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Violence and confusion has spread across Charlotte after a second night of protests was interrupted by gunfire when one protester shot another. North Carolina governor Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, and called for help from the National Guard and the Highway Patrol. The demonstrations started on Tuesday after police shot and killed 43-year-old Keith Scott, who …

A suspected serial pipeline vandal and strike force leader of the Niger Delta Avengers has been arrested by the Nigerian Navy around Sapele Council Area of Delta State. The suspect, Abraham Suru, also known as Gabon, from Ondo State, was arrested weeks after he had been declared wanted by the Nigerian military for being responsible incessant attacks on oil and …

The five-day standing committee of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, ended abruptly in Awka, on Wednesday, following the sit-at-home threat by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The meeting, attended by 170 Bishops from all the Dioceses in the country, was the highest decision-making gathering of the church and would have ended on Friday. According to the IPOB threat, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen Patience Jonathan’s personal account, titled ‘Patience Ibifaka Jonathan’, which is domiciled in Skye Bank Plc. Impeccable sources within the agency told our correspondent on Wednesday that the move had become necessary due to the prima facie case established against the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife. As part of investigations into alleged diversion …

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm over the alleged redeployment of the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Finihan Adeoye, allegedly on the instruction of Governor Adams Oshiomhole. The party described the removal of the police commissioner as one done in “controversial circumstances,” especially as it came a few days to the governorship election …

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has promised to provide farmers, under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, with free Certificates of Occupancy to enable them access their lands for productive farming. Obaseki stated this on Wednesday during the inauguration of the programme in Benin, where the beneficiaries were awarded a …

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Postgraduate School, Kaduna, wishes to inform interested candidates and the general public that the sales of application forms for Full-Time and Part-Time Postgraduate Programmes has commenced for the 2016/2017 Academic Session. FULL-TIME PROGRAMME: DEGREE PROGRAMMES The Following Degree Programmes are available in the Faculties and Departments listed below: FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Department …

Against the backdrop of Friday’s nation-wide sit-at-home protest scheduled by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for the release of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, eminent groups and individuals have continued to react to the development. Barely 24 hours after a chieftain of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Ben Okoko reacted to the development, another group, World Alliance Against Terrorism, …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New York, has assured potential investors that Nigeria would soon be one of the most attractive places to invest as his administration has embarked on significant economic reforms. The President gave this assurance to a large gathering of political and business leaders from the U.S., Africa and other regions of the world at the …

The Senate on Wednesday put forward 13 recommendations for the President Muhamamdu Buhari-led federal government on probable ways of reviving the ailing economy. The senators made the recommendation at plenary when it commenced deliberation on the economic challenges of the country. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the Senate, …