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The Nigerian Defence Headquarters late Tuesday confirmed that it rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa Forest in Borno State in a major offensive against the Boko Haram terrorist group. Sambisa Forest is a large expanse of land, serving as Boko Haram’s operational base. They were rescued Tuesday afternoon. It was also learnt that […]

The Permanent Secretary to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Ambassador Danjuma Sheni, has been suspended. His suspension is as a fall out of the recall of Nigeria’s envoy in South Africa.  The permanent secretary had earlier been queried on why he issued the “unauthorised recall” of the Nigerian Ambassador. The unauthorised recall was described as embarrassing […]

Governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda, has sacked all his Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants and Personal Assistants numbering over 2, 000. The only aides he exempted from the mass purging are those he said were working directly under him. All the affected aides were sacked with immediate effect. No reason was given for […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has expressed commitment to the peace move initiated by elders in the state, led by Chief Afe Babalola  (SAN) to find political solution to the crisis between the two factions in the State House of Assembly. Governor Fayose said in a statement personally signed by him that he was […]

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed a figure of N4.493 trillion as budget for the 2015 fiscal year without any consideration for subsidy of petroleum products. The difference between the passed budget and that submitted to the National Assembly by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, four months […]

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase on Tuesday expressed concern over the recent attacks on media houses and journalists. He has therefore ordered a “water-tight security” around all media houses in the country. Arase gave this order while reacting to the bombing of a radio station in Kogi State on Monday night. Four people were […]

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Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Monday said the government would honour some prominent Nigerians by naming major streets and road in the FCT after them. In a statement released on Monday, by his spokesperson, Nosike Ogbuenyi, the minister said those to be honoured with street names include President Goodluck […]

In what looked like a revenge move for its activities during the presidential campaign, President-elect ‎Muhammadu Buhari has refused the African Independent Television (AIT) the chance to cover his activities. Buhari cited ethical issues as the reason for the move. The ban became obvious on Monday, when sSecurity operatives at the Defence House, where Buhari […]

A former commissioner with the Niger Delta Development Commission representing Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Godwin Moffat, has been sent to prison for stealing 56 transformers worth N220 million. He was sentenced to a three-year jail term by an Akwa Ibom State High Court for stealing the transformers meant for oil producing communities in the state […]

The Presidency on Monday said Nigeria has not recalled her chargé d’affaires to South Africa as a result of the recent xenophobic attacks that occurred there. In a statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President said the issue of the recall could be a mix-up. […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday ordered that the report of the forensic auditing conducted by PriceWaterHouse on the alleged missing $20 billion from the account of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) be released. President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, had on Sunday said his administration would conduct a probe into the allegation levelled by former Governor […]