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The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the planned Operation Positive Identification by the military. The decision followed a motion of Urgent Public Importance moved by the minority leader, Ndudi Elumelu, at the plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila. OPI is an operation the military […]

The Federal Government is set to sanitise the social media space to curtail fake news and hate speech. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed at a press conference in Abuja. According to Mohammed, the Federal Government will implement reforms in the broadcast industry and sanction any defaulting […]

The Federal Ministry of Health has said that Nigerians living with cancer would now save up to 50 percent of treatment cost as it launches a pioneer Chemotherapy Access Treatment (CAP) Programme. The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, while launching the CAP at the National hospital Abuja on Tuesday, said that the […]

The Koton Karfe custodial centre in Kogi has collapsed under heavy flooding, leading to the escape of 228 inmates. The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Jafar Ahmed, who confirmed this while speaking with journalists in Koton Kafe on Monday said that the flood came at about 3 a.m., submerging the perimeter fence and […]

The Nigerian community in South Africa has again been thrown into mourning following the killing by unknown gunmen of one of its members which also left two others injured. Odefa Ikele, the national spokesperson of Nigerian Union South Africa, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Mr Ikele […]

The Federal Government says Nigeria now ranks number one in the world with people practicing open defecation. The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, disclosed this while declaring open a two-day Private Sector Forum on Sanitation, on Monday in Abuja. The forum was organised by Organised Private Sector on Sanitation with the theme, ‘Coordinating Indigenous Private […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to proceed to the United Kingdom for a private visit after attending the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He added that the private visit will last from 2nd November till […]

Nearly 90 million Nigerians are living with extreme poverty, Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has stated. The Minister, who spoke at a budget defense session of the Ministry before the House of Representatives Committee on IDPs, said the Buhari government was resolve to lift the 90 million Nigerians […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force against harassing young people in their bid to arrest ‘Yahoo criminals.’ Buhari handed down this warning in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers on Monday in Lagos. The theme of the retreat […]

On Saturday, October 26, a man who was alleged to be in the Catholic Priesthood for 25 years, reportedly walked down the aisle with his bride in Kaduna state. The former Catholic Priest of 25 years said to be a Veritas University History and International Relations lecturer was identified as Mike Boni Bazza, and he […]

Catholic bishops approved a proposal Saturday allowing some married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region. The proposal, which must be approved by Pope Francis, would be a historic change to the church’s centuries-old tradition of unmarried priests. It passed by a vote of 128-41 and applies only to some churches in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today for Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to attend the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative organised by Saudi’s Public Investment Fund. According to a release posted on the Instagram handle of a presidential aide, Buhari Sallau, the theme of the programme is, ‘‘What’s Next for Global […]

A manhunt is on for a gunman who opened fire at an off-campus homecoming party near Greenville, Texas, killing two people and sending 14 more to area hospitals, police said Sunday. Efforts to find the shooter are being complicated, however, by witnesses’ reticence, Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks told reporters. “It appalls me that, as […]