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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]