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A peace advocacy group, Coalition for Peace and National Security, CPNS, has condemned Saturday’s bandits’ attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, where at least 600 out of 800 students of the school are reportedly missing. The group described the action of the bandits against innocent school children as unacceptable, tasking security agencies to immediately swing into …

The Peoples Democratic Party has slammed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) over the abduction of yet-to-be ascertained number of students from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. The opposition party said it was perplexing that gunmen attacked the school and abducted the students on Friday, the same day the President arrived in Katsina for a week-long visit. …

Edo State Government will on Monday, December 14, 2020 commence recruitment of Nover 1,400 professionals into the junior, graduate and experienced cadres of the state’s civil service. Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa Esq., in a statement, said the recruitment exercise is part of the ongoing transformation of the state’s civil service and a key pillar in Governor Godwin Obaseki’s quest …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has called for increased partnership between the government and churches as well as other religious organizations to checkmate criminal activities in the state and protect the residents. Obaseki gave the charge on Thursday while receiving Christian leaders led by the Edo State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Oyenude Kure, on a …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated the commitment of the Edo State Government to deepen cooperation and investment between the state government and the Kingdom of Belgium. The governor made the submission during a courtesy visit by the Belgium Ambassador to Nigeria, Daniel Bertrand and Head, Political and Economic Affairs at the Belgian Embassy, Stef Commers, at the Government …

Nigerian Army was on Saturday alleged to have rejected witness summons issued for Major General Godwin Umelo and Lieutenant Colonel S.O Bello by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and the Lekki Toll Gate Incident. Both men were summoned by the panel to explain their role in the military’s operation at …

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Saturday urged troops not to be distracted by the threats by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged war crimes against Nigerian forces in the North East. According to the Nation, Buratai in a statement through the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen. Sagir Musa, in Abuja also enjoined troops …

She listed some of the war crimes to include “murder, rape, torture, and cruel treatment.” There is a ‘reasonable basis’ to believe that Nigeria’s security forces have committed various ‘war crimes’ while waging war against Boko Haram, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, said in a report on Friday. She listed some of the war crimes to include …

United States Supreme Court rejected a bid from Texas’ attorney general — supported by President Donald Trump — to block the ballots of millions of voters in battleground states that went in favor of President-elect Joe Biden. The court’s move to dismiss the challenge is the strongest indication yet that Trump has no chance of overturning election results in court …

The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina, who is facing money laundering charges, on Thursday, collapsed before trial Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Maina slumped shortly after the court resumed proceedings in the 12-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him and his firm, Common Input …