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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 …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, announced its plan to recommence Continuous Voter Registration exercise (CVR) on June 28 across the country. The commission’s chairperson, Mahmood Yakubu, stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja. The exercise, as stipulated in Section 10 of Nigeria’s Constitution, should be on continuous basis but that has not been constant due to “exigencies of …

An overwhelming opinion in the public space about most Nigeria’s Police Force paints a picture of widespread corruption, crime and extrajudicial murder. It is also believed that the security agency is open to political machination. The police, to many discerning members of the public, is the embodiment of all that is wrong in the Nigerian system. Last year, the people, …

*Flags off 27th MSMEs Clinic in Gombe State *VP commends inventors of Nigeria’s first, medical-grade ventilator Nigeria produces 17 million tons of yams annually, but loses up to 40% of this yield due to the lack of adequate storage, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made the disclosure on Tuesday, while Justifying the Federal Government’s intervention in the agro-based market. Prof. Osinbajo …

The female face of the revolution”, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom/Thomas Dehler Foundation, in cooperation with the PEN Center Germany, mark the start of an online Series of events on Writers in Prison / Writers in Exile on April 7th at 7 p.m. The event is intended to take a closer look at authors in need and to discuss …