Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has condoled with the family of Malam Ahmed Abubakar and the entire journalists in the state over the death of The Sun Newspaper correspondent. Reports state that Abubakar died in the early hours of Wednesday…
The Federal Government has said it will lift its ban on Twitter, in a matter of days. Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed announced this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by the Vice President, Professor…
The Police Command in Zamfara said gunmen had kidnapped the wife and seven-month-old son of an ex-councilor in the state, Mr Babangida Ibrahim. Confirming the development, the spokesman for the command, SP Muhammad Shehu, told newsmen that the gunmen attacked…
At least 112 persons have been killed and about 160 kidnapped following bloody attacks in Kaduna and Plateau states within the last one month, Amnesty International has said. According to a communique on Tuesday, the rights organization attributed the deaths…
The Federal Government on Wednesday says consistent testing and non-compliance to non-pharmaceutical interventions are responsible for high reported cases of COVID-19 at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, told…
A Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, has fixed Aug. 31 for the arraignment of two staff members of the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) for alleged forgery and falsification of documents. Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello fixed the date…
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Ogun branch, on Wednesday, began an indefinite strike over short payment of salaries by the state government. The state JUSUN Chairman, Mr Edun Tajudeen, who spoke to newsmen in Abeokuta, said that the…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over a virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari is in London, UK, for a medical check-up after participating in the Global Education Summit…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed a former Bayelsa Governor and senator representing Bayesla West Seriake Dickson over his family assets in the United Kingdom and alleged diversion of funds of about N17. 5billion. But Dickson said…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the insinuation in certain quarters that Nigeria is going cap in hand seeking donations for COVID-19 vaccines is incorrect. The minister made the clarification during an interview with a correspondent…
