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Herdsmen with guns: Gov. Bala Mohammed a terrorist, says Ortom
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has labelled his Bauchi counterpart, Bala Mohammed, as a terrorist for defending foreign herdsmen carrying AK-47 around Nigeria.
Read More »Sheikh Gumi met with bandits near military post, says ex-DSS director
A former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Dennis Amachree, says the compound where Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi, met bandits in Niger State to discuss the release of the abducted students
Read More »Fed Govt knows hideouts of killer-herdsmen, bandits — Sheikh Ahmad Gumi
The Islamic cleric and peace negotiator, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said that the Federal Government knows the hiding place of the herdsmen and bandits involved in clashes with farmers, kidnappings and other criminal activities.
Read More »Buhari, governors to discuss fuel pricing Thursday
President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governors will discuss the issue of fuel pricing Thursday.
Read More »Governors slam Senate President over blame for insecurity in South-West
South-west governors yesterday took on President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, over his attack on them for allegedly inciting the recent ethnic violence, which erupted in some states in the region.
Read More »Niger State holds direct negotiation with Kagara schoolboys’ abductors
The Niger State government yesterday clarified that it is negotiating directly with the abductors of 27 students of the Government Science College, Kagara, their teachers and family members, insisting that a prominent Kaduna-based
Read More »FG permits individuals to build, maintain federal highways
Under the new Highway Development and Management Initiative of the Federal Government, private individuals will be permitted to build, operate or maintain assets on some federal highways that are up for concession.
Read More »South-East governors wade into Uzodinma, Okorocha feud
…as court grants N70m bail to ex-governor’s aides The South-East Governors Forum has waded into the impasse between the Imo Governor, Hope Uzodinma, and the ...
Read More »Gunmen abduct UNIPORT lecturer
A spokesman of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has confirmed the abduction of Dr Jones Gilbert Ayuwo, a lecturer with the Linguistics and Communications Department.
Read More »PDP mocks APC for extending membership registration exercise
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, said the extension of the All Progressives Congress (APC) membership registration by three weeks was an indication that the exercise has flopped.
Read More »Senate plans NDDC chiefs’ arrest over N6.25bn COVID-19 palliatives
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, on Monday, requested a warrant of arrest on the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to produce the former interim management
Read More »Nigerian company to supply power to Togo
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), on Monday said it was working to export power to Togo Republic through the Calabar Power Plant.
Read More »Telecoms sector, others pull Nigeria out of recession, boost GDP by 12.45%
Nigeria’s telecommunications industry, regulated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is one of the sectors whose performance lifted the country out of recession in the fourth quarter of 2020, contributing 12.45 percent
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