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NASS Leadership Tussle: APC Clears Lawan, Others To Negotiate With Opposition
The All Progressives Congress, APC National Assembly members got the nod to negotiate with the opposition in their bid for principal positions in the...
Zamfara Banditry: Group Urges FG To Arrest, Prosecute Culprits
A group of Security Professionals, ASIS International has called on the Federal Government to arrest and prosecute any traditional ruler involved in the killings...
Kaduna-Abuja Road: Police Kill 9 Bandits
The Nigeria Police Force has said its operatives on Operation Puff Adder killed nine suspected bandits in a gunfight at Akilbu forest, off the...
Zamfara Attacks: Gov. Yari, Police Say No Room For Negotiation With...
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state has ordered Security Chiefs in the state to head field operations in the fight against bandits.
Yari made this...
Boko Haram: Nigeria, Cameroon Troops Eliminate 27 Terrorists
Nigeria and Cameroon troops killed 27 Boko Haram terrorists in a joint clearance operations, destroyed gun trucks and recovered arms and ammunition belonging to...
Nigeria-Benin Republic Road: FG Approves Commencement Of Work
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, says the Federal Government has approved commencement of work on Nigeria-Seme-Benin Republic road project.
Fashola said...
2019 AFCON: Ex- International, Adepoju Optimistic Of Super Eagles Chances
Former Super Eagles midfielder, Mutiu Adepoju has expressed optimism on the Super Eagles doing very well in the forth coming Africa Cup of Nations,...
Tanker Explotion: 11 Killed, Several Injured In Gombe
No fewer than eleven people have been confirmed dead, with several others injured after a tanker exploded along the Gombe-Biu by-pass.
The Head of the...
Obituary: Buhari, Saraki, Masari Commiserate With Late Mamman Nasir’s Family
President Muhammadu Buhari describes the death of former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mamman Nasir, as not only a loss to the...
North-West: Air Force Deploys 2 More Helicopter Gunships
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, said Nigeria Air Force would soon deploy two more helicopter gunships to support the ongoing...
Zamfara: Troops Kill 23 Bandits, Rescue 40 Abductees
Troops conducting Operation Sharan Daji in Zamfara State have killed twenty three bandits and arrested eighteen suspected informants, cattle rustlers, kidnappers and logistics...
2019 Polls: INEC Says Atiku Server Results Claim Fake
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has accused the People’s Democratic Party, PDPs Presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, of manufacturing results...
HIV/AIDS: Federal Government Inaugurates Operational Guidelines For HIV Self Testing
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Operational Guideline for HIV self-testing and the Evaluation Report of Alere HIV Combo Rapid Test Kit towards ending...
Chibok Girls: Buhari Gives Nigerians The Hope Of Their Return
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the Chibok Girls abducted by the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists would return safely in due time, as...
Table Tennis: NTTF Impressed By Para Players Performance In Jordan –...
The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation,NTTF has said that it was impressed with the performance of Nigeria’s para tennis team at the just concluded 11th...
Electoral Violence: Information Minister Says FG Steps Up Youth, Voter Education
Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed says the Federal Government had stepped up its youths and voter education campaigns to check electoral violence.
Mohammed,...
Mining: CSOs Seek Harmonised Law To Protect Communities
The West African Civil Society Forum has called for harmonisation of policies and laws to protect communities living in mining sites.
The General Secretary, Komlan...
Air Strikes: NAF Rejects Allegation Of Bombing Wrong Settlements In Zamfara,...
The Nigerian Air Force, has rejected the allegations that only innocent civilians and not bandits were killed in recent air strikes conducted by its...
Defection: Court Gives Saraki, Dogara, 52 Others 5 Days To Respond...
The Federal High Court Abuja on Friday, gave Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker, House of Representstives, Yakubu Dogara and 52 other lawmakers until April...
U-17 AFCON: Golden Eaglets Off To Tanzania
The Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets flew to Tanzania to take part in the 13th Africa Under-17 Cup of Nations, AFCON taking place in that country,...
