President Muhammadu Buhari has donated $500,000 in support of the legislative election in Guinea Bissau. He also approved five Toyota Hilux, two trucks, 10 motorcycles and 350 units of electoral kits for Guinea Bissau. The Presidency said Buhari made the donations in response to an “urgent request” by Guinea Bissau to support the electoral process... Continue Reading →
The National Examination Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has approved sanctions for all candidates and centres that were involved in malpractice. This was made known at the two-day 67th meeting of the committee held in Lagos. NEC okayed punishment for candidates already slammed with Cancellation of Entire Results (CER) and Cancellation... Continue Reading →
Nigeria is losing her experienced and specialist doctors to other countries in Europe, America and Asia because of two major reasons, which are economic and better infrastructure in these more advanced countries. The doctors are moving to societies where they are better paid because staying back in Nigeria keeps them on the poverty belt. A... Continue Reading →
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, on Thursday arrested 32 suspected Internet fraudsters, aka Yahoo Boys. The suspects, aged between 15 and 39 years, were reportedly arrested on Liberty Estate, in the Laderin area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, during an early morning sting operation carried out by men of the... Continue Reading →
Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force (ATF) of “Operation Lafiya Dole” has destroyed some vehicles and neutralised some Boko Haram Terrorists at a suspected workshop in Sambisa Forest. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, saying the operation... Continue Reading →
Suspected kidnappers in the early hours of Saturday invaded a resort in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State and shot dead two persons including an expatriate, a woman. It was also learnt that the gunmen abducted three persons. Also in the early hours of Saturday, unidentified gunmen killed 11 persons in Ngibo and... Continue Reading →
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