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The Dean of Students, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo State, Dr Shola Eshiobo, was on Sunday found dead in his office after he reportedly went to the office and did not return. According to Vanguard, the wife of the deceased alerted their neighbours and family members that her husband did not return home after he […]

President Buhari has been giving two weeks deadline to investigate allegations that N106bn of public funds were missing from 149 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), as documented in the 2018 annual audited report by the Auditor-General of the Federation.” The two weeks deadline was issued by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP urged […]

The Nigerian military will soon embark on massive recruitment to improve the numerical strength of the armed forces in an effort to end insecurity and engage the nation’s youthful population in securing the country. The Minister of Defense, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd.) said this while briefing a combined troop of the Nigerian Navy, Airfoce […]

Shariah police officials of the Kano State Hisbah Board have arrested eight women and three men for eating during Ramadan. They were arrested in a raid by Hisbah personnel at Tudun Murtala of Nassarawa Local Government and Sharada area of Kano Municipal where they were found eating. The Acting Commandant General, Musa Kibiya, said that […]

The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, says he won’t take COVID-19 vaccine jab, adding that he is not a guinea pig. The cleric stated this on Saturday during the church’s Covenant Hour of Prayer programme. He said, “I have never seen a generation where you force people […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has asked President Buhari to sack Nigeria’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, over the alleged printing of N60 billion by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The party in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, condemned the attempt by the Buhari-led regime to deny the printing of N60 billion by […]

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, on Friday, disclosed that a total of 8,439 mild Adverse Events Following Immunisation have been reported across Nigeria since the country started COVID-19 vaccination on March 15, 2021. Shuaib disclosed this in Abuja at a joint press conference organised by the NPHCDA […]

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed says Twitter chose Ghana as the headquarters for its African operations, due to the unpatriotism of Nigerians.  Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, Mr Mohammed said the tech giants chose Accra over Nigeria because the nation’s West African neighbours are champions of democracy and abide by the rule of law. […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said it produces its arms locally. The secessionist group stated this on Thursday while debunking allegation credited to the Department of State Services that IPOB was plotting to attack banks to get money to purchase arms. The Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, described the allegation […]

President Buhari has returned to Nigeria after a medical check-up in the United Kingdom. Buhari had on March 30 departed Abuja for London, United Kingdom, for a routine medical check-up. The presidential aircraft conveying the president and some aides landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 4.45 p.m […]

The Presidency has said there is hope for the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the Presidency said the girls had not been forgotten. The statement said government was as concerned as the parents and other loved ones […]

One of the released Chibok girls on Wednesday lamented that the Federal Government was silent on the release of their colleagues still in the captivity of Boko Haram. The student, identified as Tabitha Stover, while speaking at the seventh anniversary of the kidnapping hosted by the Allamin Foundation in Maiduguri, Borno State, said the Federal […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arrested a former governor of Imo State and Senator representing the Imo West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Rochas Okorocha. He was picked up in Abuja around 4pm and taken to the EFCC headquarters for alleged money laundering. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed Okorocha’s […]

The Ministry of Aviation has alerted the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) over plots by some criminal elements to attack airports across the country. A memo by FAAN urged airport chiefs to put their workers on the alert. Airports on the list include those in Kaduna, Maiduguri, Sokoto, Kano, Abuja, and Lagos. The memo […]

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on Monday night announced the sighting of the moon and noted that the 2021 Ramadan will begin today, April 13th.  This is according to a broadcast by the President-General of NSCIA and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar. The Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has called […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed that its operatives are only using Halal Fountain Hotel (Annex), situated at No. 29A, Rabah Road, Kaduna, reportedly seized from former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), as a transit camp. There has been dust over the anti-graft agency’s decision to convert the hotel which has been […]