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President Muhammadu Buhari says the Tuesday attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), will not dampen the morale of the security agencies in ending banditry and criminality in the country. The president stated this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja. He noted that the attack, which led to loss of lives, …

Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday, said bad governance, ethnic, religious conflicts, and lack of faith in the electoral process were major causes of disunity in Nigeria. Okowa stated this in his keynote address at the 2021 Annual Lecture and Symposium organised by Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism (RCDIJ) at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. Delta Governor, …

Thousands of people were still crowding around Kabul airport on Wednesday in the hope of getting an evacuation flight out of Afghanistan, videos on social media showed. Video footage showed hundreds of Afghans waiting in a moat outside the airport grounds – some standing in water up to their waists. One man is seen on video climbing up the wall …

A yet undisclosed number of people have been killed by suspected herders in an attack Tuesday night in Yelwan Zangam in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. A resident of the area said vigilante members had reported recovering 37 bodies, with many of them burnt beyond recognition. Governor Simon Lalong has expressed his fury at the failure to …

Within the next three days, “heavy rainfall” is expected over parts of Katsina, Jigawa, Niger, eastern Kogi, Nasarawa, western Benue and Cross River, Nigeria’s meteorological agency, NiMet, has said. There are chances of moderate to heavy rainfall over parts of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kano, Bauchi, Ebonyi, Enugu, Abia, Akwa Ibom from Wednesday to Friday, the agency noted. On the other hand, “moderate …

A former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi, has said that Boko Haram terrorists mentioned names of current governors, senators and Aso Rock officials as sponsors during interrogation but the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has demonstrated an unwillingness to go after the high-profile politicians for reasons best known to him. Olawunmi spoke on Wednesday when he featured on Channels Television’s …

The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM), says an increment in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas is worrisome. NALPGAM’s President, Mr Nosa Ogieva-Okunbor, made this known while speaking at the association’s 34th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Symposium in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the price of …

*Describes Benue gov as ethnic jingoist, political failure that has changed party five times The Presidency has reacted to recent utterances by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State saying he is all out to cause disunity among Nigerians. It also accused him of being an ethnic irrendentist who has failed politically having moved from one party to another in record …

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) group has advised the 2019 presidential candidate of the party and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to abandon any aspiration to bid for the ticket again. In a statement issued Wednesday signed by its Chairman, Hon. Rufus Omeire, the group expressed dismay that since losing the 2019 poll to President Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku had relocated …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called for increased synergy between the government and security agencies to tackle the proliferation of arms and combat insecurity in the state. The governor, who received the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya at the Government House in Benin City, on Tuesday, appealed for the setting up of military base in …