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The Peoples Democratic Party has while wishing Nigerian Children a happy Children’s Day celebration berated the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the All Progressives Congress, for allegedly mortgaging the future of Nigerian children. The PDP expressed regrets that on a day that Nigerian children should join their contemporaries across the world to celebrate, the last six years has …

The Federal Fire Service FFS has explained its role in the May 26 decontamination of the School of Health Science and Technology, Ijero Ekiti in Ekiti state, dispelling insinuations that it invaded the school without due approval. Service spokeswoman, SF Ugo Huan in a statement on Friday in Abuja said the exercise which is reported to have affected the health …

The House of Representatives has expressed displeasure with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the delay in disposing of the N46 billion assets seized from the former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said the pieces of jewellery seized from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, have been valued at about N14.460 bn. Chairman of the EFCC, AbdulRasheed Bawa, told the House of Representatives on Friday. Bawa disclosed the “estimated value” of the forfeited pieces of jewellery to an ad hoc committee of the …

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has condemned the military takeover in Mali. Speaking at the Opening of the ECOWAS Parliament 1st 2021 Ordinary Session in Abuja, both President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and Speaker of …

• Nigeria could ‘lose’ over 30 generals in four months• You’re fuelling tension, ethnic distrust, YCE, Southeast groups blast President• Buhari appoints Mohammed as NAPTIP DG, Abari NOA DG Six days after the tragic death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, in a plane crash in Kaduna State, the Nigerian Army got a new chief, Major-General Farouk …

Nigerians on social media have decried the alarming rate of violent killings being perpetrated in Benue State by suspected herders. Trending the hashtag #BenueUnderAttack on Friday, Nigerian Twitter users called the attention of authorities to gory images as evidence of mass killings. Over 200 people have been reportedly killed in the last month in Benue. Earlier in the week, PREMIUM …

Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa and hails from Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State. He was granted Regular Combatant Commission as a member of 37 Regular Course on 22 September 1990 in the rank of Second Lieutenant with seniority in the same rank effective 27 September 1985. He is of the Nigerian …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, met with a delegation of the United Nations to bolster the government’s efforts at containing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and further reduce the menace of irregular migration. The delegation, headed by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Edward Kallon, was received at Government House in Benin City. Receiving the visitors on behalf …

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, on Thursday, tackled the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for appointing a northerner as the Chief of Army Staff yet again. National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement said the President’s refusal to appoint a COAS from the South-Eastern zone of the country shows that he does …