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Governor Samuel Ortom, who state of Benue has been routinely ravaged by bandits and herdsmen, has pleaded with Nigerian government to allow responsible citizens to carry assault weapons such as AK-47 for self defence.   This, he said, is part of efforts to stem the rising insecurity in the country.   Ortom’s formula was released […]

The Federal Government has appealed to the world powers not to be weighed by unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country vital platforms and weapons to fight insecurity.   The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the appeal on Thursday when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja, NAN […]

President Buhari this week signed the instrument of ratification to the African Trade Insurance Agency’s (ATI) treaty, the organization said in a statement Wednesday. This finalises Nigeria’s membership in ATI in a process that began some years ago, it explained.   Membership in ATI allows Nigeria to attract additional insurance capacity to help attract investments […]

www.www.aso.rocks search engine understands that the Department of State Services has invited a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, to its Jos office.   Mailafia confirmed the development to our correspondent in Jos on Tuesday.   He said, “Yes, it’s true. The DSS invited me to appear in their […]

Joe Biden, former Vice-President and hopeful Democratic presidential candidate for the November 3 presidential election, on Tuesday announced Kamala Harris as his running mate    “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my […]

Nigeria’s political leadership on Tuesday blamed the rising level of insecurity in the country on poverty and youth unemployment.   This was the conclusion at the end of a meeting that President Muhammadu Buhari and some state governors had in Abuja.   Buhari also declared at the meeting that the terrorists are not better equipped […]

  A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, says repentant terrorists revealed that a serving northern governor is a Boko Haram leader.   Mailafia said this on the ‘Morning Crossfire’ program on Nigeria Info Abuja 95.1FM on Monday, the Punch reported Tuesday.   The former CBN deputy governor said […]

  A Shari’a court in northern Nigeria town of Kano on Monday sentenced 22-year-old singer to death by hanging for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.   The Presiding Judge of the Upper Shari’a Court, Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani, gave the judgement after he found the accused, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu,  guilty of the offence.   Sharif-Aminu was accused […]

  It took the management of First City Monument Bank four years to admit that it erroneously posted the sum of 573 million naira into the account of Prophet Emmanuel Omale, the founder of Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministries, Abuja.   The Chief Executive Officer of Adam Nuru admitted the error while testifying before […]

Agboola Ajayi, the Ondo State deputy governor whose exit from the ruling All Progressives Congress caused quite a loud stir, has decamped from the People’s Democratic Party, which he joined in June.   Ajayi sent the letter of resignation from the party on Monday to the PDP secretariat at Apoi Ward 2 in Kiribo town, […]

 …Gives commission 45 days to submit report   President Muhammadu Buhari has authorized a Judicial Commission of inquiry to undertake a complete probe into the allegations levelled suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, and the commission.   The probe is to cover the period 2015 to 2020, looking into […]

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the World Bank President Mr David Malpass, urging him to use his “good offices to encourage the Federal Government and 36 state governments to publicly commit to transparency and accountability in the spending of the $114.28m credit and grant for COVID-19, which […]