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The Tiv Youth Organisation (TYO) has said Tiv people of Taraba State are bona fide indigenes who deserve protection, rights and privileges accorded other indigenes of the state. President General of TYO worldwide, Comrade Timothy Hembaor, who stated this yesterday in Makurdi, ...

Operatives of the Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Chairman of Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Gummi Council Chapter, Ibrahim Rijiya, Council Storekeeper, Aminu Musa and Abdullahi Bashir for allegedly diverting three ...

The Kebbi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended chairmen of five councils and nine others for anti-party activities. A statement issued by the state’s Chairman, Haruna Saidu in Birnin- Kebbi revealed that the leadership accused the ...

Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has urged the Federal Government to see the agitation as a wake-up call for it to better the lives of Nigerians and tame the pervasive insecurity in the land. In a ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (Amendment) Act, 2019. Also signed into law yesterday were the Defence Intelligence Agency Civilian Pensions Board (Establishment) Act, 2019 and the National Biosafety Management Agency (Amendment) Act, 2019. ...

Saudi Arabia Immigration has intercepted 300 pilgrims with fake travel documents attempting to perform this year’s hajj. The discovery comes as the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) yesterday announced the completion of the first phase of 44,450 pilgrims airlifted ...

Former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar (rtd) and erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday lauded Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson for his developmental strides as the state unveiled the new Yenagoa City. Abubakar, who was chairman of the occasion, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to resolve the crises rocking the Bauchi and Edo state legislatures. The pledge was contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, after receiving some aggrieved members of ...

The Federal High Court, Abuja has halted moves by the National Assembly to take over the affairs of the Edo State House of Assembly. Justice Taiwo Taiwo ordered parties in the suit challenging the alleged plans by the federal legislature to ...

Democracy Watch Africa has demanded the expulsion of Amnesty International from Nigeria for allegedly sponsoring the RevolutionNow protests. The group, which claims to consist of over 30 civil society organisations in West Africa, described the protest as a grave offence ...