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The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York says it is making arrangement to enrol Nigerians within its jurisdiction for the National Identification Number (NIN) in line with the directive from the Federal Government. The Consul-General, Amb. Lot Egopija, stated at a hybrid Town Hall meeting held at Nigeria House in New York for Nigerian nationals within the jurisdiction. Egopija said the...

A pathologist at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Dr Kayode Adeniyi, on Tuesday, told a Kwara State High Court that the autopsy test conducted on the murdered University of Ilorin student, Blessing Olajide Omowumi, revealed the possibility that she was strangled to death. Olajide, a 300-level student, was reportedly brutalised before her attackers raped her to death. She was...

Some prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have reportedly died in a fatal motor accident that occurred while on their way to orientation camp. According to one of the survivors, there were many casualties as some were headless while several others badly injured. He also said they are currently at Kwari General Hospital where are receiving treatment. The yet-to-be...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has directed all the newly promoted Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to assume their new respective postings to zonal commands and formations immediately. Our source reports that no fewer than 24 AIGs including a former Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Ciroma were decorated on Monday in Abuja where they...

Nigeria’s commercial city, Lagos State, is losing its appeal among global investors interested in doing business in Africa’s largest economy. According to investment data compiled by Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) South-West states occupied the top five investment destinations in Nigeria between January to June 2021. The data showed that $10.11 billion (against $5.06 billion of H1 2020) was invested in...

The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem el- Zakzaky and wife, Zeenah, will know their fates (today) Wednesday as the Kaduna State High Court rules on their no-case submission presented to Justice Gideon Kurada by his lead counsel, Femi Falana (SAN). At the last sitting of the court held on July 1, 2021, Falana had prayed the...

The Presidency has lambasted the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for insinuating that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has turned the Presidential Villa into its headquarters. Governors on the platform of the PDP had made the allegation during its meeting in Bauchi State on Monday, accusing the APC of “parading coerced PDP members who defected into the ruling party.” However,...

Social networking service, Facebook, has restricted a new account belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This was disclosed by a member of the proscribed organisation, Simon Ekpa, on Tuesday. “Our new Facebook page has been blocked restricted by Facebook,” Ekpa wrote. Recall that in January 2020, the group had alleged that Facebook shut down the page of its leader, Nnamdi...

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday suspended the resumption of schools across the state indefinitely. The governor, who announced this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Kaduna, said the government took the decision due to the ongoing aggressive military operation against bandits in most parts of the state. The meeting was attended by members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers...

As the Sunday Igboho saga continues to drag on, the Benin Republic government has slammed fresh charges against the wanted Yoruba nation agitator. One of Sunday Igboho’s lawers, Ibrahim Salami, told BBC Yoruba that the legal team was expecting extradition charges from the Nigerian government against the activist. He also noted that Igboho was further remanded to allow police to conduct...