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Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen went on a killing spree in three communities in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, leaving several people dead, as search for more bodies continues in the area.   Those killed in Egedegede, Obegu and Amuzu communities included  a Priest of the of the Methodist church.   While some […]

Ahmad Lawan, the Senate President, has refuted reports alleging that he is predisposed towards support for a tenure extension for President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, in Abuja, Lawan declared his commitment to the provisions of the Constitution for term limit for elected public officers. He vowed not […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to depart Nigeria Tuesday (today) on a two-week medical trip to London. This was disclosed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The medical trip comes two days to the commencement of a nationwide strike being planned by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered security agencies to identify sponsors and leaders of kidnappers and bandits especially in the north and take them out.   President Buhari said his administration would not tolerate a situation where the criminal elements dictate the pace in the fight against insecurity and gave the marching orders to the […]

  The Bayelsa State government has given all herdsmen 14 days to move their animals from farmlands and bushes across the state to the Elebele Palm in the outskirts of Yenagoa, or risk having their animals seized.   Mr. David Alagoa, who is the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources and chairman of the committee […]

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced the fourth edition of its annual FirstGem Conference, tagged FirstGem 4.0. The 2021 event is themed ‘The Art of Negotiation’ and convened to provide women with insights on the secrets of wealth management, investment and savings. It is scheduled to […]

The National Identity Management Commission has launched a new Mobile Web Service (MWS) Application and improved National Identity Number (NIN) slips for public use. This comes as the April 9, 2021 deadline for linkage of Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) cards with National Identity Numbers (NIN) draws near.   Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu […]

I have never felt so bad at being proven right, as I am by the report from Bloomberg Business on Saturday, March 27, 2021 that Nigeria is to emerge as the nation with the highest unemployment rate on earth, at just over 33 per cent. We warned about this, but repeated warnings by myself and […]

The father of one of the 39 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka, near Kaduna, has died. Malam Ibrahim Shamaki, father of Fatima Ibrahim, one of the students, became ill about a week after the news of the students’ abduction broke out. Shamaki’s death came as unidentified gunmen Friday abducted 8 […]

Nigeria’s Service Chiefs have agreed to take orders from the Chie of Defefence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, in line with universal best practices.   The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, said that Commanders of all ongoing military operations will henceforth report directly to Irabor, in line with the standard practice around the […]