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The Federal Government has declared Friday 25, Monday 28 December 2020 and Friday, January 1, 2021 as public holidays, to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He felicitated with Christians and all Nigerians both at home […]
Almost three months after police officer, Corporal Etaga Stanley of the Delta State command, attached to Ughelli division was brutally murdered during the EndSars protest, the family have accused the Delta State government of not showing empathy as it has neither paid a condolence visit nor called to commiserate with the family. It will be […]
As Nigeria grapple with the second wave of Covid-19, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to halt all flights to and from the United Kingdom. Atiku made the call on Sunday in a series of tweets. He explained that the reason Nigeria took a harder than necessary hit during the first […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed a Deputy Superintendent of Police for complicity in smuggling about 300,000 live cartridges from the Benin Republic into Nigeria. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by the PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, in Lagos. Mr Ani said that the PSC took the decisions […]
The Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, is set to start this December. The Minister for Youths and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare confirmed this on Friday at the National Stadium Lagos while briefing Journalists. The league which was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic is to resume on Sunday 27th December. With emphasis on the right […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, charged the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to execute projects that would add significant value to the socio-economic lives of people in oil bearing communities in the state. Okowa gave the charge at his office in Asaba, while swearing-in a new member of the Commission, Mr. Bright […]
Students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara abducted last Friday and released on Thursday night have arrived Katsina State, according to The Punch. The students escorted into the state capital by security operatives with some still in their school uniforms, were led to an expansive hall in the Government House where they were received […]
The federal government has licensed 173 centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct the enrollment of the National Identity Number (NIN) across Nigeria. This was disclosed on the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) website on Wednesday. This is coming after a two-week ultimatum was issued by the government to telecom service providers to block […]
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the seven-year jail sentence handed down to Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party. In its ruling on Thursday, the court held that Okon Abang, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, exhibited bias in the case of the former PDP spokesman. The […]
The Defence headquarters (DHQ) says there is no cause to worry over the safety of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina state. John Enenche, Coordinator of Defence media operations, said this during an interview on Wednesday morning. The president was in the state on a private visit to Daura, his hometown, when gunmen attacked and abducted over […]
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