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Military, incapable of defeating Boko Haram, Zulum laments
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has said the military has dimmed the hope of their ability to defeat Boko Haram as they have continued to show they cannot secure 20 kilometers away from Maiduguri, the state capital.…
NEMA, FRSC launch Operation Eagle Eye to avert road carnage in Borno
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have launched Operation Eagle Eye to combat road carnage during Christmas and new year festivities in Borno State.…
NBS: Food prices rising, household incomes precarious
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the prices of most food items increased in November this year, while the incomes for many households are still in precarious situations.
The NBS, in its Selected Food Prices Watch…
CBN revokes 42 microfinance banks’ operating licences
The operating licences of no fewer than 42 Micro-Finance banks have been revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation disclosed this on Friday in an announcement on its website titled…
Katsina Abduction: Garba Shehu tells #BringBackOurBoys Campaigners to Refund Monies Collected
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has urged the #BringBackOurBoys campaigners to refund monies collected for the movement.
He lamented that it was shameful that “merchants of fortune”…
Opposition politics requires intelligence, tact, not childish tantrums, PDP blasts Edo APC
The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state for making spurious claims that betray the bitterness, delusion and angst they have been forced to endure since they…
Edo Assembly parleys business community, others, assures of progressive laws
The Edo State House of Assembly at the weekend met with the Edo business community and professionals in the health and education sectors, with an assurance that the House will formulate and pursue only laws that would make the…
NUJ raises alarm over increasing Banditry, Kidnapping in South West
The South West Zone of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has raised the alarm over the increasing cases of banditry and kidnapping in the region.
The union in a communique issued at the end of its meeting held in…
Army, Police give conflicting figures of rescued Islamiyya students
The Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Police Force have given conflicting figures on the number of rescued students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, Mahuta village, Dandume LGA of Katsina State.
The rescue was said to have taken place on…
EU applauds Buhari on release of abducted Katsina Students
The European Union Human Rights Forum (EUHRF) has commended President Mohammadu Buhari for the release and safe return of the 344 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State.
The European…