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Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Aniekan Bassey yesterday charged the Ibikpe, Ikpa and Ikot Oku communities in Uruan Council Area to be united and cooperate to facilitate the establishment of the proposed 50,000bpd Modular Refinery in ...
Read More »Gombe ex-gov Dankwambo escapes abduction as armed bandits kill three
Kidnap passengers, ABU students on Abuja-Kaduna highway Former Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo narrowly escaped being kidnapped by armed bandits along the Abuja-Kaduna highway in Kaduna State. Besides, the kidnappers killed three persons and abducted several passengers on ...
Read More »ICPC wants cooperative chief docked for alleged N1.7b fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has prayed a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrate’s Court in Abuja to grant an order for the remand of the National Coordinator of the Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities ...
Read More »Army offers path to insurgency in North East
The new General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Gen. Abdul Ibrahim, has unfolded a fresh strategy under the Super Camps concept to end insurgency in North East. According to him, the measures are to deploy fighting ...
Read More »Police arraign dismissed killer soldier in Abia State
The Abia Police Command has arraigned the dismissed 29-year-old army corporal Ajayi Johnson before an Umuahia Chief Magistrate’s Court on a one-count charge of unlawful killing of one Chimaobi Jeremiah Nworgu, a commercial motorcyclist, at his Umuokereke Ngwa village in ...
Read More »Court rejects Omoyele Sowore’s application to repeal detention
The Federal High Court, Abuja has refused a plea by Femi Falana (SAN) to hear the application filed by the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, over his detention by the Federal Government. He had filed an application challenging the ...
Read More »Federal Government bows to pressure, reduces visa fee for U.S. citizens
The Federal Government has reverted to the former visa fee for travellers visiting Nigeria from the United States of America (USA). The reversal is coming barely 24 hours after the American government imposed a new visa regime on Nigerians seeking ...
Read More »Nigeria-Benin border was closed shut to check smuggling, Buhari insists
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration ordered a partial closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to tame the ‘massive’ smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the restriction at Seme ...
Read More »Borno confirms burning of 101 homes, shops by Boko Haram insurgents
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed the burning of 101 homes and shops by Boko Haram terrosists in attacks on three communities in Konduga local council. The affected settlements located on fringes of Sambisa Forest, included Borri, ...
Read More »Army, Police Reinforcement saved Cross River’s Customs Command, IDPs Relief materials stollen
Gunmen have reportedly burgled the Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Calabar, carting away relief materials for internally displaced persons (IDPs). The early morning invasion of the premises located within the Calabar Free Trade Zone ...
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