised. But Mr. Shittu told the News …

The Federal Government says it has confirmed five fresh cases of Lassa fever in Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau and Rivers states. According to a statement by the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, a parastatal of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, two …

It’s no longer news that Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, visited Nigeria. However, his visit has led to a drama! It’s Fani-Kayode versus Reno Omokri; both supporters of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Zuckerberg has the Hausa language on Facebook (from the over 400 Nigerian languages) and described it as unique. …

President Muhammadu Buhari in Osogbo on Thursday said he was committed to the implementation of the positive agenda he promised Nigerians in the change mantra. Buhari said this during his official visit to Osogbo to inaugurate the 3,000-capacity Osogbo High School, which was part of activities to mark the 25th …

Chief Anthony Ndubuka, a major rice dealer in Umuahia, has expressed optimism that the price of rice would soon fall in Nigeria. Ndubuka expressed the optimism in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Umuahia on Thursday while speaking on the high price of the grains in …

Pursuant to its earlier call on the Police over the missing Abuja business woman, Charity Aiyedogbon, 63 Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of Coalition against Crime in Nigeria have petitioned Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, urging him to take necessary steps to effect the arrest of …

Ali Modu Sheriff Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Borno State, Hon Kaka Shehu Lawan on Tuesday accused former governor of the state, Alhaji Ali Modu Sherif of being the mastermind of Boko Haram. He, therefore, called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to arresst and prosecute the factional chairman of …

The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), a new militant group in the Niger Delta, has blown up a pipeline in Delta state. Aldo Agbalaja, spokesman of the group, disclosed this in a statement, saying the pipeline belongs to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) . The attack comes one day after …

Fr. Mbaka and Buhari Fiery priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, at the weekend dismissed as “lies from the pit of hell” claims that he fell out with former President Goodluck Jonathan over his refusal to grant his request for oil well, adding that he has no regret predicting that the …