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Contrary to the claim by the Nigerian government through the Information Minister Lai Mohammed, the government paid a “large ransom” to free scores of female students kidnapped by the Boko Haram from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State, earlier this year, the United Nations has said. Over 100 girls were kidnapped from the Dapchi school by a Boko Haram faction …

The State Security Service has appointed its first spokesperson in three years. The SSS, also called DSS, announced the appointment of P.N. Afunanya in a statement sent to journalists on Thursday. The DSS claimed Mr Afunanya replaces Tony Opuiyo, the fictional name the agency has been using to circulate its press statements on social media. We reported how the DSS, …

NAIROBI — Kenyan and American service members teamed up at the Kenyan army’s 1st Canine Regiment headquarters here to share the best ways to treat and train military working dogs in the field, Aug. 6-10 2018. A U.S. Army veterinary team assigned to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa’s 404th Civil Affairs Battalion’s Functional Specialty Team and a U.S. …

About 28 ministers are currently in attendance at the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Council Chamber Presidential Villa Abuja. The unprecedented number of ministers at the FEC may not be unconnected with the ‘no nonsense’ stance of the Acting President since he took over the realm of leadership from …

Candidates for next year’s election will be picked through direct primary, the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has decided. Leaders of the party adopted the model at a “stakeholders consultative meeting” at the party secretariat yesterday. Giving the advantage of the system, which was adopted to pick the candidate of the party for the September 22 …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday saluted the roles of the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II and the European Union in the fight against human trafficking and illegal migration in the state, in the last one year. Obaseki gave the commendation while taking stock of the activities of the Edo State Task Force against Human Trafficking, during …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has issued letters of contract award to contractors that won the bids to construct the over 25 kilometre-road spanning St. Saviour-Oba-Obazagbon- Obadoloivbiyeyi communities to Idogbo/Agbor Road Bypass and PZ-Okabere-Oka Market-Upper Sokponba Road, in Benin City. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, disclosed this on Wednesday, after the state’s …

Great Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has made a case for the establishment of a Council of Traditional Rulers to support efforts at riding the West African sub-region of cross-border crimes. Oba Ewuare II made the submission in his lecture entitled “The Role of Traditional Institutions in the Preservation of Cultural Values and the …

The Federal Government says it will involve commissioners of education and school proprietors in its partnership with a Chinese Firm to promote the establishment of digital classrooms across the country. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the inauguration of a digital classroom donated by NetDragon Websoft limited. The project was executed by …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has extended the Voters’ registration exercise by two weeks. The exercise which was supposed to end on August 17th will now last till August 31st.