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The advisory board has unveiled Jude Idada’s Boom Boom, Dunni Olatunde’s Mystery at Ebenezer Lodge and O.T. Begho’s The Great Walls of Benin as finalists for the 2019 The Nigeria Prize for Literature, worth $100,000, and sponsored by the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG). The prize ...
Read More »Akpabio decries NDDC’s N2 trillion debt, stops payment of contractors as Keyamo cautions against slothfulness
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has decried the over N2 trillion debt profile of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). During a meeting yesterday with the management of the interventionist agency in Abuja, the minister accused the commission ...
Read More »Gunmen kill two, rustle 220 animals in Plateau as Kaduna outlaws checkpoints on highways
Armed gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed two persons and rustled 120 cattle and 100 sheep at Vatt village in Foron District of Barkin Ladi Local Council of Plateau State. Confirming the incident in Jos, the member representing the ...
Read More »Federal Government threatens to sack incompetent environmental consultants
The Federal Government to has threatened to sack incompetent environmental consultants who indulge in professional misconduct or degradation of environmental laws in the country. Director-General of National Environmental Standard Enforcement Regulatory Agency (NESERA), Prof Aliyu Jauro, stated this yesterday at ...
Read More »Okorocha seeks court order to stop his arrest by Imo State government
Former Governor of Imo State Rochas Okorocha, has approached a Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the Imo State government and its agents from arresting, detaining, harassing or acting in any manner that infringes ...
Read More »Motorists lament poor condition of Benin-Auchi-Okene highway
Motorists and commuters plying the Benin-Auchi-Okene highway have appealed to the Federal Government to ease the gridlock they experience on a daily basis occasioned by the failed portions of the road. It was learnt that the federal highway, which has ...
Read More »No mosque was demolished in Rivers, northern group insists, assures southerners resident in North of safety
Muslim community seeks dialogue over disputed land Following disputes over alleged demolition of a Mosque in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups has said there was no demolition of any Muslims praying ground in the state. ...
Read More »Troops of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in coordinated air raid by Air Task force (ATF) killed several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Tumbum Rego of Borno State. The weekend operations in the Lake Chad region, also led to the destruction of terrorists’ arms, ammunition and logistics. MNJTF Spokesman, Col. Timothy Antigha, in a statement in Maiduguri said, “The equipment of the ISWAP terrorists, comprising rifles, ammunition and logistics were also destroyed in the five-hour operations on shores of lake.” He noted that the terrorists were preparing to launch an offensive on troops’ location when they were attacked, adding: “Battle damage assessment has indicated that the air interdiction had a devastating impact, as pockets of ISWAP build up and logistics hidden under tree canopies in Tumbum Rego were also destroyed. “The ISWAP assets in Mallam Zuberu and Alagarno were also targeted and destroyed in the coordinated ground and aerial operations. Similarly, ground troops identified and defused improvised explosive devices planted by ISWAP operatives in Layi Koura area of Nguigmi in Niger Republic.”
Troops of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in a coordinated air raid by Air Taskforce (ATF) killed several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Tumbum Rego of Borno State. The weekend operations in the Lake Chad region ...
Read More »Army opens 20 super camps to nail terrorism, banditry in North East
The Nigerian Army has opened 20 Super Camps in the North East to finally nail insurgency and terrorists’ attacks on troops locations and communities, as well as take the fight to terrorists’ hideouts in the Lake Chad region. Chief of ...
Read More »Again, Federal Executive Council postpones weekly meeting
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has again postponed its weekly meeting. The postponement was contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu. The release explained that the decision “is ...
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