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Ondo 2020: Buhari presents APC flag to Akeredolu, optimistic of victory
Ahead of Saturday’s flag off the reelection rally Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state on Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday threw his weight behind the governor, while urging party leaders to rally round him to…
Resident doctors to begin nationwide industrial action on Monday
The National Association of Resident Doctors, (NARD) has directed its members across the country to proceed on a nationwide industrial action from Monday next week in protest against what it described as government insensitivity…
Insecurity: Arewa Professionals ask Buhari to sack Service Chiefs
Incensed by the worsening security challenge in the country, the Arewa Professional Forum (APF) asked President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the Service Chiefs to quit the Centre stage of the nation’s security management, stating…
Court remands man, 45 for defiling sister’s children
For allegedly defiling his three nieces, a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday, remanded a 45-year-old driver, Usman Aliyu, at a correctional centre.
The defendant, who resides at Tumfafi Village in Dawakin Tofa…
Kidnapped Cross River female doctor, freed
About one week after she was kidnapped and following intense pressure on the state government demanding for her release, the kidnapped female medical doctor in Cross River State, Dr Vivien Otu, has been freed.
Chairman of…
Suspected Jihadists kill 10 Malian soldiers in overnight ambush
No fewer than 10 Malian soldiers have been killed in an overnight ambush in a central region near the Mauritanian border where armed jihadist groups are rampant, security and local sources said Friday.
It is the third time…
Relief as British Court grants Nigeria more time to appeal P&ID $9.6bn judgment
Nigeria heaved a sigh of relief on Friday as a British court granted her application for an extension of time to appeal against the $9.6bn arbitral award delivered in favour of a British Virgin Island, Process, and Industrial…
Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine arrives Nigeria
The much celebrated Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine has arrived Nigeria.
The Russia’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey Shebarshin, delivered the samples of the vaccine believed to have capacity to provide “sustainable immunity” against…
Oshiomhole’s convoy accident: Allegation of assassination preposterous, irresponsible – PDP
The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as preposterous and irresponsible, the claim that Tuesday’s accident involving the convoy of former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress…
10 soldiers killed by ISWAP during ambush in Borno village
Ten soldiers of the Nigerian Army were reportedly killed during a Wednesday morning attack by fighters of the Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) at Garin Giwa village in Kukawa local government area of Borno State
It was…