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One of the 344 students from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, has disclosed that they were not kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorist group as earlier stated by the Federal Government. The student who made this revelation in a viral video said that they were told to say that the kidnappers were Boko Haram insurgents. When asked if …

Some Christian leaders, on Monday, asked the Federal Government to rescue Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl still held in Boko Haram captivity on account of her faith. They renewed the call for her freedom sequel to the quick release of about 344 schoolboys kidnapped in Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, owing to the swift response by the authorities. Speaking …

…EdoJobs Call For Participants Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs) is set to begin training for the second cohort of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) re/start, a cloud computing training, urging interested youths in the state to apply to participate and build careers in cloud computing. Managing Director, EdoJobs, Mrs. Ukinebo Dare, in a chat with journalists, said the programme …

(CNN) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Sunday evening that leadership from both chambers have reached a deal on “a package of nearly $900 billion” of much-needed relief for the Covid-19 pandemic, though Congress still faces a government shutdown deadline at midnight. “Moments ago, in consultation with our committees, the four leaders of the Senate and the House finalized …

By Okhide Em’ya David The Federal Government and other key stakeholders in decision making process in Nigeria have been asked to urgently ensure adequate and better budgetary allocations for funding of Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIP) ZIP is a well thought out development strategy designed to foster equitable distribution of Projects nationwide in the constituencies of lawmakers by various Ministries, Departments, …

By Okhide Em’ya David Edo lawmaker representing Akoko Edo Federal Constituency in the Nigerian National Assembly, Hon. Peter Akpatason has promised to complete a 5,000-capacity mini stadium for grassroots sports development. The Deputy House leader, announced this in Ibillo during the inspection tour of the stadium at Akoko Edo local government areas of Edo state.  Akpatason said completing the project …

By Okhide Em’ya David No fewer than 500 persons from Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State have received free medical treatment and medication from the medical outreach of the House Leader of House of Representatives, Rt .Hon. Peter Akpatason. The medical outreach, aimed at tackling different ailments, was part of the lawmaker’s 2017 constituency projects. Speaking at the …

“In the last two weeks, the number of travellers who have tested positive after the 7th day test has increased.” Many passengers travelling in and out of Nigeria are finding ways to breach the government enforced COVID-19 safety and testing protocols, especially in Nigeria’s two major airports – the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja and the Murtala Mohammed International …

Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that despite the reopening of borders, the importation of rice and other items remain banned. He said with the deployment of technology in some of Nigeria’s borders, no one would enter the country with a hidden identity. Aregbesola, who spoke with newsmen in Ilesa on Saturday, explained that the need for proper …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar wants the Federal Government to halt all flights to and from the United Kingdom as a second wave of the pandemic continues to ravage it. Atiku made the call on Sunday in a series of tweets where he explained that the reason Nigeria took a harder than necessary hit during the first wave was because …