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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he was aware of recent losses suffered by Nigerian soldiers fighting against Boko Haram, but urged the soldiers not to be “distracted.” The president spoke in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, where he met with military commanders leading the war against Boko Haram. Mr Buhari spoke at the start of the Chief of Army …

President President Muhammadu Buhari has reduced the cost of forms for some terminal examinations like the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, organised by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Examination Council, as well as the Basic Education Certificate Examination. This was revealed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, after the Federal Executive …

The Independent Corruption Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, on Wednesday, re-arraigned a former Inspector-General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, and a former Commissioner of Police, John Obaniyi, over alleged N16.4 million fraud. The accused were again arraigned on 10 amended charges before a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Apo. The charge borders on conspiracy, fraud and making false …

The Edo State Government has urged residents in the state to take advantage of the state’s vaccination drive against Yellow Fever disease, assuring of a multi-agency response, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication …

Without wishing to dampen the spirit of the likes of Oby whom I am sure are getting involved for purely altruistic reason, the bitter truth is that they stand no fighting chance with the prevailing national leadership recruitment process. Only those who had run for presidency before and got thoroughly squeezed are perhaps best placed to attest that the arena …

The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it has awarded a mining contract to ten exploration and consulting companies. Abubakar Bwari, Nigeria’s minister of mining and steel development, said the move is part of the country’s efforts to develop the mining sector. The minister spoke on the sidelines of the Mines and Money conference in London. Reuters reports that Mr Bwari …

The trial of a former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, and one of his aides, Waheed Akanbi, on criminal charges of alleged N4.7 billion fraud, ended on Tuesday after 10 years of legal battle at a Federal High Court Lagos. The trial ended before Justice Mohammed Idris, with Mr Ladoja mounting the witness box to give evidence in his …

The Police Command in Bayelsa State has dismissed a sergeant Timadi Emmanuel, who allegedly shot and killed Tariela Nikadae, a 20-year-old undergraduate of Petro-Chemical Engineering, Niger Delta University, Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that on Nov. 23, Sgt. Emmanuel, attached to a patrol team in Akenfa Division, while on patrol on Tenacious Road, Edepie, Yenagoa, allegedly shot Nikadae …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He does so in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari, who has travelled to Maiduguri, Borno State. Buhari will be attending the annual Chief of Army Staff Conference, holding in Maiduguri.

All Edo sons and daughters in Diaspora have been charged to mobilise themselves to actively participate in the Annual Ugie Festival in Benin Kingdom. The charge was given by His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin when he received a delegation of Edo Association of Nigeria in Germany in the Oba Palace. The Benin …