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Just In: Suspected Gunmen Kidnap Village Head, Wife in Ibadan
Suspected gunmen have kidnapped the Baale of Araromi Village in Ibadan Chief Tafa Apanpa and his wife.
The duo was reported to have been kidnapped by gunmen, who stormed the village located in the Bakatari area of Ibadan, on…
ECOWAS court stops Nigerian Govt. from sanctioning Twitter users
The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from arresting and prosecuting Twitter users pending the determination of a suit before it.…
Mushroom can generate 16 million jobs, N1.8tn revenue – Growers
The Nigerian mushroom subsector can contribute N1.8tn trillion to the country’s revenue base if properly developed by the Federal Government.
The Chairman of the Mushroom Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria,…
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Heavy casualties reported after air strike
Dozens of people have reportedly been killed or injured after Ethiopia's air force bombed a market in the northern region of Tigray.
Eyewitnesses told the BBC the Ethiopian air force struck the town of Togoga on Tuesday, 25 km…
Just In: Scores of kidnapped FGC students escape in Kebbi
Some of the students who were abducted by armed bandits at the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri have reportedly escaped from their captors.
Their escape came barely 24-hours after about 80 students of the college were…
73,000 refugees, asylum seekers from China, Palestine, Lebanon, 14 other countries invade Nigeria
No fewer than 73,000 refugees and asylum seekers have invaded the country, the federal government has said.
The Federal Commissioner of National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) Hajia…
Voters’ registration to resume June 28 –INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared its readiness to resume the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration scheduled for June 28.
This was made known on Thursday by the INEC Deputy Director of Voter Education…
Insecurity: Watch your Utterances, Femi Adesina warns Obasanjo
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo contributed to the current chaos in the country, adding that the ex-military general should mind his utterances.
He…
Kidnapped Kebbi Student Killed As Troops Exchange Gunfire With Bandits
One of the students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, has died in an exchange of gunfire between troops and bandits.
The Deputy Force Commander of the Joint Task Force in the North-West…
I feel safer in Maiduguri than Abuja says Ndume
The the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume says he is more at ease in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, than in Abuja.
Boko Haram has struck repeatedly in Maiduguri and its environs
However, speaking when he…