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The victims abducted from Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State, exactly one month ago have regained freedom. The victims were allegedly released after a ransom of N10 million was paid. Seven students and two lecturers of the institution had been abducted when gunmen stormed the staff quarters of the school around 10pm on June 10. The gunmen had earlier demanded N10 million...

Officers from the Nigerian Navy’s Special Boat Service have completed a five-week Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) with a team from the United States Army Special Forces in order to safeguard the security of Nigerian waterways from illegal and uncontrolled operations such as trafficking and piracy. The exercise is part of a series of U.S. engagements with the Nigerian military...

The Enugu State government has received $50 million (about N25 billion) in grants from the French Development Agency (AFD) to fight water scarcity in the state. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Management of the Enugu State Water Corporation, Innocent Diyoke, during a media briefing in Enugu. According to Diyoke, the funding is...

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have raided an illegal refinery in the Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. We gathered that the security operatives stormed the place on Wednesday night following intelligence that a presumed mechanic garage called Garejin Makorwa along Zaria road in Rigasa was being used as a crude refinery. Our...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Prof. Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Jos. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, said Buhari also approved the appointment and reassignment of Chancellors to 42 federal universities. Two former Ministers, Prof...

A petition calling for the ban of the consumption of dog meat in Nigeria have garnered thousands of signatures online. Titled “Stop Nigeria’s Barbaric Dog Meat Industry,” the petition seeks a ban and shutdown of the dog meat trade industry in Nigeria. As at the time of this report, the petition which was filed on petition website, Change.org, has gather over...

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says COVID-19 vaccines do not contain electromagnetic ingredients that can cause side effects. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this at a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. The briefing was in reaction to reports on social media that electronic devices recognised people that had received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The unsubstantiated...

The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has thrown his weight behind the resolutions reached by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) after their meeting in Lagos on Monday, saying the plan to legislate on the prohibition of open grazing is a bold and patriotic move that will bring to an end the lingering crisis caused by armed herdsmen. In a...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, presented a bill seeking a five-year-jail term for ‘unlawful protesters’ in the country for consideration. The bill entitled: ‘An act to amend the criminal code act CAP 38, laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004, to further preserve the sanctity of human lives and property, and to provide specifically for mob action, prescribe...

Haitian President, Jovenel Moïse, has been assassinated after gunmen attacked his private residence on Tuesday night, the country’s interim Prime Minister, Claude Joseph, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday. The Prime Minister who described the assassination of Moise as a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act,” also stated that the First Lady, Martine Moïse, has been hospitalized following the overnight attack. “The country’s security...