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The Senate has rejected Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Onochie was rejected following the consideration of the report of the Committee on INEC, chaired by Senator Kabiru Gaya, (APC, Kano). The Senate also stood down the approval of Professor Sani Mohammed Adam till further legislative action. The panel recommended Onochie’s disqualification on the grounds...

Olanrewaju Fasasi, Nigerian music star, better known as Sound Sultan, is dead.   In a statement issued on Sunday, the family said he died after undergoing treatment for throat cancer. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our multitalented veteran singer, rapper, songwriter Olanrewaju Fasasi aka Sound Sultan.” “He passed away at the age of 44 following a hard-fought...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its congresses from ward to national level, indefinitely. This was contained in a letter dated July 6, 2021, addressed to Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni and Senator John James Akpanudoedehe. “We refer...

The crisis in Kwara State’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has continued to deepen, as its Elders caucus has called for the immediate suspension of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over allegations of factionalisation of the party, and other anti-party actions. The caucus, which made the move on Thursday also called for Mohammed’s removal as a minister, saying “he...

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...