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Nigerian troops have rescued three kidnapped victims in Manini village, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. According to a statement by the Army Public Relations Director Brigadier General ONYEMA NWACHUKUWU on Friday, the rescue was made possible by General Officer Commanding One Division Kaduna, Major General TAOREED LAGBAJA and his team during a […]
A human rights lawyer, INIBEHE EFFIONG, jailed by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice EKAETTE OBOT, has been freed after one-month imprisonment. EFFIONG, who announced his release in a Facebook post earlier today said that he is back, stronger and more determined to confront the forces of oppression. You would recall that Justice […]
The Oyo State Government as part of effort to make the light up project more effective is set to transit from primary fuse source to the originally scoped Tribrid system. The commissioner for energy and Mineral resources, SEUN ASHAMU, revealed this after inspection of the ongoing routine corrective maintenance of broken poles for the availability […]
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has announced the temporary suspension of shutdown notice issued to certain broadcast stations over failure to renew their licenses. This was made known in a communique signed by the Director General, BALARABE SHEHU ILELAH, confirming the decision to put a halt to revoking the licenses of the defaulting media organisations. […]
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has ordered the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to stop crude oil thefts and vandalism in the Niger/Delta region. The Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Dr. AHMED AUDI stated this while addressing States Commandants, zonal Commandants, Assistant Commandant-Generals, and Deputy Commandant Generals at a strategic Meeting at the headquarters of the […]
The Nigeria Football Federation has explained why the players and officials of the Under-20 Girls National Team, Falconets, overstayed at the Istanbul Airport. The NFF General Secretary, Dr. MOHAMMED SANUSI, who made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday, maintained that there were a lot of factors that led to the delay the players experienced […]
The Oyo State Government has said that it will continue to invest in the health sector in a bid to providing affordable and accessible health care delivery to the citizenry. The acting governor of Oyo State, Barrister BAYO LAWAL made this known while speaking at the 4th Nwuga Physiotherapy Foundation Distinguished Annual Lecture delivered by […]
Members of the University of Lagos branch, Joint Action Committee of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities have protested against the sudden suspension of its ongoing strike by their executives. The protesters who carried placards said they were not duly informed before the suspension, noting that a congress was supposed to […]
The Minister of Health, Dr. OSAGIE EHANIRE, has decried the high dependency on importation of health goods in the African region. According to a statement signed by the Deputy Director/Head, Media and Publicity of the Federal Ministry of Health, AHMADU CHINDAYA, Dr. EHANIRE said this at the ongoing 72nd session of the World Health Organisation […]
The Federal Executive Council has approved about 43.4 billion naira to construct roads in the north destroyed as a result of insurgency. The approval came following presentations by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development at the Federal Executive Council meeting presided by President MUHAMMADU BUHARI. Minister SADIYA UMAR presented four memos […]
