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In well-coordinated commando-like operations on Monday morning, gunmen invaded Imo State Correctional Facility near the State Government House in Owerri and set free over 2,000 inmates. They also attacked the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and set free about 600 suspects being held in custody. Not done yet, the attackers set the Police headquarters ablaze, […]

Innocent Chukwuma, the founder of CLEEN Foundation, has died, aged 55. His death was confirmed by an official statement issued by Professor Etannibi Alemika on behalf Board of Trustees, CLEEN Foundation.   Chukwuma’s demise followed the death of Yinka Odumakin, publicity secretary of the Pan-Yoruba sociocultural organization, who passed away early Saturday.   Chukwuma was […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “his failure to probe allegations that N3,836,685,213.13 of public funds meant for the Federal Ministry of Health, teaching hospitals, medical centres, and National Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) are missing, mismanaged, diverted or stolen, as documented in the recently […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered directed law enforcement agencies to fish out those responsible for violent attacks recorded in Anambra and Ebonyi State in the past few days and bring them to book. The attacks include the one carried out on Professor Charles Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and a contender […]

Mr Yinka Odumakin, the Spokesman for the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere,  has died of COVID-19. Odumakin died Saturday morning at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital isolation centre. Afenifere has reacted to Odumakin’s passage, saying the group was devastated by the death of its Publicity Secretary. “It’s a terrible blow. A terrible blow to me as […]

Femi Falana, Nigeria’s foremost human rights activist, has challenged a report by the US Department of State that said claims on Lekki shootings were not supported by evidence. The US Department of State on Tuesday said that reports on the Lekki Tollgate shootings of October 20, 2020, lacked accurate information. “On October 20, members of […]

The Nigerian Air Force has dismissed the claim by a faction of the Boko Haram insurgents that it shot down the missing Air Force AlphaJ et. Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in a statement, described as fake ns misleading videos being circulated on social media by the insurgents […]

The Nigeria Air Force Alpha Jet that went missing on Wednesday night in Borno State might have crashed, NAF has said. AIR Commodore Edward Gabkwet director of public relations and information, said this in a statement on Friday, explaining that the whereabouts of the jet and the two pilots aboard it, were still unknown.  “Intelligence […]

Gunmen dressed in military uniform on Thursday abducted the village head of Oshiagu Amia Ngbo in Umuogudu Akpu Ngbo Community of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.   The attackers also kidnapped four members of the village along with the village head, whose name was given as Deacon John Ulebe Nnaji The attackers were said […]

Nigerians who do not have the National Identification Number face the risk of seven or 14- year imprisonment, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has warned. He also pointed out that the government has no plans to lift the ban on new Subscriber Identification Module, SIM, registrations soon, for security reasons. Pantami […]

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Thursday made good its threat to begin a nationwide and indefinite strike, which they did despite signing a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Government. NARD leaders had met on Thursday with a Federal Government team headed by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, as part […]

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, arrived in Borno State on Thursday as search continues for Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet that went missing on Wednesday evening after it lost contact with the radar. The missing jet was involved in the counter-insurgency operations in the northeast against Boko Haram and Islamic State […]