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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that terrorism and terrorist groups could not be eliminated alone by the military unless religious bodies and organisations in the country come to the “forefront of this spiritual battle.” The Army chief noted that the focus must be religious groups interfacing on addressing the ideologies which fuelled the Boko …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday re-arraigned a former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, and the then Commissioner for Finance in his administration, Omadachi Oklobi, on N3.1bn money laundering charges. Suswam, who is now the Senator representing Benue North East, and his co-defendant, pleaded not guilty when the nine counts were read to them again before Justice …

Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Osazee Osemwingie-Ero has said Edo State’s hosting of the 2019 National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST) will leverage tourism’s job creation potentials to empower Edo youths. The commissioner said this while addressing journalists at an event held to celebrate the World Tourism Day in Asaba, the Delta State …

Members of Nigeria’s State Security Service, the Department of State Service (DSS) have released journalist, Chido Onumah, just hours after his arrest, the Vanguard has reported. The news of the arrest of Onumah by men of the DSS on Sunday unsettled the media space and Vanguard has now confirmed the real reason the author of the book, We Are All …

Nigeria’s State Security Services (SSS) has arrested an activist, Chido Onumah. Mr Onumah, a journalist and author, was arrested at the Abuja airport on Sunday evening, according Premium Times, quoting an associate’s source. The journalist returned to Nigeria from Spain where he recently bagged a doctorate in communication studies. He arrived via a Lufthansa airline and was waiting for his luggage …

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have rescued 19 pregnant girls from a ‘baby factory’ at Ayanwale area of Ikotun, Lagos, following a recent raid of the facility. A statement made available to journalists on Sunday by Lagos police spokesperson, Mr. Bala Elkana says the pregnant girls are between 15 and 28 years old. Two suspects involved in the …

Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that 201,143 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected in Kogi and Bayelsa as of September 20. The commission disclosed this on Thursday in a progress report on PVC collection, which it started on September 2, ahead of the November 16 governorship elections in the two states. …

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has condemned the reported horrific acts at a ‘torture house’ in Kaduna where about 300 persons were rescued by the police. According to a statement by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Saturday, President Buhari condemned all forms of rights abuses whether of adults or …

Kaduna State Police Command said it had handed over to the state government the 300 inmates of a rehabilitation centre at Rigasa in Kaduna, rescued on Thursday. The inmates were rescued from a house where the police said they were chained and maltreated for at least three months. Parents of some of the children had disputed police claims that the inmates were …

The Department of State Services has said the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, was still in custody because his legal team had yet to serve it with a copy of the court order granting him bail. Spokesperson of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunnaya said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent, in Abuja, on Thursday. He said the DSS …