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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has expressed the fear that Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists may continue tormenting the country if proper security steps are not taken to forestall the recruitment of young children into the terror groups. He spoke when the new Governing Board and Management of the …

The Gombe State chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria has shut down the state House of Assembly, our correspondent gathered on Tuesday that this complies with the nationwide strike by the association. Members of the PASAN, in their hundreds, carried placards with different slogans on autonomy, which included …

The immediate past President of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, Chief Adeyemi Soladoye, on Sunday, said Nigeria must stop building the future for youth but rather build the youth for the future to enable them to cope with the challenges of a changing world, he also advocated for a …

The Founder and Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre, Matthew Ashimolowo, said about 12,000 households will get foodstuffs, clothes, books and other relief materials during his upcoming Christ Compassion to the Rural World Foundation outreach. The six-day outreach will take place in Ikorodu, Lagos between November 6 and 11, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Maiduguri Zonal Command, on Monday, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Sadiq Mustapha to one year imprisonment over a land fraud charge. Mustapha was convicted of defrauding one Yawudi Zarma to the tune of N3.9 million, after he (Zarma) paid the money for …

A driver, Chimobi Nwoko, has been at loggerheads with his boss, identified simply as Akazue, after he allegedly deceived him into donating one of his kidneys to his younger brother, Osinachi, and failed to fulfill his promise of compensating him for the donation. Nwoko, while narrating his ordeal on Tuesday, …

Following a consultation with the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, the Northern Consensus Movement has withdrawn a 14-day ultimatum it earlier issued to Igbo residents in the North to quit. NCM, which is an amalgamation of community-based socio-cultural and economically-inclined northern organisations, issued the ulimatum after Otti converted Lokpanta Cattle …

The principal of St Michael’s Catholic High School, Akure, Ondo State, Adeniyi Oluyide, who was seen dressed as a pupil in uniform and welcoming newly admitted pupils of the school in a viral video tells PETER DADA about the incident, among other issues When were you employed as a teacher …

The Anambra State Government has insisted that its burial laws are still in force and has therefore warned residents in the state against violating it. The state government made this known in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, on Friday October 20. Nwosu stated that …

President Bola Tinubu on Friday told Southwest Muslim leaders that Nigeria needs leadership that would make tough decisions in the present for an enviable future. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, captured the high points of the discussions in a statement he signed late Friday, titled, …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has confirmed a fire incident at the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited. The oil firm in a statement released on Friday, October 20, said the fire which was contained won’t affect the ongoing rehabilitation of the refinery. The statement read;  “This afternoon, …

Information minister Mohammed Idris has called on Nigerians to imbibe value reorientation and patriotism to enhance the unity and progress of the country. “We have reached a level where Nigerians don’t believe in what their leaders tell them,” the information minister said.  Idris added, “So, the starting point for me …

Female suspects in the names, Adama Joseph and Oreoluwa Davies, were arrested by the Nigeria Police for killing a club owner in Kwara State,  Adeniyi Ojo and they have confessed to how they killed the socialite. The ladies paraded by the police in Abuja on Wednesday evening confessed to the …