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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...

The Senate and the House of Representatives have constituted “conference committees” to harmonize the passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Senate President Ahmad Lawan, who announced the composition of the Senate committee, charged members of the committee to meet with their counterparts in the House of Representatives to enable the National Assembly come up with a final document on the PIB...

President Muhammadu Buhari has decorated the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and key government officials witnessed the ceremony on Wednesday. The chief of army staff was appointed on May 27 to replace Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a plane crash in Kaduna. The National Assembly confirmed Yahaya’s appointment last month. The brief event at the State House,...

Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna State, got more than he bargained for on Monday when he visited Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The commissioner had led a delegation to Maramara in the LGA over the abduction of students from Bethel Secondary School. Recall that there had been reported how armed men broke into...

The federal government has revealed that the country recorded 4,919 oil spills between 2015 to March 2021. Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, Minister of the Environment, disclosed this at a Town Hall meeting in Abuja, organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture, on protecting oil and gas infrastructure. The Minister who revealed that Nigeria was the most notorious country in the world...

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a Government of National Unity. Speaking to BBC Pidgin on the state of the nation on Monday, Soyinka said this became necessary as the state of mind of vast sections of the country mentally, spiritually and economically was that of total distrust for the government. “This government has earned itself, either...