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Benin City, Nigeria – Ahead of President Buhari’s one-day official visit to Edo State on Tuesday November 27, 2018 security has been beefed up in all nooks and crannies of the state. Checks revealed that some high profile undercover agents and the President’s advance squad have arrived in the state with specific operations order to execute before, during and after …

Ahead of his visit to Edo State on Tuesday November 27, 2018 for the commissioning of the Edo-Azura Power Plant in Benin City, Nigeria’s President, retired Gen. Mohammadu Buhari is facing accusation of possible complicity in the alleged Central Hospital fraud committed by former Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole. Buhari, on the invitation of former Governor Oshiomhole, commissioned the …

No fewer than 154 ex-Boko Haram fighters that have been rehabilitated under the De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme are now set to be reintegrated into the society. Bamidele Shafa, major general and coordinator of Operations Safe Corridor, disclosed this at the end of a rehabilitation programme for the repentant boko haram members in Gombe on Saturday. He said this …

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep shock over the killing of military personnel in Metele village of Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists, assuring at the same time that immediate measures are being taken to ensure that the loopholes which led to the fatalities are blocked once and for all. The president’s reaction, coming about a week after the unfortunate …

But, because some of the people are constantly praying (for the nation), from time to time, God will send somebody that will bring them out of captivity. “We all know that the circumstances in Nigeria today are not the best but because of your prayers, Nigeria will be great again.” ABUJA – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said Nigeria will …

Coordinator, New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Society (NHVMAS), Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, on Saturday, said the body has concluded plans to collaborate with the Bioethics Society of Nigeria (BESON), to host the 2018 International Bioethics Forum with the view of tackling the problem of vulnerability and exploitation in research. The NHVMAS boss, while addressing newsmen in Benin City in preparation for …

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has met with National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom to kick-start the process of extraditing a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The EFCC said in a statement that Magu met with the UK official on Thursday to also discuss the efforts of the commission …

The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday said an armed robbery and murder suspect who died in custody “was not murdered, but slumped and died”. The detained gang leader, Micheal Adikwu, was among those arrested for their alleged roles in the April 5 bank robbery in Offa, Kwara State. Over 20 people were killed in the incident. PREMIUM TIMES reported how …

Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan has told the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to leave him alone and face Transparency International, who claimed that Nigeria was more corrupt today than under the last Peoples Democratic Party government. In a statement released by Jonathan’s media office and signed by his former media aide, Reno Omokri, said the presidency is showing signs of …

President Muhammadu Buhari Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad has said that the book “My Transition Hours” by former President Goodluck Jonathan is full of hate speech. Bashir Ahmad said he ‘regretted reading some pages of the book’ and that Jonathan as a former President is expected of to write something that will strengthen the unity of Nigaria. ‘Was …