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Twenty students, two teachers and a driver from Government Day Secondary School Misau, Bauchi State, have died in a motor accident. The incident occurred on Tuesday along the Jigawa-Kano express way in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano state. Spokesman for the Bauchi state police, uwal Datti, confirmed this to …

Itse Sagay, Chairman of the of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC), has dismissed calls that youths will perform better than older people if given the opportunity to become President of Nigeria. Sagaya warned that Nigeria may regret having a youth as president because they would be embarking on …

Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, says finding solutions to the perennial crises between herdsmen and farmers in several communities in Nigeria could only be achieved if the issue is approached with an open mind. Osinbajo, spoke on Monday through Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, who represented him during a fact finding mission …

A former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, John Nanzip Shagaya, died yesterday in an auto crash at Amper, along Langtang Road, Plateau State.  Shagaya, who was recently named Chairman, Board of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) by President Muhammadu Buhari, was elected senator, representing …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Sunday said it had suspended one of its staff, Philomina Chieshe, who claimed that N36 million from proceeds of scratch cards and others had been swallowed by a snake. Chieshe, who works in the Board’s office in Makurdi, Benue State made the claim …

The senator representing Nasarawa south senatorial district in the National Assembly, Suleiman Adokwe, has said not less than 20 persons have been killed in latest attacks on Tiv communities in the southern senatorial zone of Nasarawa State. Adokwe disclosed this at the weekend while donating relief materials worth millions of …

Over 2,000 residents in Lekki area of Lagos, Ikota and Ajah communities benefitted from the evangelization and generosity carried out by the Ladies of St. Mulumba Nigeria, Lekki-Sub Council at the weekend,  where food, water, bibles,rosaries, catechism books and other items worth over a million naira were distributed freely to …

Ibrahim IdrIs In what could be considered a vote of no confidence on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, the House of Representatives wednesday passed a motion calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to replace him with a more professional police officer. The resolution came as the Senate summoned …

NatCom Development & Investment Ltd., also known as NatCom, the promoter of Nigeria’s youngest addition to the telecommunications sector, ntel, is in a dire strait following series of crises which are threatening to consume the network. Information reaching The Witness revealed that NatCom, which is headed by billionaire Olatunde Ayeni, former …