Soldiers attached to Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued the abducted students of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State, after a gun duel with terrorists Sunday morning.The students were abducted on Saturday when terrorists stormed off-campus hostels in Sabon Garin Damba, Gusau, and took away four students.It was the second
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Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina has pledged to sacrifice his life to end banditry in the state.In a BBC Hausa interview, the governor said security is a top priority, saying that was why a law was passed to establish a volunteer force equipped with weapons.On Tuesday, the governor inaugurated
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The House of Representatives has confirmed that the National Assembly is in the process of procuring and distributing utility Prado jeeps worth ₦130 million to lawmakers.Rep. Rotimi Akin, the spokesperson of the House of Representatives, said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday night, coming at a time when
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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called for an urgent extraordinary meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss the Israel-Gaza war. The body seeks to address the "military escalation" and "threat to defenseless civilians in Gaza".Saudi Arabia, which chairs the current session of the Islamic Summit, has invited the member
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The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has left Nigeria to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on a diplomatic mission in China and the United States to woo investors to the country.The Vice President is scheduled to participate in two significant international forums, according to a press release sent to journalists
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The University of Tehran in Iran, on Saturday, October 14, 2023, awarded an honorary doctorate degree to Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky.The formerly detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) was also reissued a travel document by the federal government of Nigeria.This development has sparked fervent demands from members of
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Hundreds of residents stormed the Maiduguri Railway Terminus on Sunday to protest the removal of train coaches from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to Jos, the Plateau State capital, for repairs by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).The protesters carried placards asking the NRC not to move the coaches out of
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President Bola Tinubu has reinstated Sunday Adepoju as the Postmaster General and CEO of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST.On Wednesday, Mr. Tinubu sacked the chief executive officers of three agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, with Tola Odeyemi replacing Mr. Adepoju at NIPOST.But NIPOST took
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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says that the results for the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections will be uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV).Yakubu stated this while speaking with newsmen at Ward 009, LEA School, Ganaja Village, Ajaokuta LGA, Kogi.Yakubu was
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The Borno State Police Command has averted the theft of some train coaches at the Maiduguri Railway Terminus.UNITY TIMES reports that the police acted on a tip-off from persons said to be good Samaritans.The police said they apprehended six suspects in the process.Police spokesperson Sami Kamilu confirmed the incident, saying
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