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A Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Tuesday restrained Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and the state government from enforcing a directive that all residents who have not received the COVID-19 vaccines will be prevented from accessing churches, mosques, banks, event centres and other public places from the middle of […]

Nigerian military authorities announced Tuesday they have launched a rescue operation for a Major who was abducted by armed bandits who attacked the country’s foremost military institution.   The bandits invaded the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State around 1 am on Tuesday, killing two officers and abducting the Major.   The NDA is located […]

A High Court of Rivers State has barred Prince Uche Secondus from parading himself as National Chairman or member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).   Hon. Justice O. Gbasam of the Degema Judicial Division Vacation Court sitting in Port Harcourt, gave the order on Monday.   This order was made in the ruling on […]

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend its ongoing strike.   The order was given on Monday by Justice John Targema in his ruling on an ex parte application by the Federal Government.    “It is hereby ordered that claimant/applicant and the defendant/respondent suspend all […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, has reacted to claims by former Big Brother Naija reality TV star, Dorathy Bachor, operatives of the commission broke into her apartment.   Bachor, a participant in the last edition of BB Naija before the ongoing episode, had in a post on her Facebook on Monday, […]

  As many as 500 deaths have been recorded at Covid-19 isolation centres across Lagos State during the third wave of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health has said.   This was disclosed on Sunday in a statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Health, Lagos State, ‘Tunbosun Ogunbanwo.   The statement was titled, […]

The Federal Government is yet to make a definite decicion on what will become of surrendered Boko Haram members, Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has said.   Onyeama spoke on Saturday amidst growing concerns over rumoured plans by the government to reintegrate the surrendered Boko Haram commandants and others to the society.   Onyeama’s […]

  The 21st Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has reversed an ancestral curse placed on Nigeria by his grandfather, Olu Erejuwa II, as a result of alleged injustice meted to him.   Erejuwa II was the paramount leader of the Itsekiri who was Olu of Warri from 1951 to 1964 and from 1966 to […]

The Federal Government on Saturday agreed to pay N4.8bn Residency Training Fund to the National Association of Resident Doctors(NARD) in the next seven days.   The resident doctors have been on strike since August 1, 2021.   The government also agreed to clear the arrears of the consequential adjustment of the National Minimum Wage from […]

The Federal Government has admonished “naysayers” to stop spewing negative and false narratives around Boko Haram members who are surrendering in droves in the North-East.   The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Washington.   NAN reports that […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Prof. Ishaq Oloyede as Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for a second term of five years, the government announced Friday.   The President also reappointed Prof Abubakar Rasheed, who will serve as Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission for another five years; Hamid Bobboyi, as […]

A trust fund would be set up by the Federal Government to take care of the 3% allocated for the host communities as provided for in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to prevent any crisis in the implementation of the act, Minister of the Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, has said.   Akpabio said this to […]