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Reading Time: 3 minutesThirteen Muslim groups in the country have urged the Nigerian government and state governments to enact laws or strengthen existing laws against blasphemy and killing for blasphemy outside of the law.   The Muslim groups include the Muslim Rights Concern; Al-Usrah Incorporated, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; the Islamic Forum; Movement for…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed a new date for the screening of its presidential aspirants for the 2023 general elections. Suleiman Argungu,the National Organising Secretary of the party, announced this on Monday in Abuja. Argungu said the party will be screening its 28 presidential aspirants who obtained forms on…

Reading Time: 2 minutesFighters of the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād have opened fire on the convoy carrying policemen attached to a yet-to-be-identified presidential aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress. The security source said the insurgents attacked…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome hours after the suspected killers of Anambra State lawmaker Hon Okechukwu Okoye threatened to kill more people, seven persons were reportedly killed while a police station and some vehicles were ablaze early Monday morning. Among those that were killed, according to sources, were a mother and four of her…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Civil Society Organizations have demanded justice for the late Obinna Udeze, the 19-month-old pupil of Arise and Shine Nursery and Primary School, Asaba, Delta State, who was reportedly flogged to death by the proprietress of the school and her son.   Harrison Gwamishu  the CSOs Led of Behind Bars had visited…

Reading Time: 2 minutesBandits have reportedly sacked villagers from their farmlands for failing to jointly raise N30 million levy in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. Residents of Kairu community In the Bukuyum Local Government Area of the state were on Saturday, forcibly evicted from their farms for failing to deliver the N30 million peace levy…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDapo Abiodun, Ogun State Governor approved the appointment of Dr  Oluwabunmi Motunrayo Fatungase as the substantive Chief Medical Director of the state-owned teaching hospital, the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu on Sunday Prior to her appointment, Dr Fatungase was operating in an acting capacity as the CMD of the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, postponed indefinitely, the screening of  its  25 presidential aspirants earlier slated for Monday, May 23 Barr. Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary announced the postponement in a statement issued on Sunday night, although no reason was given for the change in plan. Morka added that a…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Arewa community in Lagos has supported the state government’s ban on commercial motorcycles better known as Okada, asking security agencies to impose stricter border checks as a way of curbing the influx of foreigners.  In a communique issued by the association at the end of its Extra-Ordinary General Meeting held…

Reading Time: 2 minutesDave Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor, on Sunday praised the efforts of the current administration in handling the nation’s affairs. Umahi, a frontline aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said President Muhammadu Buhari has done well in piloting Nigeria’s affairs since assuming office in 2015. Evaluating the Federal Government’s handling of…

Reading Time: 2 minutesOsun State Pensioners have cried out over their unpaid entitlements and accused the Governor Gboyega Oyetola-led state government of showing no concern about their lives after service. The Osun State Coordinator of the Women’s Wing of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Ronke Aderibigbe, stated this during a prayer gathering in the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesLagos State government says it is set to train about 150 women and and young people in the business of bee-keeping and honey production, packaging and marketing. State Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya State Commissioner for Agriculture, made this known in Alausa, Ikeja, at a news briefing to mark this year’s…