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The death toll in the suspected Fulani herdsmen attacks on three communities in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 27. The National President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, , Mr Jonathan Asake, who stated this at a press conference on Thursday, noted that within 48 hours of the attacks […]

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has now exceeded 5,000 on Thursday night. Announcing the new development, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said the country on Thursday, recorded 193 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 5,162. The NCDC also said that three new patients […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval for the implementation of the recommendations of the 2011 Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies headed by Steve Oronsaye, a former Head of Service of the Federation has sparked a new wave in the cost of governance in Nigeria. Over the years, […]

The Nigeria Governors Forum led by Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has asked the National Assembly to step down the Infectious Diseases Bill sponsored by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila. The Bill seeks to ensure compulsory vaccination of citizens against infectious diseases, make possession of health card mandatory for international […]

The National Association of Nigerian Students has condemned the federal government proposed plans to spend N13.5billion on feeding school children even during the lockdown period. The students’ body in a statement, signed by its National Public Relations Officer, Comrade Azeez Adeyemi in Abeokuta on Thursday described the Federal government’s decision to continue with the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday demanded for the replacement of late Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru whom he appointed in error as member of the Federal Character Commission, FCC Late Tobias before his death at the age of 59, represented Ezza south/Ikwo federal constituency, in Ebonyi state. However, Mr President made a U-turn on Tuesday asking senate to […]

A high court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a second year student of Physics department at the University of Port Harcourt , Ifeanyi Dike, and one Ugochukwu Nwamiro, to death by hanging for the murder of an eight-year-old girl, Victory Chikamso Nmezuwuba. The duo were sentenced to death without an option of fine. […]

A 22-year-old mother in Lagos State, Oluwafunmilola Adisa, has been arrested for killing her daughter, Oluwanifemi. The incident, which happened on Monday, also saw the woman dropping a note for her sister, Damilola, chronicling how she perpetrated the crime. She blamed Oluwanifemi for the hardship she had been facing after she gave birth to her […]

An army captain alongside three other person’s have been kidnapped by suspected gunmen believed to be kidnappers along Auga/Akunnu highway Akoko North East LGC of Info State. It was gathered that the kidnapped captain was on transit through the state from Abuja when the gunmen struck. Auga/Akunnu highway in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of […]

As Leah Sharibu marks her 17th birthday on the 14th of this month and still in captivity, her parents, Nathan and Rebecca Sharibu have asked the federal government if their daughter would spend another birthday in captivity contrary to the promises to rescue her from her abductors. The parents lamented that sitting patiently with a […]