Over 100 houses have been burned in a reprisal attack by suspected herdsmen on the Gurjaja community in the Fika local government of Yobe State.Witnesses said the herdsmen first attacked the residents of the community, killed one Abubakar Usman, and burned several houses.An official source said two weeks ago, some
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President Bola Tinubu has awarded the members of the Super Eagles national team and their officials the prestigious national honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) for their impressive performance at the just-concluded 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament held in Cote d’Ivoire.In further recognition of
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially announced the appointment of a former President of the Senate, Adolphus Wabara, as the substantive chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT).In a strategic move to bolster the party’s leadership, former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, has also been appointed as
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Access Holdings Plc has announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer.This follows the death of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe in a helicopter crash alongside his wife, son, and a former chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimboloa Ogunbanjo
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The Nigeria Police Force raided a game house in Zuba, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, where they arrested 311 suspects for kidnapping, drug peddling, and other illegal activities.Parading the suspects in Abuja, yesterday, FCT police commissioner, CP Ben Igweh said the suspects involved 297 males and
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A suspected armed cultist has been burned to death, while three others fled following the gruesome murder of a final year computer science student at the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). The deceased was allegedly killed by hoodlums who struck in the students' communities of Idak Okpo, Nnung Anyan, and other adjoining
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The leadership of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum (SMBLF) has condemned the continued incarceration of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on treason charges by the federal government.The group stated this in a communiqué issued yesterday at the end of its meeting
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Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested two ring leaders of the cult gang responsible for the killings in Ihiala, Ihiala local government area of the state.In a special operation carried out by the Police Crack Squad deployed to Ihiala by the state commissioner of police, CP Aderemi
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Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the N30,000 minimum wage for local government workers in the state.He ordered the immediate payment of all withheld allowances, gratuities, and promotions as well as all accrued benefits.Fubara gave the approval yesterday when he met with the acting chairman of the Rivers State
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The government of Borno State has warned ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to refrain from spending beyond their budgetary provisions.The government warned that defaulters would be sanctioned in line with the civil service rules.The directive came as Governor Babagana Umara Zulum hinted that his administration had relocated and resettled about
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