President Muhammadu Buhari must have been jolted to reality last week as the National Assembly, controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC), the political party ...
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Coronavirus and Nigeria – The Nation
It will be foolhardy for our governments not to guard against spread of the new virus Shortly before the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Coronavirus ...
Read More »I was under pressure by Suswan to change my statement – EFCC witness
The fourth prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, on N3.1bn corruption charges, Abubakar Umar, on Monday ...
Read More »Social media bill: Consequence of hate speech’ll be dangerous, says Malami
The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has decried the level of acrimony and slander that currently dominate the nation’s social media space. He made this ...
Read More »Buhari, Senate President, Speaker in closed-door meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly. The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and the Speaker of the ...
Read More »VAT increase: It’s a zero sum game – TheCitizen
In the fiscal policy-making circles, increasing Value Added Tax [VAT] is considered the most effective instrument for narrowing fiscal gap and the least in terms of political sensitivity. Revenue challenges have got to the point ...
Read More »Pastor Adeboye, CAN protest against growing insecurity in Nigeria
Christians across the country on Sunday heeded the call by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and staged prayer walks round their churches to end killings in the nation ...
Read More »Police nab suspected suicide bomber in Kaduna Church
The Kaduna State Police Command, on Sunday, arrested a suspect with improvised explosive devices (IED) at the Bishop David Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church, Sabon Tasha, Chickun Local Government area of Kaduna State ...
Read More »Kidnappers kill seminarian after three weeks in captivity
One of the four students of Catholic Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, who spent three weeks in the hands of the kidnappers has been killed ...
Read More »Fed Govt set to sign $321m Abacha loot return agreement
The Federal Government will this week sign a tripartite pact with the United States of America and the Island of New Jersey for the repatriation of $321m looted by the late former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha ...
Read More »Amotekun: Southern Kaduna plans security outfit to fight bandits, kidnappers
Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) says it is studying the South West Nigeria Security outfit ‘Operation Amotekun’ with a bid to imitate the initiative to protect residents of the area from attacks ...
Read More »Ekiti to recruit 800 special constables for community policing
The Police in Ekiti State says it has set in motion the process of recruiting 800 Special Constables that will work with the conventional police to tackle the rising level of insecurity in the country ...
Read More »Ondo community laments incessant attacks by Fulani herdsmen
Members of the Ebira community in Ondo State on Sunday called on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to save them and their farmlands from incessant attacks by ...
Read More »Okada ban: Lagos govt deploys 65 buses to ease city travels
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the management of Lagos Bus Services Limited to deploy a fleet of 65 buses along major routes ...
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