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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its fighter planes have destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) hideout at Arrinna Ciki on the fringes of the Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno State. NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to Channels […]
The Federal Government has extended the duration of the ongoing ‘Exercise Swift Response’ across the nation’s borders till next year. President Muhammadu Buhari approved the extension of the exercise until January 31, 2020. Nigeria had closed all land borders with neighbouring countries in October, following an earlier closure of its borders with its western neighbour, […]
President Muhmmadu Buhari has departed Makkah for the United Kingdom. The President left the Abdul’aziz International Airport, Jeddah for London, on Saturday. His departure to the UK comes after successful participation at the Future Investment Initiative (#FII2019) conference in Riyadh and Umrah. President Buhari while in Saudi held bilateral talks with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz […]
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High court sitting in Lagos, today November 1, 2019, remanded the Managing Director of 606 Autos Limited, Sarumi Samusideen Babafemi in Ikoyi Prison. Babafemi was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC alongside three of his companies; 606 Autos Limited, 606 Music Limited and Splash Off Entertainment […]
The first military governor of Lagos State, Brigadier-General Mobolaji Johnson (rtd), is dead. The state government announced this in a Facebook post on Thursday. According to the post, the former governor died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 83. The government prayed that the soul of late General Johnson rests in peace. Born on […]
The Federal Government has lifted the suspension of two humanitarian organisations operating in the northeast, Action Against Hunger and Mercy Corps after receiving reports from a Board of Inquiry (BOI). This was disclosed by the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Farouq, in a statement. Both International Humanitarian Organizations were suspended […]
The Speaker of the House of the Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has described the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Supreme Court as a victory for democracy. Gbajabiamila, who said though the victory of the President at the February presidential polls was never in doubt, however, expressed his appreciation of the final victory, whereby Nigerian […]
The Federal Executive Council has approved two memorandum each from the ministry of finance, Budget and National Planning and the ministry of Aviation. The council approved over three billion Naira for the construction of Bauchi Zonal office of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). Other approvals include the construction of perimeter fence and road at […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday agreed to halt proceedings in the probe of former Governor of the State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, over procurement of 820 buses for public transportation. Ambode had instituted a suit against the Assembly, the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa and others, to contest the constitutionality of the probe, accusing them […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President Donald Trump asking him to exercise his constitutional powers “pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 8697 to instruct the US Secretary of State and US Ambassador in Nigeria to temporarily ban Nigerian state governors and other senior public officials […]
