The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed a total of 25, 224 personnel to cover the various highways across Nigeria with monitors deployed to ensure compliance to the operational guidelines of the special patrol scheduled to commence from 31 March and terminate on 7 April, 2021. The spokesperson of the FRSC, Bisi Kazeem said, […]
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Some members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) were abducted in Kaduna Friday evening. The gunmen are suspected to be bandits who have been terrorizing the Northwest region. Head, Media and Public Relations of RCCG, Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi, confirmed the abduction to Tribune. The spokesman said the kidnappers were yet to contact the […]
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The Nigerian Presidency has said that nobody can bring down the current Federal Government. President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, made this remark on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, on Friday. Shehu assured Nigerians that Buhari was working towards addressing the several challenges facing the country. According to Shehu: “Nobody can bring down the government because […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has said Nigeria’s potentials can be best attained if the country remains united. The ex Rivers State Governor on Friday spoke at the 34th Convocation Lecture of the University of Calabar. In his speech, entitled ‘The National Question and the Challenges of Nationhood in Nigeria’, Amaechi preached equal opportunities […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Friday said it has applied for a waiver from the Federal Government to allow applicants for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examination to obtain new Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card for registration. The examination body noted that candidates must make use of accessible […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, received the COVID-19 vaccine jab in his office alongside some principal staff officers of the Nigerian Army on Friday. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima also got vaccinated. After receiving the vaccine, Attahiru reiterated the call for all officers and soldiers of the Nigerian […]
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Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has said that Nigeria’s current poor corruption rating by Transparency International is as a result of inadequate data. This statement was made by the information minister while addressing newsman on Wednesday on TI’s January 2021 report in which Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points (the country’s […]
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A High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State on Thursday, sentenced a professor of the University of Calabar, Peter Ogban, to three years in prison for announcing a false election result during the 2019 general elections. The professor of science who had served as the returning officer in the senatorial election in Akwa […]
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General Overseer of Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has described the hijab controversy rocking the missions in Kwara state as a nasty development. The clergy said he has never seen a place in his life where a tenant will be deciding for the landlord, urging Muslims in the state to “leave […]
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Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has blamed State governors for banditry in the Northern part of the country. Spokesman of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Saleh Hassan, stated that pressure from governors turned some herdsmen into bandits. Hassan said herders, who lost their cattle and businesses, resorted to banditry in the North. Prior to the resurgence of […]
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