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It was yet another killing spree for gunmen in parts of northern Nigeria, as they killed a Catholic Priest and the first son of an Emir. They also abducted a number of victims. In Katsina State, the gunmen on Thursday night killed Rev Father Alphonsus Bello at the Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church Malunfashi in the […]

  The Nigerian Communications Commission has said Nigerians will have to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity of their phones to it from July.   This is part of NCC’s move to implement the Device Management System, the regulator said.   This is contained in section 3.5 of the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM […]

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali has put the Commissioners of Police in the Federal Capital Territory and Plateau State on alert over planned attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.   This is contained in a signal dated May 19, 2021, with reference number TB: 0900/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.TI/47 titled ‘Terror Elements to Expand Frontiers of Attack’ […]Read More

Indications emerged Thursday that the American government is prepared to supply drones to Nigeria as part of that country’s commitment to overcome security challenges in Nigeria.   This was revealed on Thursday by Mary Beth Leonard, the American ambassador to Nigeria, who spoke at a discussion with a group of journalists in this in Sokoto. […]

The Attorney General of the Federal Government and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has come under fire over his comments that the ban on open grazing by the southern governors is akin to a ban on spare parts business in the north.Those who have taken a swipe at the minister include the Pan-Yoruba Socio-Political Group, […]

After several months of speculations, Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, on Thursday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, leaving the People’s Democratic Party. Ayade made a formal declaration to join the APC at the Cross River State Executive Council Chamber, in the Governor’s Office in Calabar. This came after a two-hour meeting […]

  The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended the five-day warning strike in Kaduna State to pave way for negotiations as requested by the Federal Government.   The National President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba stated this at an emergency meeting in Kaduna late Wednesday.   Representatives of Labour will meet with Federal Government officials and […]

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to upgrade the Yaba College of Technology to a Federal University of Technology.   It also passed another bill for the establishment of the Federal University, Birnin-Kebbi, in Kebbi State. The approval for the establishment of both universities followed the consideration of two  reports submitted by the […]

Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said that he sacked his commissioners and other appointees to reduce the level of tension and distractions that he was facing in the governance of the state ahead of the 2023 elections.   “Obviously there have been a lot of distractions among some members of Exco. In the last […]

The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned, or wrongfully confined.   Nigerians who pay ransom to kidnappers and kidnappers who receive ransom risk 15 year’s imprisonment, according to the provisions of the Bill.   The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) […]

The series of attacks being launched on facilities belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission may undermine the Commission’s capacity to organize elections, the Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said.   Should that happen, it could dent the nation’s electoral process, Yakubu warned.   Yakubu declared that “these attacks are no longer freak events but […]

Hunters Group of Nigeria (HGN) on Tuesday asked to be listed in the current war being waged against terror in the country.   Members of the association stormed the National Assembly in Abuja, from across the country and begged to be allowed to complement the efforts of the regular armed forces.   The spokesman of […]