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Abdulmumuni Ningi a former member of the Bauchi House of Assembly, has been kidnapped by gunmen, Police said Friday.   Ahmed Wakil, Police Public Relations Officer, in Bauchi State, said Ningi was abducted about 8 pm Thursday night within the Bauchi metropolis. Wakil said that  Ningi was trailed by his abductors who were four in […]

The Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun on Thursday announced the dismissal of one of its operatives for killing a bystander in Ibadan, the State capital. The commandant of the agency, Col. Olayanju Olayinka (rtd.) in a statement on Thursday explained the corps dismissed Kazeem Afolabi after an investigation showed that he shot the […]

Nigerians who criticize the current administration in the country should do so on the basis of fairness, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. He said the elite, who are love to criticize his administration, should first consider the state of the country he inherited in May 2015.   According to a statement by his Special Adviser […]

Mr. Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, says that said undocumented foreigners are behind the rising wave of insecurity in the state.   He has therefore warned traditional rulers against allocating land to  foreigners in their domains without proper documentation,.   Makinde disclosed this through a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa, […]

Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, who has been in the news lately for criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday said that the wounds of Nigeria’s civil war are yet to heal. Kukah made the declaration a virtual meeting organized by Dele Momodu of the Ovation Magazine and Mazi Ezeoke. He […]

Newly elected President-General of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor, says the security of the Ibos is one of his top priorities. Elected last weekend to the position, Obiozor made this known in a four-point agenda that covers security, economy, education, and peace and reconciliation. “I know this is no easy decision […]

A former Military Governor of old Imo and Lagos States, Rear Admiral Ndubisi Kanu (Retired), has died, aged 78 years.   Kanu, a prominent leader of the pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, died in the early hours on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, according to sources.   He died  at an undisclosed hospital after […]

The expected passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, has come under further threat, as President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says there are forces working to frustrate the legislation.   The forces are working from within and outside the country, Lawan told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.   He declared however that the current National […]

A Nigeria Court-martial on Tuesday in Maiduguri, Borno State capital on sentenced Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi to death by firing squad for killing the adjutant of his unit, Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi.   Maduabuchi of 212 Battalion was arraigned for murder after shooting Lieutenant Ngorgi in July 2020 at close range in Bama Local Government of Borno […]

For many Nigerians who thought they have scaled through the SIM-NIN synchronization exercise, their hopes have just been dashed.   This is because the National Identity Management Commission on Tuesday declared that Nigerians should not rely on National Identification Number generated during the Bank Verification Number registration, which is said is invalid until updated at […]

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has told newly  recruited soldiers to be ready to be deployed to the dread Sambisa Forest, the stronghold of the Boko Haram Islamist fundamentalists at the end of their training.   He vowed that the Nigerian Army will uphold thoroughness in its recruitment processes to ensure that […]

The Department of State Services, Nigeria’s spy police,  has raised the alarm over plans by some unidentified persons to instigate religious violence across the country.   DSS said areas for the attack include Lagos and Oyo states ( in Southwest); Rivers (Southsouth); states in the Southeast; Sokoto, Kano, Kaduna (Northwest) and Plateau (Northcentral   It […]