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Month: January 2021


A former Theatre Commander of operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, who was removed by the Nigerian Army High Command for failing to stop Boko Haram in 2017, has been elevated to the position of Chief of Army Staff by Read more…


The FCT Police Command has arrested six Shi’ite members for alleged involvement in a violent protest in Abuja on Monday. The Command spokesperson, ASP Mariam Yusuf, disclosed in a statement that the police successfully restored calm in the Central Business Read more…


UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered his condolences to families bereaved by coronavirus and said he took “full responsibility”, after the nation passed the grim milestone of 100,000 Covid-19 deaths. “It’s hard to compute the sorrow contained in that Read more…


Tehran has given the go-ahead for the Sputnik V jab, made by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, to be used as part of its efforts to protect its population of more than 80 million people from coronavirus. As early as September last Read more…


The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sacked the service chiefs in the country with immediate effect. He also appointed new hands to take over the batons of piloting the security affairs of the country. Special Adviser On Media Read more…


The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Edo State Command, Mrs, Bridget Esene, was on Sunday kidnapped in Benin on her way to church. No ransom was demanded at press time. The spokesperson of NIS in Read more…


A police officer attached to the Osun State police command, Corporal Fawale Rauf, has been beaten to death by officials of the State Security Service (SSS) in the state. The deceased who was serving at the Dada Estate Police Station, Read more…


Yoruba cultural activist and a freedom fighter, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho on Monday said that he will soon visit all the Southwest states to issue quit notices to Fulani herdsmen. Sunday Igboho warned Fulani herdsmen to keep Read more…


Following the crisis that erupted in Effium community in Ohaukwu local government Area of Ebonyi State, last week, Governor David Umahi has suspended all political appointees from the area. Umahi made this known on Monday at Central school, Effium when Read more…


Following the Executive Order of the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwaratim Odunayo Akeredolu SAN, to the Fulani Herdsmen illegally occupying the State Forest Reserves to vacate within seven days with effect from Monday,  January 18, 2021, the Nigeria Governors’ Read more…


The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has condemned the attack by gunmen in Orlu Area of the state which led to the killing and maiming of innocent citizens on Monday. In a statement issued, Uzodinma said he has ordered Read more…


Former Anambra Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , Mr Peter Obi, has decried what he described as the painful level of rot and decay in Nigeria’s political system, saying a new Nigeria will emerge if Read more…