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Gunmen dressed in military uniform on Thursday abducted the village head of Oshiagu Amia Ngbo in Umuogudu Akpu Ngbo Community of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.   The attackers also kidnapped four members of the village along with the village head, whose name was given as Deacon John Ulebe Nnaji The attackers were said […]

Nigerians who do not have the National Identification Number face the risk of seven or 14- year imprisonment, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has warned. He also pointed out that the government has no plans to lift the ban on new Subscriber Identification Module, SIM, registrations soon, for security reasons. Pantami […]

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Thursday made good its threat to begin a nationwide and indefinite strike, which they did despite signing a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Government. NARD leaders had met on Thursday with a Federal Government team headed by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, as part […]

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, arrived in Borno State on Thursday as search continues for Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet that went missing on Wednesday evening after it lost contact with the radar. The missing jet was involved in the counter-insurgency operations in the northeast against Boko Haram and Islamic State […]

The Office of Communications in the United Kingdom, known simply as  Ofcom, has slammed a fine on a religious channel, Loveworld, owned by popular Nigerian Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome. Ofcom explained in a statement that Loveworld was fined £125,000 (N65.6m) for breaching the UK’s broadcasting code by disseminating misinformation on COVID-19. “Today we have fined Loveworld […]

The claims of alleged killings at the Lekki Tollgate during the October 2020 #EndSARS protests were not verified, a report by the U.S. Department of State has said. The protests pitted the Nigerian government against the youth, who rose in violent protests against police brutality, especially by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit created to […]

Armed men late Wednesday attacked Prof Charles Soludo, ex-Central Bank of Nigeria, and a contender for the All Progressives Grand Alliance Party’s ticket in the upcoming governorship election in Anambra State.   The attackers shot dead two policemen who were with Soludo.   “Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo was  some few minutes ago attacked by some […]

The Presidency has revealed that it has made shocking discoveries on the sponsors of Boko Haram and bandits. The revelation came a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the nation’s security chiefs to locate and take out kidnappers, bandits, their sponsors and leaders.   The presidency restated its earlier claim that a link had […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari, who left for London on Tuesday on a medical trip did not transmit power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo because he would be away for only a few days, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu has explained.   Speaking on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, Shehu explained the Buhari would carry on with […]

As Nigeria battles to reduce the incidence of medical tourism, the decision by President Muhammadu to seek medical attention abroad, is lamentable and most embarrassing to the President and the country. Buhari left Abuja on Tuesday for London, UK for a routine medical check-up. According to a statement by the President’s special adviser on media […]