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Senator Shehu Sani, the lawmaker representing Kaduna central has condemn the incessant killings in Southern Kaduna.  Speaking at Senator Danjuma La’ah’s resident in Tum, Kaura local government area of Kaduna State on Wednesday, Senator Sani said, “It is unfortunate that Southern Kaduna has become a slaughter house and a cemetery.” “Southern Kaduna killings are a […]

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has been accused by the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide of paying Funali herdsmen to carry out attacks in Southern Kaduna. El-Rufai had earlier claimed that Niger Delta militants were contracted to carry out attacks in southern Kaduna but the spokesman of the IYC, Eric Omare in a statement […]

Legal Defence and Assistance Project, a human rights organisation, has on Wednesday in Edo State condemned the killing of three death row inmates in an Edo State prison on 23rd December, 2016. The organisation described the killing of the  condemned prisoners, who were executed on the orders of Governor Godwin Obaseki, as an unlawful act. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday assured that as the Chairman of ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea Bissau, he will do his best to ensure that the country did not relapse into crisis. Receiving the Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau, Umar El-Mukhtar Sissoco-Embola, at the State House, the President expressed satisfaction on the gradual return of normalcy […]

The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has on Wednesday granted amnesty to four death-row prison inmates in three South West prisons. The amnesty was announced in a statement by the Director of Public Prosecutions and Secretary to the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Mr Pomade Adeniji, in Osogbo. The statement said the governor’s […]

The Nigerian Army ,Wednesday, disclosed that it had recovered Abubakar Shekau’s Qur’an and flag in Camp Zero, Boko Haram’s Headquarters in Sambisa forest. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, made this disclosure while briefing newsmen on  recent activities of  “Operation Rescue Final’’ in Maiduguri. Hear him: “We believe that the Holy […]Read More

Nigeria’s largest surviving private domestic airline, Arik Air has described the fine slammed on it by  Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) as unprofessional, saying the regulatory authority did not allow it to formally respond to the letter it earlier sent to it. NCAA had on Tuesday slammed a N6 million fine on Arik Air over […]

For those who say Nigeria is a country where wonders shall never end, a new example was the wild jubilation and celebrations in Delta State following the release of disgraced former governor James Ibori from jail in London, where he was serving a 13-year sentence, after pleading guilty to money laundering, and corruption charges. In […]

The Department of State Service (DSS) had busted planned terror attacks in the United States six months ago as part of its counter-terrorism engagements with foreign nations. Dozens of western intelligence agencies are trooping to Abuja to interface with terrorists arrested by the secret service, a top official of the agency told Daily Trust yesterday. […]

A middle-aged man suspected to be one of the fleeing members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect has been arrested by officials of a security agency recently established by the Abuja Municipal Area Council popularly known as AMAC Marshal in the Federal Capital Territory. A statement issued on Tuesday night by the spokesman of the […]

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two men for attempting to smuggle through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport. This  arrest was disclosed  in statement issued by  spokesman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju. According to the statement One of suspect who was Hong Kong bound excreted 45 cocaine […]

Nigeria’s Federal government on Tuesday announced that it has saved the country N200 billion in the last 11 months by getting rid of 50,000 ghost workers form its payroll. Governments also said that the 11 persons championing the syndicate of ghost workers have been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Garba […]