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(CNN) One US Capitol Police officer has died and another is injured after a suspect rammed a vehicle into a police barricade outside the Capitol building Friday afternoon, acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters. Pittman said the suspect in the attack has also died. The suspect was not on the radar of the US Capitol Police before the …

Edo State Health Insurance Commission has completed the enrolment of vulnerable persons across seven Local Government Areas (LGAs) into the Equity Plan of the state’s Health Insurance Scheme. The Director General of the Edo State Health Insurance Commission, Dr Rock Amegor, disclosed this during a sensitization of stakeholders on Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) at Ugbekun Primary Healthcare Centre …

*As southern youths ask killer-herders to vacate region immediately The fear of more regional activists in the mould of Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu rising up has been expressed, even as youths from the 17 states of the region have ordered all killer-herdsmen to vacate immediately or be ‘consumed.’ The youths who met in Umuahia, Abia State on the plank …

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday, said he would be shocked if Wednesday’s attack during  a townhall meeting was politically motivated and targetted at him because no office is worth the life of even a chicken. He spoke on a day the Anambra State Police Command arrested five suspects and beefed up security around …

The Tinubu Support Group (TSG) has urged Nigerians to use the Easter celebration to pray for the safety and wellbeing of the Armed Forces and other security personnel that are ensuring the safety of the citizens. The group, in a statement by its Head Media and Publicity, Oluwatosin Johnson, on Friday in Abuja, also stressed the need for continuous prayers …

Following the attack on a former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, by gunmen which led to the death of three Police officers, he has condemned the incident, noting that he would be shocked if the attack was aimed at him. Speaking on a programme on ChannelsTV, the outspoken Professor described himself as a village boy, who jogs, …

The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural body, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has carpeted the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Garba Shehu, over his comments that President Muhammadu Buhari is very passionate about Nigeria’s unity. Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC rather maintained that Buhari’s actions and inactions pose threat to the unity of Nigeria. The National President of …

The police in Anambra State have arrested four more suspects in connection with the attack on a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. The police had earlier in a statement said one suspect was tracked and arrested through a telephone picked at the scene of crime. Soludo was attacked on Wednesday in his Isuofia hometown in …

Niger’s newly-elected president Mohamed Bazoum is set to be sworn into office on Friday, a democratic watershed overshadowed by jihadist violence and alleged coup bid two days ago. The inauguration will mark the first-ever transition between elected presidents in Niger’s six decades of independence from France — a historic moment that has been widely praised. But the Sahel country’s instability …

The Nigerian government has announced that over 51 million Nigerians have been registered for the National Identification Number (NIN), which is now required for major activities including getting an international passport and a driver’s license. The figure was announced in a joint press statement by the spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the National Identity Management Commission. The officials …