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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has called for stiffer laws against kidnapping, banditry and other heinous crimes, including possible seizure of questionable assets and proceeds. This, he believes, would act as a strong disincentive to potential kidnappers ...
Read More »Financial expert tasks governors to reduce cost of governance
A Financial expert and Managing Director of Cyber1 Systems Network International, Momoh Aliyu, has urged state governors to cut down cost of governance by engaging only a few aides. He made the call yesterday in a chat with the News ...
Read More »Fire razes internally displaced persons materials in Maiduguri
An early morning inferno has destroyed relief materials worth millions of naira at the Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiative’s (PCNI) warehouse in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire which, started at about 6.00a.m, consumed about ...
Read More »PDP Reps caucus denies endorsing Gbajabiamila’s speakership bid, lawmaker refutes U.S. conviction claims, threatens legal action
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has denied media reports that it had endorsed Femi Gbajabiamila for speakership of the Ninth assembly. In a statement issued by House Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, the lawmakers stated ...
Read More »Four feared killed in Taraba, Bauchi clashes as troops neutralise terrorists in Borno State
No fewer than three fresh persons have been feared dead in the raging war between the Jukun and Tiv ethnic groups of Taraba State. Chairman of Wukari Local Council, Adi Daniel, confirmed that the deceased were of Jukun extraction and ...
Read More »‘Diseases associated with poverty, poor environment leading causes of children’s deaths’
A university teacher, Professor Dominic Osaghae, has identified pre-term birth complications, Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARI), Intra-partum related complications, congenital Anomalies and Diarrhoea, as the leading causes of deaths among children. He listed Malaria, VPD and Environmental Hazards, as well ...
Read More »Nigeria is a secular state, says Martins as group cautions against ethno-religious bigotry
Archbishop of Metropolitan See of Lagos, The Most Reverend Alfred Adewale Martins, says since Nigeria was a secular nation, President Buhari should not have attended the OIC meeting at a time the citizens were opposing alleged Fulanisation of the country. ...
Read More »Shehu Sani reacts to defending President Buhari, insists OIC not religious organisation
Representative of Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has reacted to his defense of President Muhammadu Buhari for attending Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Saudi Arabia. President Buhari had earlier been criticised for attending the OIC summit, which ...
Read More »Northern youths reject Gbajabiamila for House of Reps Speaker, ACF lists qualities for Ninth N’Assembly lawmakers
The Arewa Youth Awareness Forum (AYAF) has said the North will oppose attempt to foist Femi Gbajabiamila as Speaker of the House of Representatives, saying his membership of the eighth National Assembly was full of controversies. In a statement issued ...
Read More »NCAA cancels Execujet pilot’s operating licence
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has revoked the licence of an Execujet Airline pilot over alleged violation of aviation regulations. Although it withheld the name and airline of the pilot, the regulator disclosed that the sanction was the consequence ...
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