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The President, Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, said his regime had started taking steps in line with the recommendations of the Niger Delta Development Commission’s forensic audit report submitted to him in September 2021. He also raised hopes that the much-awaited appointment of board of directors for the commission would begin soon. Buhari also […]
The Federal Government says it will sanction Trust TV, a television station owned by Media Trust Group, and the BBC over their stories on bandits in the North. Trust Tv and BBC Africa Eye in separate documentaries exposed the activities of terrorists and their gangs making life difficult for the Nigerian populace. While […]
Six days after he was remanded in prison custody, an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, on Thursday, granted bail to the former Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris. In a ruling by the court delivered by Justice Adeyemi Ajayi, he adopted all the terms and conditions of the administrative bail the […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the threat to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari as laughable. In a video released at the weekend, the abductors of train passengers in Kaduna threatened to kidnap and kill Buhari and Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. Addressing reporters after the Federal Executive […]
The wind of insecurity blowing across the country, especially in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, gathered pace yesterday, sending panic through the whole of Abuja and its environs. This led to the shutting down of Veritas University, as the terrorists, who had written the Abuja Campus of the Nigerian Law School. also demanded […]
The Nigerian Senators from the opposition parties have given President Muhammadu Buhari six weeks ultimatum to address the rising insecurity in the country or face impeachment. Minority Leader of the Senate, Philip Aduda, stated this while addressing reporters after the opposition lawmakers stormed out of the Senate plenary angrily, chanting “Buhari must go […]
One officer of a new generation bank in Abia state has lost his life following an arm robbery attack on a bullion van conveying cash from Aba to Umuahia. The incident happened on Tuesday at about 1:30 pm at Ntigha junction along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway way, and also left one of the robbers […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has reportedly offered a “tempting” package for workers willing to accept voluntary retirement. The group chief executive officer of the company, Melee Kyari, gave assurance that none of the 7,000 workers would be sacked and that the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) did not prescribe such a measure. He […]
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has berated President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising insecurity, saying that Mr. President cannot shut down the country because of bandits and other forms of insecurity. The Presidential candidate of the SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, said this after he led an entourage to a meeting with officials of […]
A loud explosion was heard in the premises housing the office of the Secretary to the Kogi State Government, Dr. Folashade Arike Ayoade, the Punch reports. The office premises which are next to Lugard street, house the Kogi State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists secretariat. On Tuesday around 8:30 am a […]
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