Yoruba Socio-political group, Afenifere, has stated that the move to review the nation’s constitution by the Senate will not solve the myriad of challenges confronting Nigeria. The group, which stated this on Thursday, emphasized that the constitution review was an exercise in futility. The General Secretary of the group, Sola Ebiseni during an interview, stated […]
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Nigeria’s Presidency has approved a major change in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. This was made known in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Thursday. The change involved the swapping of positions by two heads of agencies […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed, Maj Gen Farouk Yahaya, as the new Chief of Army Staff following the death of Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru. Yahaya, a former General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter Terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East, codenamed […]
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Suspected bandits have murdered two policemen during a gun battle with the police on Saturday night. However, the criminals also suffered unspecified casualties. Zamfara Police spokesman SP Muhammad Shehu confirmed these in a statement. He said the bandits stormed Magami town in Gusau LGA to attack the community but police operatives moved in, based on […]
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Real Madrid have announced the departure of Manager, Zinedine Zidane. The coach for the second time is leaving the Spanish giants. The club confirmed he left in a statement on Thursday morning.
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The acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Thursday, said that the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) created a vacuum in Nigeria’s Police effort at fighting insecurity, The Nation reports The acting IGP had spoken at the weekly Ministerial briefing, organized by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa in […]
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Villarreal defeated English team, Manchester United after a marathon penalty shoot-out, with goalkeeper David de Gea missing the last spot-kick, in the Europa League final to lift their first-ever major trophy on Wednesday in Gdansk. It finished 1-1 after 120 minutes as Gerard Moreno put the unfancied Spaniards ahead in the 29th minute before Edinson […]
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Angry students of the Kaduna State University (KASU) on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in the main campus over plans by government to increase school fees from N35, 000 to a minimum amount of N150, 000. The students claimed the hike appeared to be a continuous attempt to deny them their right to education. They […]
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The Nigerian police has given an update after a man used his roommate for money rituals in Bayelsa State. The police in Bayelsa state has confirmed that a 34-year-old identified as Okpegboro Avwerosuo killed his roommate for money ritual. The tragic incident occurred in Sagbama Town, Sagbama Local Government Area, SALGA, of Bayelsa. Mr Okpegboro […]
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The Government of Lagos State has expressed concern that the value of damage to property affecting various parastatals during the protest of ENDSARS is yet to be determined, several months after. Special Adviser, Parastatals Monitoring Office, Afolabi Ayantayo, disclosed this during the ministerial press briefing on Tuesday to commemorate the second anniversary of the Governor […]
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