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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Coordinator in charge of Adamawa and Taraba, Mr Sa’ad Bello, has confirmed a twin bomb blasts in Madagali Market in Adamawa. Bello, however, said the number of casualty was yet to be ascertained. Also confirming the incident, the Chairman of Madagali Local Government, Alhaji Yusuf Mohammed, said the incident […]

The Chief of Army staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Burutail, has assured the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, that the  Nigeria military will continue to patronise made in Aba materials, including uniforms and boots. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Comrade Enyinnaya Appolos, said  the CoAS gave the assurance […]

The  Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) would have implemented it’s single currency agenda if the naira had remained strong and some economic challenges had been resolved, News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) has reported. This was one of the main issues discussed at the technical meeting of the ECOWAS Macroeconomic Policy Committee on Multilateral Surveillance […]

The United States authorities have revealed that dialogue has begun with the federal government Nigeria on the release of the $458 million stashed away in their country by former military dictator Sani Abacha. It was also revealed that the legal process for the recovery will take extra time. The US Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr […]

Poor turnout of lawmakers has stalled the screening of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, at Thursday’s plenary session. The Senate made this known after it cancelled the screening of Magu which was initial scheduled for Thursday.  The EFCC boss and other member nominees of the commission […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in six Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and expressed concern over the integrity of the nation’s electoral processes. The president charged the commissioners to be firm and fair in the discharge of their duties, urging them to help consolidate the integrity of the electoral body “This […]

The Nigeria Police Force, said it redeployed DSP Promise Nwosu, Chief Security Officer, CSO to Gov. Nyisome Wike of Rivers state as a result of gross professional misconduct. This debunked accusations that the move was politically motivated. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the Force Spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Don […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Wednesday outlined a detailed proposal to help the National Assembly fine-tune its deliberation on the draft Petroleum Industry Governance and Institutional Framework law, PIGIF which is currently before it for legislative action. In a presentation at the Public hearing organized by the Joint Senate Committee on the Petroleum […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal assured the international community that the end of Boko Haram terrorists was in sight, even as he hailed the increased cooperation between Nigeria and its neighbours in the fight against terrorism. Speaking at a Panel of Heads of State at the 3rd Dakar International Forum on Peace and […]

The proposed mega party by some aggrieved politicians of major political parties in the country may already have run into a hitch, following the stringent condition allegedly handed down by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support the new party. According to THISDAY,  when the notion of the mega party was brought to Obasanjo’s notice, the […]

The Inspector-General of Police (I.G) Ibrahim Idris, said two policemen, three Soldiers, one prison official, one Air Force personnel, a staff of Borno Ministry for Agriculture and two members of the Civilian JTF had been arrested for alleged abuse of IDPs. The Human Rights Watch in its report, had accused the Police, Nigerian Army, vigilante […]

Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Ali Ndume, on Tuesday cleared the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of complicity in the alleged diversion of relief materials meant for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in North-East. Ndume told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola that the Senate could not find any evidence of diversion against NEMA […]