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Gunmen have kidnapped the monarch and Chairman of Abissa Council of Chiefs, High Chief Matthew Opoto, in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. High Chief Opoto was abducted on Friday on his way to his…
Presidential candidates in the 2023 elections on Monday attended the Nigerian Bar Association’s, NBA, annual general conference in Lagos. The Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) kicked off…
The Nigerian military at the weekend bombarded the camp of Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) leader, Fiya Ba Yuram. Some of the terrorists were killed in the raid conducted in Sambisa Forest by Nigerian Air…
The Former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, said President Muhammadu Buhari has done his best in tackling the insecurity and economic challenges facing the nation country. Yuguda said this on Sunrise Daily, a…
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the results of the 2023 general elections will be transmitted electronically. The report had drawn mixed reactions from Nigerians with regard…
Two children died on Sunday after another building collapsed in Adeleye street, Ladilak in the Bariga area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, permanent secretary, Olufemi…
Gunmen on Sunday abducted four reverend sisters who were on their way to morning mass in Imo State. They were kidnapped along the Okigwe-Umulolo axis of Okigwe LGA. Zita Ihedoro, secretary-general of The Sisters of…
A notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, in Zamfara, has embraced peace and has started waging war against bandits in the state to maintain peace. The deputy governor of Zamfara, Sen. Hassan Nasiha, disclosed this at a…
A lawyer, Benedict Azza, was shot and killed by gunmen on motorcycles in Gusau town, Zamfara State. Azza, who was a principal partner of the BT Azza & Co Chambers based in Gusau, was shot dead while returning to his…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) revoked the broadcast licenses of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, Rhythm FM, and others over failure to renew their broadcast licenses The Director-General of the NBC,…
The President, Muhammadu Buhari has called on security agencies to take the fight to terrorists’ hideouts and ensure they are “completely eliminated”. He made this known in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital at an event…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has disclosed what transpired during the meeting between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress,…
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said it is the responsibility of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to compensate students for the time wasted during the six-month strike, not the Federal…
The Lagos State Government has extended the ban on commercial motorcycles,(okada) to four more Local Government Areas and five Local Council Development Areas. The state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the…
The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, has finally released the record of proceedings in a case in which she committed human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to prison. The document was released on Wednesday,…
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) says the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, is acting based on selfish interest regarding the controversial $418 million Paris Club refund. Last week Thursday,…
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended its nationwide strike for two weeks. The union made the decision on Wednesday after a meeting with Chris Ngige, minister of labor and employment. The…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is currently meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun state. It is unclear what the agenda of the meeting is, but…
A northern group, Arewa Youth Assembly, has called for the removal of the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, over the lingering insecurity in many parts of the country. The group attributed the rising…
In the early hours of Wednesday, a fire gutted a shopping mall at Ligali Ayorinde junction, Victoria Island, Lagos. It was gathered that the inferno started in the early hours of Wednesday in one of the shops where…
