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African Games: Nigeria Finish Second As Championship Ends

African Games: Nigeria Finish Second As Championship Ends The events ended with a parade of all the participating countries’ flags while music from Nigerian hip-hop star Tiwa Savage was played from the sound system much to the delight of the crowd. On the final day of the competition, perennial champions Egypt claimed two more gold […]

Submission of memoranda by govs for state police waste of time – Gov Makinde

Submission of memoranda by govs for state police waste of time – Gov Makinde Makinde Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has described the submission of memoranda by governors for state police as a waste of time. Makinde stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. The governor faulted 16 governors’ […]

Abducted Kuriga Schoolchildren Released After Weeks In Captivity, Says Gov Sani

Abducted Kuriga Schoolchildren Released After Weeks In Captivity, Says Gov Sani Scores of schoolchildren abducted from Kuriga, Kaduna State have been released, two weeks after they were taken away in what was one of Nigeria’s largest mass kidnappings in years. The students, about 287, were kidnapped when the gunmen on motorcycles rode through their school, […]

Three medical students at Abia State University, Uturu, die in ghastly accident

    By Steve Oko Two 500 level and one 400 level medical students of the Abia State University Uturu (ABSU), have died in auto crash less than one hour after attending the induction ceremony of their senior colleagues. The incident occured Thursday evening at the Nunya axis of the Enugu Port Harcourt Expressway as […]

ISIS Massacre in Russia: Putin expresses deep condolences following Moscow attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed deep condolences following Friday’s attack at a concert venue near Moscow, calling it a “barbaric terrorist act” in a video statement released Saturday. He said the perpetrators “tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them on the Ukrainian side to […]

[Video] Japa: Nigerians relocating abroad to take up jobs they reject at home – First Lady Oluremi Tinubu

Japa: Nigerians relocating abroad to take up jobs they reject at home – First Lady Oluremi Tinubu First Lady Oluremi Tinubu By Biodun Busari First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has criticised Nigerians migrating to the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada among other developed countries to engage in jobs they have refused to do […]

Why Niger Delta militants are not kidnapping their people – Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi

Why Niger Delta militants are not kidnapping their people – Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi By Olugbenga Ige A Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said Niger Delta militants aren’t kidnapping their families and members of their communities because they are all armed in the creeks. Gumi said bandits, who are mostly herdsmen, are […]

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Delta community razed after killing of soldiers

By Vivian Oramadike The Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State where sixteen soldiers were killed have been razed. There are strong allegations that some angry soldiers may have perpetrated the act after their colleagues were killed. Meanwhile, manhunt for the killers is still ongoing and some arrests have also been […]

New GOC assumes duty at Nigerian Army 2 Division headquarters Ibadan

By Oluwatoyin Malik A new General Officer Commanding, 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Obinna Onubogu, on Wednesday assumed duty at the headquarters at Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment, Odogbo, Ibadan, Oyo State. Major General Onubogu, who is the 46th GOC of the Division, took over from Major General Bamidele Alabi after his appointment to […]