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Troops of the 177 guards battalion of the Nigerian army arrested five suspected militias at Ugyi town in Toto local government area of Nasarawa state and recovered some arms from them during a raid. A statement issued by Jude Chukwu,…

The Presidency has reacted to the House of Representatives’ decision to summon President Buhari over Benue killings. During an interview with Channels News last night, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and…

Nokia has congratulated and presented a Cheque of 1 million Naira to former Big brother naija housemate, Tobi Bakre. The second runner up of the just concluded reality show could be described as lively and fun throughout his stay in…

WORRIED by the incedant clashes between Fulani herds men and farmers in some parts of the country which has resulted in deaths and destruction of lives and properties, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar 111, has…

THE Federal Government yesterday approved the establishment of ten rice mills in the six geopolitical zones at the cost of N10.7 billion. Government also approved the establishment of department for traditional medicine in the…

CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Dino Melaye, APC, Kogi West has said that he has not been allowed to see his family, his lawyers. Senator Dino Melaye He also said that he has been denied food…

A mass burial will hold on May 22 in Benue State for the victims of Tuesday’s killings during a morning mass. The Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi Very Rev. Fr. Jude Ortese, told reporters yesterday that the 19 victims…

Kano State Governor Abdulahi Ganduje said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s choice of former Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole as national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is democratic. The President…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria ((TCN), yesterday warned about the imminence of another system collapse as a result of the volume of idle power waiting for evacuation. It advised electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to…

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has said that it was taking steps to identify criminals infiltrating its ranks amidst the incessant attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the country. The National President…

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N64.108bm for additional work on 43Km part of Section I of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this to State House…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday asked the people of the South East geopolitical zone to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections “in their own interest.” Speaking at a meeting of the Coalition…

An interest group in Ekiti State All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to go to court to challenge the eligibility of the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, if cleared to contest at the May 5 primary.…

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday promised to make public the findings of the panel set up to investigate the allegations levelled against it by former Minister of Defence, Gen. T.Y. Danjuma (retd). The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen.…

An Ugandan politician, Geoffrey Dhamuzungu, has been hospitalized after he consumed poisoned pork offered to him by a voter from his constituency. The Budiope Member of Parliament in Uganda was admitted at Case clinic where he is…

Nonkanyiso Conco, the potential bride of the former South African president, Jacob Zuma, has been forced to resign from her job as the National Executive Committee Treasurer and Communications officer at a non-profit organization. The 24…

A jilted wife has shot a woman she believed was having an affair with her husband in an ambush that ended in a murder-suicide. Police in Pennsylvania, USA said Jennair Gerardot, 48, meticulously planned the grisly killing on Monday night…

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says President Muhammadu Buhari would not describe Nigerian youth as lazy if he were an employer of labour. President Buhari had said most Nigerian youth just want to sit down and do nothing…

Senate President Bukola Saraki says Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, has not eaten in 24 hours. Melaye is currently in a hospital after sustaining injuries while trying to escape from the police vehicle conveying him to a…

A Federal Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mr. Mohammed Haruna, has said that the Commission will be engaging the services of over 2,000 ad hoc staff in the recall process of the senator representing Kogi…

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said all is set for the prosecution of a Danish national, Peter Nielsen, for the murder of his Nigerian wife, Zainab, and three-year-old daughter, Petra, in Banana Island area of Ikoyi on April 5,…

The House of Representatives has summoned President Muhammadu Buhari over the unending killings by herdsmen in Benue State and other parts of the country. The motion to summon Buhari was moved by an All Progressives Congress member…

Information reaching us indicate that Senator Dino Melaye was handcuffed to his hospital bed as police officers relocate him to the National Hospital, Abuja, where he is currently recuperating, Independent reports. The lawmaker was…

A group known as Coalition of Abia South Senatorial Movement (CASSM) says it has commenced the recall process of Eyninaya Abaribe, senator representing Abia south. Speaking at a meeting in Aba, Abia state, on Tuesday, Paul Ikonne,…