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The Defence Headquarters has denied the claim by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) that the Nigerian armed forces were arbitrarily detaining children in detention facilities across the North East. In a statement, yesterday by Acting Director, Defence Information, Colonel Onyema ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said some groups were plotting to undermine the nation’s security, peace and unity. Its spokesperson, Peter Afunaya, in a statement claimed that the plotters were determined to exploit political differences and other events ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on the nation’s education sector, insisting that except the industry was fixed,  “our problems may be multiplying.” Its national president, Professor Biodun ...

Dutch oil major, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), has deplored a 10,000 barrels daily oil theft on its pipelines. It’s General Manager, External Relations, Igo Weli, said the economic sabotage amounts to over N2.2 million every 24 hours. He said the ...

The Managing Director of The Nigerian Ports Authority NPA Hadiza Bala Usman,  has said it would stop at nothing in promoting professionalism, enhancing the welfare and wellbeing of its staffers who it believes are crucial to the country’s attainment of ...

The current Director-General/CEO of NIMASA, Nigeria’s principal maritime regulatory authority, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, who doubles as chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administrations AAMA, has been in the vanguard of developing and harnessing the blue economic potential in the ...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) spent N170 million on this year’s general elections. Speaking in Kano while opening a two-day 2019 post-election review workshop, Yakubu ...

The 1 Division of the Nigerian Army has recovered and handed over 14 sheep and 120 cows believed to have been rustled along Kaduna-Abuja highway to the Kaduna State Government. The division’s Garrison Commander of the Division, Brigadier General Jimmy ...

Global investment in renewable from 2010 to 2019 is to hit  $2.6 trillion, with more Gigawatts of solar power capacity installed than any other generation technology, the Global trend in Renewable Energy Investment 2019 report has shown. In the document ...

The Cross River State Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed five additional petitions in the state and ruled in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had filled the petitions against PDP candidates challenging ...