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NAF airstrikes destroy bandit hideouts, kills scores in Kaduna
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says that it has conducted airstrikes targeting and destroying an operational base run by bandits at Walawa, Yadi and Kuduru Hills areas of Kaduna State.NAF Director of P…
Fire destroys market, LGA office in Kwara, Zamfara
No fewer than 23 shops were razed down and goods worth millions of naira damaged in an early morning inferno that reportedly wreaked havoc yesterday at Owode Market, Offa, Kwara State.A w…
Reps move to transfer more exclusive power to states
The House of Representatives, yesterday, passed for second reading a bill seeking to devolve some items in the exclusive list to states. The bill sponsored by the Chief Whip, Mohammed Mon…
Coronavirus: FG warns Nigerians against travelling to US, UK, bans public officials from foreign trips
The federal government has warned Nigerians against visiting high-risk countries amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, stated this on T…
NYSC orientation camp suspended indefinitely over coronavirus
The management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has suspended the 2020 Batch A orientation camp. The camp, which opened on Tuesday, has been shut after Nigeria confirmed its third case of C…
Lagos Explosion : No student of Bethlehem girls college died
The Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos has clarified that no student of Bethlehem Girls College died in the explosion that rocked the Abule-Ado area of FESTAC in Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lago…
NSCDC arrests 15 persons with 1,324 pre-registered SIM cards
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested fifteen persons for selling pre-registered SIM Card in Jigawa State. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC. Adamu Shehu confirm…
Zulum urges Buratai to take insurgency battle to terrorists hideouts
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has called on the Nigerian Army to take the ongoing war against insurgency in the North East to the insurgents’ enclaves to clear the remnants of the terrorists in …
Minimum wage: Organised labour gives 7 days ultimatum
The Organized Labour in Rivers State has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Rivers State government to meet up its demand or face industrial action. The seven-day ultimatum, which began on Monday, M…
Togo, Benin, Niger Owe Nigeria 30 Billion Naira For Electricity
The Republics of Togo, Niger and Benin owe Nigeria a total of N29.97bn for the electricity supplied to them from January to September last year, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commi…
$22.7b loan : Court told to stop President Buhari immediately
The Coalition of Opposition Political Parties, CUPP, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court to stop him from borrowing the proposed $22.7 foreign loan. The lenders, Presidency, and …
13 inmates freed from Akwa Ibom correctional facility
About 13 inmates in the Akwa Ibom State Correctional Centre were on Monday, granted pardon by the Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion, led by its Chairman, Justice Ishaq B…
6 Soldiers killed after Boko Haram Ambush in Banki, Borno State
Suspected members of the Boko Haram on Sunday morning ambushed Nigerian troops in Banki area of Borno State killing six soldiers.Military sources confirmed that the attack occurred close to Banki jun…
Traders in Onitsha market lament the return of fake drug cartel, alerts NAFDAC
Traders in the once banned popular Onitsha drug market, at the Niger Bridgehead have raised alarm over plans by fake drug dealers to take over the market and return to business. Some traders in the m…
Lagos pipeline explosion : Peter Obi reacts to death of Rev sister who saved her students
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general election, Peter Obi has reacted to the death of Rev Sr Henrietta Alokha, Principal of Bethlehem Girls’ Colleg…
Aerial view of the Abule Ado explosion in Lagos (Video)
Aerial view of the Abule Ado explosion scene shows the extent of the damage done by the gas pipeline explosion yesterday. The following pictures below gives a graphic detail of the extent of the dama…
Obaseki inspects gully erosion, flood prevention project in Benin
The Edo Government has reaffirmed the commitment of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to complete the construction of the flood and gully erosion projects in Benin City, as part of measu…
Coronavirus : Nigerian Embassy In U.S suspends passport interviews, biometric capturing
According to reports, Nigeria’s diplomatic missions in Washington, New York and Atlanta, United States, have suspended passport interviews and biometric data capture over the coronavirus crisis.The s…
Tambuwal speaks against politicing monarcy, religion and security
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has advised leaders and stakeholders in the Nigerian project not to politicise issues of the monarchy, faith and security. Tambuwal gave the advic…
Lagos pipeline explosion : Lagos state govt pledges N2 billion in disaster relief
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday morning visited the scene of the pipeline explosion that devasted the Abule-Ado area of Lagos State on Sunday, creating a major conflagration that gu…