About 40 worshippers in a mosque at Gidan Turbe village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State were abducted by armed bandits.The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday during dawn prayers, when the gunmen reportedly surrounded the mosque and whisked away the worshippers.Locals said the abductees were
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's led federal government has announced that over 126 million Nigerians have been enrolled in the National Identity Database with their National Identity Numbers (NIN).At the 7th National Day of Identity, organised by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, represented by
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The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has approved a sum of N372,051,176.00 as a bursary for 24,452 students across the 34 local government areas of the state.The Executive Secretary of the state’s Scholarship Board, Dr. Aminu Salisu Tsauri, on Tuesday in a statement, said the gesture underscores the governor’s
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Authorities in Libya have transferred 18 undocumented Nigerian migrants from the Sirte Immigration Detention Centre to the southern city of Sabha, where they are expected to be repatriated in the coming days.The development was confirmed in a statement by Migrant Rescue Watch, a humanitarian monitoring group, which said the transfer
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has launched an automated “Overtime E-Clearance System” aimed at tackling longstanding port congestion, reducing corruption, and accelerating cargo clearance processes across the country.Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, said the digital platform will allow consignees to submit and monitor overtime cargo clearance applications online, eliminating repeated
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Former Anambra State governor and Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Sunday held separate closed-door meetings with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Rasheed Ladoja, in Ibadan, Oyo State.Although the details of the discussions were not disclosed, the meetings are widely viewed as part
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Bandit kingpin, Ado Allero has pledged commitment to peace in Katsina State following a dialogue meeting held on Sunday in Faskari Local Government Area.The parley, described as the largest of its kind, brought together several armed groups who reportedly agreed to embrace peace and coexistence with local communities.Speaking during the
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The Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals will today launch its Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trucks for the commencement of nationwide distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).The refinery announced in August that it had received the first batch of its 4000 CNG-powered trucks for the fuel distribution programme, which was initially set
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The federal government has insisted on proceeding with the introduction of computer-based testing for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination following the growing and appalling trend of rejecting Nigerian certificates by foreign countries, especially African countries, which is the culmination of decades of corruption in the examination process in
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Joint Tax Board (JTB) has described as fake news, rumours making the rounds on social media that Nigerians without a Tax Identification (Tax ID) will be denied access to their bank accounts or prevented from carrying out financial transactions from January 1, 2026.“Nigerians are hereby assured that
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