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The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), which has Anambra State at its stronghold  since1999, may not be able to take part in the forthcoming governorship election in the State due to a crisis rocking it.   This follows the statement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that a faction of the party led by […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has delisted a total of 25 Computer Based Test centres across the country over examination malpractices.   In a statement issued on Sunday by its Head, Media, and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, the Board explained that the action was taken after an assessment of their performances which showed […]

  At least 14 bandits were killed early Sunday morning as Police foiled an attack on a station in Benue State.   The State Police Public Relations Officer, Kate Anene, confirmed the incident and explained that the attackers were on a mission to rescue suspected bandits who were arrested on Saturday and detained at Katsina-Ala […]

As many as 102 students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State, were abducted by bandits this week, the principal has confirmed.   Alhaji Almustapha Ayuba Sokoto, the principal, disclosed this to the  Emir of Yawuri, his royal highnesses Dr Zayyanu Abdullahi who paid a sympathy visit to the school on Friday. […]

  …one female student found dead Nigerian troops have rescued some of the teachers and students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yawuri in Kebbi State, who were abducted on Thursday.   A statement issued Friday by the Army said that troops of Operation Hadin Kai, rescued two teachers and five students.   It added […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday discharged Senator Peter Nwaoboshi of the N322million money laundering charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke ruled that the agency failed to prove the elements of the offences for which it charged the lawmaker.   Nwaoboshi is […]

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the recovery of five bodies from the site of a gas tanker explosion that occurred in the early hours of Friday along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way.   Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director General of the agency confirmed in a statement that five bodies have been recovered and 13 […]

…kill Police officer, wound another Gunmen on Thursday morning Federal Government Girls College in Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State, and abducted an unspecified number of female students, and five teachers.   They also killed a police officer and wounded another in the attack.   The Kebbi Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeleke Adeyinka-Bode, confirmed the incident to journalists […]

Francis Atuche, former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by an  Ikeja High Court on Wednesday sentenced for N25.7 billion fraud.   Atuche’s co-defendant, Ugo Anyanwu, was sentenced to four years imprisonment, while the court discharged and acquitted Atuche’s wife, Elizabeth.   Atuche and […]

…faces between 3 years to life imprisonment   Olanrewaju Omiyinka James, also known as Baba Ijesha, the embattled Nollywood actor, was Wednesday arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate Court, which denied him bail.   The actor was taken to the court in a black maria vehicle of the Rapid Response Squad of the Police.   He […]

…fixes dates for Ekiti, Osun guber polls   The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday it has removed polling units located at religious sites across the country.   INEC announced this while it unveiled new polling units, expanding the voting centres to176,846 full-fledged Polling Units, from 119,974.   According to the electoral umpire, this […]

MTN Nigeria, a unit of the South African telecom giant, on Tuesday, warned that its services could be disrupted by rising insecurity in different parts of the West African country.   Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, facing rising insecurity challenges, with insurgency in the northeast, kidnapping for ransom in most parts of the country. There […]