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The Nigerian Army on Sunday reacted to the daring Boko Haram attack on a military base and neighbouring communities in Guzamala Local Government Area. The army said its officers regrouped and have restored total normalcy in Gundubali and other neighbouring communities in Guzamala. PREMIUM TIMES reported the attack on the military base and surrounding communities by Boko Haram insurgents on …

Boko Haram jihadists have taken over a town in northeast Nigeria after sacking and occupying a military base, local officials and security sources told AFP on Saturday. Scores of fighters believed to be loyal to an Islamic State group-affiliated Boko Haram faction stormed the base in Gudumbali, in the Guzamala area of Borno state. At least eight civilians were believed …

Members of the National Assembly on Saturday revealed why they intended to resume plenary in October, instead of the scheduled September 25. The Vice-Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Business, Dr. Bode Ayorinde, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Shehu Sani, Adesoji Akanbi, Mao Ohuabunwa and James Manager were among those who spoke with Punch and urged both the upper and …

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige on Sunday said Nigeria would have been in ruins if President Muhammadu Buhari was not elected to pilot the affairs of the country in 2015. Ngige who spoke with journalists in Onitsha, Anambra State, said the All Progressives Congress met the country in tatters when it took over from the Peoples …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has called for a complementary approach to education in such a manner that literacy and skills are developed simultaneously to avert a situation where the country will have a deficit of skilled hands amidst a largely literate population. The governor said this in commemoration of the International Literacy Day marked every September 8, by the …

Nigeria’s governing party, APC, has set its prices for forms for elective offices so high that it would be virtually impossible for poor, honest Nigerians, including civil servants to aspire for top positions in the country from the party. Like the APC, the major opposition party, PDP, has also done same although its fees are much lower than that of …

A former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress. Mr Shekarau declared his much anticipated defection at a meeting with loyalists held at his Mundubawa avenue residence on Saturday. He said he decided to leave PDP due to the injustice the national leadership of the party meted against …

…Fallout of Ekiti primaries …President keen to end money politics …Govs with senatorial ambition likely to lose out Fresh facts have emerged revealing that the adoption of direct primaries by the All Progressives Congress, APC, was an initiative President Muhammadu Buhari bought following strong conviction that the exercise would not only check money politics but will also help the party …

The Police Command in Adamawa has expressed concern over the frequent disappearance of children in the state and urged parents to be more vigilant. The command in a statement issued on Saturday in Yola by its spokesman, DSP Habibu Musa said parents should monitor the movement of their children and those they relate with. The statement described the situation as …

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has announced the withdrawal of his ambition to contest for the office of the President in 2019. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the governor had indicated his intention to contest for the nation’s number one position early in the year. Fayose made this known on Saturday while receiving two presidential aspirants; former governor …