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Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, under the special response, Halaka Dodo Operations, have neutralised three terrorists in Kirawa border community of Borno State. Kirawa borders Cameroon, 135 kilometres east of Maiduguri, the state capital. The terrorists have been hibernating in ...
Read More »PDP rejects increase in VAT as Senate summons finance minister, FIRS boss
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned and rejected Federal Government’s decision to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 per cent to 7.2 per cent, insisting that Nigerians could not bear the burden under the prevailing economic situation. This ...
Read More »Only court can order state legislature takeover, judge affirms
Justice Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State has declared that only a competent court that can direct the National Assembly to take over the functions of a state legislature. He also held that the National ...
Read More »Northern governors approve national livestock policy, reject Almajiri, insecurity
The Northern States Governors Forum has adopted the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) is a system that would engender modernisation of pastoral activities. Rising from an emergency meeting in Kaduna, it clarified that the scheme was different from the Rural ...
Read More »Buhari receives labour leaders, promises better economy, welfare, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration would not compound their hardship, but instead create an enabling environment for everyone to thrive. He gave the assurance when he received the new executives of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) ...
Read More »NGOs task Gombe state on domestication of Child Rights Act
Different Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Gombe State have told the state government to domesticate the Child Rights Act to curb early and forced marriage in the state. The NGOs made the call on Tuesday in separate interviews on the sidelines ...
Read More »Azinge canvasses whistle blowing to check rot in education sector
To rid the country’s educational institutions of examination malpractices, there is a need to introduce whistleblowing in the sector. President, St. Patrick’s College (SPC) Asaba Old Boys Association, Professor Epiphany Azinge, stated this during a chat with journalists in Lagos. ...
Read More »Bandits kill one, demand N50m for release of Katsina LG boss’ kids, gunmen abduct Kogi miners’ chairman
One person has been shot dead by suspected kidnappers in Matazu Council of Katsina State. The bandits also abducted two children of the acting council chairman, Kabir Faruk, and demanded N50 million before they would be released. Some people were ...
Read More »Christians protest as bandits kill another Baptist cleric in Kaduna as army rescues seven kidnap victims
The Christian community in Kaduna State again marched in protest against the killing of another Baptist Church pastor, Reverend Alhamdu Mangadus, by armed bandits. The gunmen reportedly trailed the cleric to his farm in Jema’a Council in southern Kaduna where ...
Read More »Enugu State government, Okiro seek ways of tackling insecurity
The Enugu State Government and a former IGP, Sir Mike Okiro, have advocated novel ways of tackling insecurity in the country among which is an urgent national security summit to enable stakeholders to brainstorm on new strategies to tackle insecurity. ...
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