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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President, Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has been overwhelmed by insecurity as evidenced by the bomb attack on a Kaduna-bound train last week. The elder statesman stated this at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while receiving a People’s Democratic Party presidential aspirant, Dr Ugochukwu Williams, and […]
The Residents of Shanono in Shanono LGA of Kaduna has discovered another Improvised Explosives Device (IED) on Friday. The IED was detected 24 hours after one device concealed in a bucket was found on Thursday but was deactivated by the state anti-bomb squad. Tijjani Umar a resident, told Daily Trust that children in the […]
On Friday morning gunmen attacked Mbieri Divisional Headquarters in Mbaitoli, LGA of Imo State. In the past month, gunmen have burnt Police Divisional Headquarters in the state, making Mbieri the fifth one. According to the indigenes of Mbieri, the attackers arrived at the headquarters around 3 am and opened fire on the facility. […]
The federal government has extended the deadline for the ongoing national identification number (NIN) and subscriber identity module (SIM) integration exercise by “a few days”. Following the last extension, the exercise was meant to end on Thursday, March 31, 2022. In a statement announcing the latest extension, Isa Pantami, minister of communications and […]
The narrow-gauge train traveling from Lagos to Kano has derailed at Farin Ruwa, near Jaji in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. PRO of Northern Regional District of Nigeria Railways Corporation (NRC) Zaria, Mallam Abdullahi Alhaji confirmed the incident in a telephone interview. The driver of the train was reported to […]
World football governing body FIFA, has slammed an indefinite ban on MKO Abiola Stadium Abuja from hosting international matches. This is coming after the death of Joseph Kabungo, a medical doctor from Zambia, who died during a stampede after Nigeria fans invaded the Moshood Abiola National Stadium pitch, following a 1-1 draw with […]
Senate has said that it will investigate why the Super Eagles lost the march against the Black Stars of Ghana in an attempt to qualify for this year’s World Cup played at the M.K.O Abiola National Stadium on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the Senate, board room politics contributed to Nigeria being edged […]
The terrorists who attacked a Kaduna-bound train and abducted unspecified number of passengers on Monday, have contacted their families. No fewer than eight people, including Trade Union Congress (TUC) Secretary-General Musa Ozigi-Lawal, TUC Kwara State chapter Chairman Akin Akinsola, National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) director at Kaduna office, Abdul Isa Kofar-Mata […]
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday adopted a motion directing all pay television service providers to revert to pay per view module as against the mandatory monthly subscription. In a sponsored motion by Senator representing Benue South Senatorial district, Abba Moro, he lamented the incessant hike in price of various bouquets by the service providers […]
A Niger Delta environment and peace advocate, Chief Sheriff Mulade, has said that the appointment of a sole administrator to run the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was alien and a contravention of the enabling laws establishing the commission. Mulade, who was reacting to a Federal Court Judgment in Yenagoa, […]
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