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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday emphasized his high premium on education, when he said he told his children, particularly the girls that they can only get married after getting a first degree. Buhari charged the youth to seek education, not for government jobs which, according to him, are unavailable but to arm themselves with skill and ability to fight …

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged officials of National Population Commission (NPC) to justify government’s confidence in them by returning accurate, verifiable and dependable data. The President’s Media Aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said that the president made the call during a trial census exercise in Daura, Katsina State, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria …

Edo State Police Command announced that it has killed a notorious armed robber and recovered arms when it responded to a distress call from residents of Abuja Quarters, by Benson Idahosa University, Government Reserved Area (GRA), Benin. The Edo State Deputy Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP. Jennifer Iwegbu, said yesterday in a statement that the robbers engaged the police …

• Says president waking up to realities after 5 months, describes varsities as gloried secondary schools  Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over his enough is enough comment and description of ongoing five-month-old strike as inimical to future generation of Nigerians. The union claimed the president’s statement was not only comical but a clear sign of …

Edo State acting Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has charged Edo State Pilgrims to Israel for the 2022 pilgrimage to pray for Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general elections. Shaibu gave the charge while addressing Edo State pilgrims to the holy land, urging them to be good ambassadors of the state, as they pray for Edo State and Nigeria over her …

The tenures of 11 of the RECs came to an end on July 6, nine others are due for retirement next month, while one exited in April. Activities towards the 2023 general elections are under threat of paralysis in at least 20 states as the resident electoral officers (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reach the end of their …

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), yesterday, said that pro-Biafra agitators were not keen about who emerges Nigeria President next year. The group said that it was banal of anybody to try to link the Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the coming election to pro-Biafra agitators. Leader of MASSOB, Uchenna Mdau stated these in …

•Warns the gods want to destroy ex-Lagos governor, ruling party  •Urges Buhari to invoke his powers to revoke vice-presidential nomination  •Says ex-Borno governor is overambitious, Machiavellian    •Shettima complicit in Chibok Girls’ abduction, terrorism, say northern Christian leaders   •Amaechi’s ally, Princewill, quits ruling party on same ground Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt …

US President Joe Biden lands in the Middle East on Wednesday for a trip that will see Israeli leaders urge tougher action against Iran, before a delicate stop in Saudi Arabia. The 79-year-old president’s visit to Jeddah on Friday will be the focus of the tour, after Biden branded Saudi Arabia a “pariah” over the 2018 murder of dissident Saudi …

Built in 1989, the Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja which houses different categories of prisoners, from murderers to corrupt politicians, was attacked by terrorists on July 5. Nigeria’s custodial centres are again under the public radar following the latest prison break at the country’s seat of power, Abuja. Despite early warnings, the Kuje prison was attacked on Tuesday by suspected terrorists, …