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Nigeria on Tuesday received four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the delivery of which through the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF, and WHO. The vaccines arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja about midday, onboard an Emirates airline. Those who received the consignment at the airport included the Chairman of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday declared Zamfara State a no-fly-zone, in response to recent security challenges erupting from the state. Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd, the National Security Adviser (NSA), announced this to State House Correspondents at the end of the National Security Council meeting, in Abuja. President Buhari also approved a ban on all […]

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of the new Service Chief, with the President of the Red Chamber, Ahmad Lawan charging them to take the battle to the bandits and insurgents who are currently terrorizing the nation. Those confirmed were Major General Lucky Eluoye Onyenucheya Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major General Ibrahim […]

…as ACF calls for his probe   Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State on Tuesday confirmed the release of the kidnapped students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe. The girls were abducted on Friday by bandits who stormed their school on motorcycles and Hilux vehicles. Confusion had trailed the release of the girls, as some […]

…as online registration commences   Nigeria will dedicate the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination to health care workers and other frontline workers, including the military, police, oil and gas industry workers, and workers at the country’s border posts.   This was disclosed on Monday by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, which announced […]

Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and foremost Human rights lawyer, has declared that asking President Buhari to resign is not an offence. Falana spoke in a statement released on Sunday against the background of the arrest by Salisu Tanko-Yakassai, a former Special Adviser on Media to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, by the […]

The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives, on Sunday, lampooned President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest Tanko Salihi Yakassai, a former aide to Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje The PDP Reps noted that Yakassai was arrested after he criticized the Federal Government over […]

Concern about “heavy casualties of innocent villagers and hostages” from military operations against bandits and kidnappers is the reason the Nigerian government has not deployed forces against bandits, President Muhammadu Buhari, has explained. He also warned state governors about plans of negotiating with the bandits or giving the amnesty. “Let them (bandits) not entertain any […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight at the release of those students and workers who were abducted from the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State. The victims were released in the early hours of Saturday by their captors, who had threatened to starve them to death if their demand for ransom was not met. The […]

Less than 24 hours after President Buhari said there would be no amnesty for bandits and kidnappers in the country, gunmen in the early hours of Friday abducted more than 300 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Reports said the gunmen arrived at the school […]

The Federal Government says it has mapped out 30 grazing reserves for implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP. This is being designed as a lasting solution to the raging crises between herdsmen and farmers across the country, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture, Dr Andrew Kwasari, said. He disclosed this […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the possibility of the Federal Government granting amnesty to armed criminals terrorising the country, stressing that his administration will continue to deal decisively with bandits, kidnappers, and insurgents. President Buhari said this on Thursday through his Chief of Staff, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, who represented him at a joint security […]