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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s submission that the Boko Haram insurgency was no longer about lack of jobs for the youths, but a full-blown ‘Fulanisation’ of West Africa, Islamisation of Africa and globally organised ...

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the country’s airports lacked requisite security infrastructure to check activities of drug cartels, especially those that incriminate unsuspecting travelers. Addressing an ad hoc committee on the plight of ...

The National Assembly has passed the National Roads Fund Bill to ensure periodic maintenance of the highways. To actualise the move, the House of Representatives endorsed the conference report on the piece of legislation co-chaired by Senator Kabiru Gaya and ...

A human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a new Ponzi scheme called Loom, which promises a return of N13, 000 for every N1, 000 ‘investment’ and N104, 000 for N13, 000 ...

The Nasarawa State police command has arrested 14 suspected kidnappers along Mararaba/Odege road in Nasarawa Council. The Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, said the arrest was made possible following a tip-off from members of the public. Longe gave the hint ...

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed a 35-year-old farmer, Mr. Ariyo Aina, on his way to the farm at Ogga community in Yagba West Council of Kogi State. National president of Ogga Progressive Union (OPU) Mr. Bamidele Olure, told journalists ...

Ahead of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Ijaw Professionals Association (IPA) will, tomorrow, hold a workshop in Yenagoa towards achieving credible, violence-free polls. IPA is organising the workshop in collaboration with Ijaw Nations Forum (INF), ...

The Federal Government has been advised to put in place dynamic policies and bring on board capable economic managers that will drive the economy. Chairman, Wilson Badejo Foundation and General Overseer Emeritus, Foursquare Gospel Church Nigeria, Dr. Wilson Adebogun Badejo, ...

The Board of Benue Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) has arrested 76 for alleged illegal tax collection in the state. Its Executive Chairman, Terzungwe Atser, who briefed reporters in Makurdi, the state capital lamented that the activities of the illegal tax ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it remained committed to assisting member-nations in checking theft, diversion and leakage of small arms in the sub-region. It also recommitted to helping the affected in strengthening their physical security ...