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A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has promised to build an Islamic University in Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown. Mr Okorocha, a senator and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said the Rochas Okorocha Foundation would build the university. The former governor was recently conferred with the traditional title of Maga […]

A 25-year old woman, Maimuna Wadaji, has set herself ablaze in Dutse Local Government of Jigawa State in anger over her husband’s plan to remarry his former wife. The police spokesperson in Jigawa, Lawan Adam, disclosed this to Premium Times on Sunday. He said Mrs Wadaji of Rungumau village in the state capital had doused […]

Kanunta Kanu, younger brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has suspended the sit-at-home order in the south-east region. This is coming a few hours after the secessionist group insisted that it would not go back on its decision to begin the lockdown on Monday. In a statement, Kanunta stated that the […]

The agitation for the creation of more states in the country is about to enter a new phase. This follows the recommendation by the   Senate Committee on Constitution Review that  referendum be conducted for 20 new states by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Nation gathered yesterday that the committee’s decision was reached after […]

Harder times await Nigerians who need medical attention at the nation’s public tertiary health facilities as striking doctors – members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) – and the labour minister, Chris Ngige, have held on to their stance. The minister on Friday while appearing on a Channels Television’s programme – Politics Today – said […]

No fewer than 50 police officers were gruesomely murdered by bandits and other criminal elements in the last 38 days while about 211 other Nigerians were killed during the same period. Sunday Vanguard review of security situation in Nigeria during the period showed that about N1.415billion was demanded as ransom for 321 kidnapped victims across […]

The Federal Government on Saturday said it will begin to administer the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines it received this month on Tuesday. The latest tranche, over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine, was donated by the US government. According to a statement signed by spokesperson to the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, […]

The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Saturday in Maiduguri, received Ruth Pogu, one of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents seven years ago at the Government Secondary School Chibok. The Chibok girl returned with two children, which she gave birth to while in the captivity of the insurgents. Ruth, alongside […]

Those accusing the President of handling bandits and terrorists with a softer hand than the way secessionists are being treated have full of hatred, Mr Femi Adesina has said. Adesina, who is President Muhammadu Buhari’s media adviser, made the statement while defending his principal in a piece titled ‘See How They’re Being Sent To God […]

Former Military President Ibrahim Babaginda says he fought corruption better than President Muhammadu Buhari and other democratic leaders. The former president said this in an interview granted to ARISE TV on Friday. He said people who worked under him are saints compared to those currently in power. The military leader said while he moved against […]

The Federal Government has ruled out any further discussion with the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) over the ongoing doctors’ strike. The government said it has invoked the “No work no pay” rule as contained in Section 43 of the Labour Act. It added the doctors will not receive payment as long as the […]

Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) has again reminisced on the annulment of the June 12 1993 Presidential Election, saying there would have been a bloody coup if that election had not been annulled. The election was between Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention (NRC) and MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). […]

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 11 additional deaths from COVID-19, raising the total death toll in four days to 29. The country also recorded 566 new cases in the last 24 hours, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in an update on its Facebook page Thursday night. According to the update, the new infection figure has […]

A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, the son of late former President Umaru Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. Yar’Adua, a 36 year-old student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) Yola, was charged to court for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving […]