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The Federal Government has said that there was no bomb explosion in the High Commission of South Africa. It said the video being circulated was that of the bomb explosion at Emab Plaza, near Banex, inAbuja on June 25 2014. It accused “desperate opposition of allegedly using fake news and disinformation as handy tools to…
THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has raised the alarm over an almost two years disappearance of one of its top member, Mr. Walter Chidiebere Agbo. A protester Coordinator of IPOB for Enugu Province, Mazi Livinus Ugwuoke said that Agbo disappeared prelude to IPOB peaceful solidarity march in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, during the inauguration…
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is intact and progressive, despite plans of some persons to cause disunity in the party. Obaseki stated this while addressing youths who paid a solidarity visit to Secretary to the Edo Government, Mr Osarodion Ogie in his house in Benin…
The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal headed by Justice O. Ogundana will on Sunday deliver judgment in the petition filed by Barr. Omosede Igbinedion. Barr. Igbinedion was the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. She lost the election to Hon Dennis Idahosa of the All Progressives…
The Taliban have kidnapped six Afghan journalists working for private and government media organisations in eastern Paktia province, government officials and Taliban said on Saturday. The reporters, working for radio and TV news companies that broadcast news in Pashto and Dari languages, were abducted while travelling in group from neighbouring Paktika province to Paktia, to…
The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will on Monday, Sept 9, rule on the petition challenging the re-election of Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna state. The Tribunal Secretary, Mrs Hafsat Suleiman, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kaduna. Suleiman said the Tribunal concluded its sitting on Aug. 19…
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State, on Saturday, took the ongoing dialogue campaign with bandits and kidnappers in the state to the neighbouring Niger Republic as part of his desire to find a lasting end to the often recurring deadly banditry attacks which has turned some parts of Katsina State into a slaughterhouse of…
In his reaction to the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa, Senator representing Kaduna Central, Uba Sani has said, Nigeria must send a loud and clear message to South Africa that, Nigerian lives matter. Senator Sani who described the attacks as shocking, deeply disturbing and an affront on African unity, equally…
There was outrage among passengers and airline workers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA ), Lagos on Saturday following the arrest and harassment of the Duty Manager of Virgin Atlantic Airways and some other staff of the airline by some police officers who claimed to be acting on the instruction of the lnspector General…
Governor Seyi Makinde has flagged-off the light-up Ibadan project, where he said Oyo State embarked on the deployment of smart LED street lighting technology to fight crimes in the state capital and other parts of the state. He said that the project would improve the security of lives and position the state for socio-economic drive….