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Over 2000 residents have been displaced from Geidam town following the prolonged siege laid to the town by Boko Haram insurgents. The Executive Secretary of the state’s emergency management agency (YOSEMA), Mohammed Goje, told PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone chat that the displaced persons were being camped in Yunusari and Yusafari local government areas. Mr Goje said many of the …

WASHINGTON, DC – President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room following the passage of the American Rescue Plan in the U.S. Senate at the White House on March 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Senate passed the latest COVID-19 relief bill by 50 to 49 on a party-line vote, after an all-night session. US President Joe Biden will …

A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, walks before an Olympic rings sculpture at the national ‘Birds Nest’ stadium, the main site of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Beijing on March 23, 2020. World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe has called for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed over the coronavirus pandemic as Canada pulled out …

Boko Haram hoists flag in Niger village, seizes housewives, 50 communities deserted The spate of insecurity in the country assumed a more dangerous dimension on Monday as Boko Haram insurgents made in roads into Niger State and gunmen killed two students of Greenfield University in Kaduna state. Also on Monday, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue …

The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 said 1,173,869 or 58.3 persons have been vaccinated with the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine in the current phase. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the committee, disclosed this on Monday Abuja while speaking at the national briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC). Mustapha, who is also the Secretary of the Government of …

No fewer than nine people were killed on Monday when hoodlums invaded Ukpomachi Village, Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The state police command confirmed the deaths in a statement, saying that detail of the invasion was still sketchy, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The statement was signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has reassured that his administration will continue to focus on human capital development to reduce youth unemployment and tackle illegal migration. Obaseki gave the assurance when he received the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jerome Pasquier, who was on a courtesy visit to the governor at the Government House in Benin City. The governor commended …

By Okhide Em’ya David Contrary to the nine deaths reported  in an accident that occurred on Saturday at Ekpon junction on the Agbor-Ewohimi road in the Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State, Edo  state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Henry Benamaisia, says  only five persons  died,  According to him, three unconscious victims were rushed to …

A member of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Gagdi, has said the Department of State Services didn’t send any report to the National Assembly on the past extremist views of the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, during his ministerial screening in 2019. The lawmaker, who is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Navy, said he …

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has called on the Federal Government to expose all the over 400 Bureau De Change operators recently arrested for allegedly funding the activities of Boko Haram insurgency in the country. Ndume, who is representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, made the call in an interview with journalists in …