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Twenty-one people, including the 3rd class Chief of the community Alhaji Umaru Nyala, have been kidnapped in the Pupule community of Yorro local Government Area of Taraba State. They were picked by heavily armed gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who invaded the village at about 2:00 am on Tuesday, shooting sporadically in different parts of […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the detention of a former Minister of State for Power Olu Agunloye days after he was declared wanted.  A source in the anti-graft agency on Tuesday said that Agunloye has been detained since 13 December 2023. “He has been with the EFCC since December 13th,” the […]

The 2024 budget will be passed on Saturday, December 30, the Speaker of, the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas said on Tuesday. Honourable Abbas, made this disclosure during the plenary session following the resumption of the green chamber after a brief recess to allow committees to scrutinise the budget estimates submitted by President Bola Tinubu. […]

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Ohanenye has ordered the arrest of an Uyo-based lawyer known as Mr Ebong for assaulting his wife in a viral video. Mr Ebong was seen in the video standing over his bloodied wife who was in her underwear, while several people intervened stopping him from beating her. A bystander […]

The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, has lamented the growing number of out-of-school children (OOSC) in Northern Nigeria, deeming it both “unacceptable” and “disheartening.” Speaking on Monday at the Bauchi State 2023 Education Summit at Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar Hajj Camp in Bauchi, Sununu stated that there is a need for the urgency of […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says re-run and bye-elections may be held across the country next February.  This is according to the Chairman of the electoral body Mahmood Yakubu who spoke at a meeting with political parties. “With regard to the bye-elections, you may recall that in my recent address at the swearing-in of […]

Four people have been killed and eight others abducted after bandits with sophisticated weapons including AK-47 rifles attacked farmers in Katsina State. The incident occurred in the Nahuta and Dantsuntu Communities of the Batsari Local Government Area of the State. An eyewitness said that the bandits surrounded the area from Saturday evening when the farmers […]

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has declared that learning and education were veritable weapons in the fight against terrorism and criminality by individuals and communities. Speaking on Sunday at the State House, Abuja,  when she received four of the five rescued students of Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Mrs Tinubu noted that their experience and that […]

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian-born Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience and top-flight researcher, Ijeoma Uchegbu, on her election as President of Wolfson College, one of the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge. Uchegbu, renowned for her innovative work in nanoparticle drug delivery, is currently a Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College, London (UCL). […]

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the N40 billion appropriated for the Commission for 2024 was grossly inadequate. Yakubu made the disclosure on Thursday while speaking before the Senate Committee on INEC led by Senator Sarafadeen Ali. The INEC Chairman said the N40 billion could only […]