Tajudeen Yusuf, a member of the House of Representatives, has asked Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, to issue what he termed a “national apology” over his comment on the Lekki Toll Gate shooting. Yusuf, who represents Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency of Kogi State, made the demand in a statement issued […]
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Suspecter members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Tuesday expanded the frontiers of their operations by shooting down a military helicopter. The insurgents are believed to have shot down a Nigerien helicopter carrying unidentified passengers in Bama local government area of Borno state. This development has introduced a new and more dangerous dimension to […]
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The inspector-general of police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has tackled a retired major general of the Nigerian Army, who accused him of not being in control of the police. While featuring on a Channels Television programme last week, Garba Wahab had reportedly said: “rather than improving the improvement (sic), the IGP is sitting down there with […]
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Pan African financial services institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has deepened its retail products and services with an aim to delivering services aimed at meeting the needs of its customers across Africa. These services and product offerings, targeting at all classes of customers have been specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of […]
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Gunmen killed at least 34 people in a “gruesome” attack on a passenger bus in western Ethiopia, a part of the country that has recently seen a spate of deadly assaults on civilians, the national human rights body said Sunday. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said in a statement that “the estimated number of […]
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President Donald Trump of the United States, on Sunday admitted that his democratic opponent, Joe Bide won the 2020 presidential election, but again, quickly added the unfounded claim that the poll was rigged. Trump, in a tweet said: “He won because the election was rigged. “NO VOTE WATCHERS OR OBSERVERS allowed, vote tabulated by a […]
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A staff of the Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna state, has been abducted along with his two children. Reports also show that an official of the school identified as Sunusi Hassan, who escaped being abducted, was shot on the hand and is now receiving treatment at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika, Zaria. […]
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The Nigerian government through its Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said that there will be no relaxing of the COVID-19 protocols ahead of the Christmas season. The coordinator of the PTF, Sani Aliyu, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the daily briefing of the pandemic. Mr Aliyu said that Nigeria is currently […]
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The Nigerian Army has inaugurated manhunt for the 4th Batch of wanted Boko Haram terrorists. It has also co-opted more Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members into its operation. A banner showing photographs of the wanted terrorists was unveiled by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state on Tuesday presented a budget estimate of N153.4 billion to the State House of Assembly, for the 2021 fiscal year. The budget which comprises N94.8 billion for recurrent and N58.6 billion for capital expenditure, represents a 9.7 percent increase from the revised 2020 budget. Christened ‘Making Edo Great Again […]
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